Dr. Vineeta Saini | Department of Forensic Science

Name

Dr. Vineeta Saini

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualification

Ph.D.(Forensic Science), Banaras Hindu University

Total Years of Work Experience

9.0 years

Total Teaching Experience

9 years

Total Corporate Experience

NIL

Email ID

[email protected]

Teaching Interests

Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Quality management, Crime Scene Investigation, DNA Fingerprinting

Research Interests

Forensic Radiology, Odontology, DNA Technology, Forensic Psychology

Achievements & Awards

Qualified National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) – 2005.
Qualified UGC-JRF in 2006
Awarded second prize in paper presentation in the 56^th National Conference of the Anatomical society of India (NATCON ASI – 2008) at Varanasi Uttar Pradesh, India.
Awarded “Certificate of Reviewing” from Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine (Elsevier) in 2017.

Research Guidance

Ph.D. students under supervision: 4

Recent Publications

1. Vineeta Saini, Aman Chowdhry, Mitalee Mehta. Sexual dimorphism and population variation in mandibular variables: a study on a contemporary Indian population. Anthropological Science. 2021, DOI: 1537/ase.2108282

2. Suminder Kaur, Vineeta Saini, Ritika Dalal. UV-Visible Spectroscopic effect on Haemoglobin & DNA degradation: A forensic approach. Forensic Sci Int.2020;307 (2020) 110078

3. Saini V. Secular trends in cranial chord variables: A study of changes in sexual dimorphism of North Indian population during 1954–2011. Ann Hum Bio. 2019; 46:6, 519-526

4. Mehta M, Saini V, Menon SK, Patel MN. Applicability and reliability of foramen magnum for sex determination in contemporary Gujarati population: A computed tomographic study” J Forensic Radiol Imaging. 2019;17:31-35.

5. Kaur S, Saini V, Lamba M. Identification of severely decomposed body by Dental DNA STR analysis: A case report. Arab J Forensic sci Med. 2018; https://journals.nauss.edu.sa/index.php/AJFSFM/issue/view/54

6. Saxena G and Saini V. Psychological Autopsy – A way to revealing the enigma of equivocal death. Int J Forensic Sci. 2017;2(2).

7. Saini V, Mehta M, Saini R, Shamal SN, Singh TB, Tripathi SK. Is north Indian population changing it craniofacial form? A study of secular trends in craniometric indices and its relation to sex and ancestry. Forensic Sci Crimino, 2017; 2(2): 1-14

8. Saini V. Scrutiny of four conventional visual traits of mandible for sex estimation in Indian population. Austin J Forensic Sci Criminol. 2017; 4(4): 1070

9. Saini R and Saini V. Sexual dimorphism of North Indian crania and its forensic application. J For Med Leg Aff. 2016;1(2): 108.

10. Kaur S, Saini V. Secular changes on stature reconstruction from hand and foot dimensions among Sikhs of Delhi. J Forensic Res 2016;7:321.

11. Mehta M, Saini V, Nath S, Menon SK. CT scan images for sex discrimination – a preliminary study on Gujarati population. J Forensic Radiol Imaging 2015;3(1):43-48.

12. Saini V. Significance of temporal changes on sexual dimorphism of cranial measurements of Indian population. Forensic Sci Int. 2014;242;300e1-300e8.

13. Mehta M, Saini V, Nath S, Patel MN, Menon SK. CT scan images to determine the origin from craniofacial indices for Gujarati population. J Forensic Radiol Imaging. 2014;2(2);64-71.

14. Saini V, Srivastava R, Shamal SN, Singh TB, Kumar V, Kumar P, Tripathi SK. Sexual dimorphism in cranial base of two temporally different sample of North India. Int J Legal Med. 2014;128(4):699-707.

15. Saini V. Metric study of fragmentary mandibles in a North Indian population. Bull Int Asso Paleodontology 2013;7(2):157-162

16. Srivastava R, Saini V, Pandey SK, Singh R, Tripathi SK. Sexual dimorphism in ulna: An osteometric study from India. J Forensic Sci 2013;58(5):1251-1256.

17. Saini V, Srivastava R, Rai RK, Shamal SN, Singh TB, Tripathi SK. Sex estimation from the mastoid process among North Indians. J Forensic Sci 2012;57(2):434-439.

18. Srivastava R, Saini V, Pandey SK, Rai RK, Tripathi SK. A study of sexual dimorphism in the femur among North Indians. J Forensic Sci 2012;57(1):19-23.

19. Saini V, Srivastava R, Rai RK, Shamal SN, Singh TB, Pandey AK, Tripathi SK. Sex determination using mandibular ramus flexure: A preliminary study on Indian population. J Forensic Legal Med 2011; 18:208-212.

20. Saini V, Srivastava R, Rai RK, Shamal SN, Singh TB, Tripathi SK. An osteometric study of Northern Indian populations for sexual dimorphism in craniofacial region. J Forensic Sci, 2011;1-5.

21. Saini V, Srivastava R, Rai RK, Shamal SN, Singh TB, Tripathi SK. Mandibular Ramus: An indicator for sex in fragmentary mandible. J Forensic Sci 2011;56;S13-S16.

22. Srivastava R, Saini V, Pandey SK, Singh R, Tripathi SK. Identification of sex from tibia by Discriminant Function Analysis. J Indian Acad Forensic Med 2009;31(3):243-249.

23. Saini V, Singh R, Bandopadhyay M, Tripathi SK, Shamal SN. Occipitalization of the atlas: Its occurrence and embryological basis. Int J Anat Var 2009;2:65–68.

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