Contact Session of CFO
Centre for Forensic Odontology, is an academic and research Centre under Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal. The Centre conducts the first blended programme of the University, Certificate Course in Forensic Odontology as a collaborative project of the Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore and the Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore. The blended modules involves 6 months of online sessions in the form of video lectures, audio content, word documents, links, pdf documents, assignments and online tests. In continuation with the 6 month online module, an intensive, contact session was conducted from 3rd December 2018 to 7th December 2018 at the Mangalore Campus. Dr. Nitin Agrawal and Dr. Samarika Dahal both working presently as Lecturer in Department of Dentistry, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Katmandu, Nepal, were the international resource persons for the programme. They are qualified forensic experts from University of Dundee and have vast experience in the field of Forensic Odontology by being constantly involved in solving various air crash and natural disaster cases in Nepal and in various other countries. The programme was well received with 15 participants from various institutes across India.
