Delegates from 32 African countries visit GFSU

Around 50 delegates from 32 African countries today attended an awareness meet at Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU) to learn about advanced forensic technologies available at the institute.
"The delegates wanted to see India's capabilities in the field. They want to train their police officials, judicial officials, students, and also want our help to set up forensic laboratories in their respective countries and to strengthen the existing ones," GFSU director general J M Vyas said.
GFSU is the country's first university dedicated to forensic science.
Representing African countries was dean of African mission in India, Alem Tsehaye Woldermariam of Eritrea.

Speaking on the occasion, he said, "Use of advanced forensic technology is a must to effectively administer criminal justice delivery system. GFSU is here to help African countries with advanced forensic technologies."
Countries which participated at today's programme are Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Congo, Egypt, Cote D'I Voire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Zambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Niger, Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Gambia.
Additional chief secretary of state home department, M S Dagur appealed to the delegates to take maximum advantage of the facilities available at GFSU.

The delegates visited various GFSL institutes, including Ballistic Research Centre, cyber lab, among others and expressed interest for signing MoUs with the University.