Dr. Hirak Ranjan Dash

Dr. Hirak Ranjan Dash is currently working as Scientific Officer and Assistant Chemical Examiner at Madhya Pradesh FSL. He has completed his Ph.D. in Life Science from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He has outstanding research experience of more than 10 years in molecular biology and DNA Fingerprinting at NIT, Rourkela, Institute of Life Science, Bhubaneswar, and National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease, Kolkata. He has examined more than 1,050 forensic cases by the technique of DNA profiling. There are numerous National and International research papers published under his name. He has written seven books on various fields of Biotechnology inclusive of forensic DNA analysis. He is also considered one of the pioneers in India to work on NGS-based forensic DNA analysis.