Gujarat Forensic Sciences University

The Gujarat Foren­sic Sci­ences Uni­ver­sity was estab­lished by the Gov­ern­ment of Gujarat vide an Act No. 17 of 2008 passed by the Gujarat Leg­isla­tive Assem­bly dated 30th Sep­tem­ber,2008 with an objec­tive of ful­fill­ing the acute short­age against increas­ing demand of foren­sic experts in the coun­try & the world. The main objec­tive of the Uni­ver­sity to make the Crim­i­nal Jus­tice Deliv­ery Sys­tem techno Savvy and it would help over­come the actual short­age of skilled man­power engaged in this field. It became func­tional from Feb, 2009 and was rec­og­nized by the Uni­ver­sity Grants Com­mis­sion as a State Uni­ver­sity under Sec­tion 22 of theUGC Act 1956 to award degrees in May, 2011.