Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan

Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan
Born	(1934-04-15)15 April 1934 Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India
Died	11 July 2017(2017-07-11) (aged 83)
Occupation	Forensic expert
Known for	investigation of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2000)^[1]

Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan (15 April 1934 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian forensic expert, writer and a former director of the Department of Forensics Sciences of the Government of Tamil Nadu.^[2] He was best known for his contributions in the investigations in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.^[3]^[4]

Born on 15 April 1934^[5] at Nagapattinam, a coastal town in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Chandra Sekharan secured his graduate and post-graduate degrees from Annamalai University and did doctoral research to obtain a PhD in forensic science from the University of Madras in 1986.^{[citation needed]} He was the president of the Forensics International and has published several articles on the subject of forensics, including Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization,^[6] and Forensic science--as is what is^[7] and a monograph, Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification.^[8] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2000, for his contributions to society.^[1] He was married to Evelyn and the couple had a daughter, Meena.^{[citation needed]}

Chandra Sekharan died on 11 July 2017, following a brief illness.^[9]

Awards and honors

State honors:^[1]

Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor (2000)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^ "Assassin wore bomb strapped to her waist". The Baltimore Sun. 24 May 1991. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Human Bomb -- How Assassin Killed Gandhi - And Herself". The Seattle Times. 24 May 1991. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Assassin Greeted Gandhi With a Bomb on Her Back". Los Angeles Times. 24 May 1991. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences". proceedings of Third Indo Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. State Library - New South Wales. 1990. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ P. Chandra Sekharan (1986). "Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization". ResearchGate.
^ Chandra Sekharan P. , Damodaran C (1987). "Forensic science--as is what is". Forensic Science Society of India: 392.
^ P. Chandra Sekharan (2011). Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification. Anand Publications. p. 144. ISBN 9788184657173. OCLC 794543505.
^ "Forensic expert Prof P Chandra Sekharan passes away". India Today. 11 July 2017.