About Us

               Forensic medicine (derived from FORUM) deals with the application of medical knowledge in the administration of justice by correlating such knowledge and applying it to purposes of law.

               The department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, GMC Srinagar is one of the oldest functioning departments of the college having starting its functioning from 1961 onwards. The department has been headed by many stalwarts in the fields like Dr. Bashir Jeelani, Prof. Surender Tickoo, Prof. Balbir Kour, Dr. Rifat Fazili, Dr. Farida Noor. The department is presently headed by Dr. Arsalaan F Rashid.

              The department is actively involved in undergraduate teaching, post graduate teaching, medico legal  and research work.

              The undergraduate training was started in the department since its incepton.The postgraduate teaching  started  with joining of first postgraduate student in 2020 . The department has been doing medico legal work including complicated post mortem examinations , DNA sampling , exhumations in spite of having huge dearth of staff.