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Dr. J.R. Gaur born, 1954 August, 15, graduated in Science (Medical Group) from Dayal Singh college Karnal in the year 1974 and obtained the degree of Master of Science in Physical Anthropology in the year 1976 from Punjab University Chandigarh. He did his PhD. in the faculty of Science from Punjab University Chandigarh while in service in 1990. Dr. J.R. Gaur joined Stated Forensic Science Laboratory, Haryana, Madhuban, Karnal as Scientific Assistant (Serology) in the year 1978 then worked as Senior Scientific Assistant and Senior Scientific Officer up till March 1990. He was subsequently selected in the State Forensic Science Laboratory, Himachal Pradesh as Assistant Director (Biology and Serology) in the year 1990 and was promoted as Deputy director in the same laboratory in 1994. Further, he was promoted as Director, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Himachal Pradesh, Junga (Shimla) in January 1998 and is working in the same capacity for the last more than eight years, and is a well known Forensic Scientist in India and abroad. During his tenure of service Dr. Gaur examined and reported about 13,000 crime cases in the laboratory and he has examined about 610 scenes of crime. He also appeared for evidences in various Courts of Law in India in about 255 cases. He has been researching and writing scientific papers in Forensic Sciences ever since his induction in this field. As such he has about 85 publications to his credit in National as well as International journals of repute. Not only this, for the education of the public and all the wings of Criminal Justice System he has given 32 Radio Talks from All India Radio, Shimla on Forensic Sciences and Allied subjects and also got telecasted one T.V. talk on Forensic Science from Doordarshan, Shimla.