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]
^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. ISBN9788184657173. OCLC794543505.
