User:Kewal Krishan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dr Kewal Krishan is a postgraduate in Biological Anthropology with Doctorate in Forensic Anthropology from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He was awarded gold-medal for standing first in M.Sc (Honours School) in Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He is presently serving as a lecturer in Biological Anthropology in the same university. Before joining this position, he worked as an Anthropologist in Forensic Medicine Department of Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India. His areas of interest include forensic anthropology, forensic osteology, anthropometry, stature estimation, growth and nutritional status. He extensively worked on Gujjars of North-West India. He has published papers on various aspects of Biological/Forensic Anthropology like estimation of stature, bilateral asymmetry, foot-prints, autopsy room infection, physical growth and nutritional status.His papers are published in the best journals of Forensic Sciences like Forensic Science International, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Legal Medicine (Tokyo), American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology etc. He has been nominated as the Editor-in-chief of The Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology and on the editorial board of 11 other international journals.