Ministry of Home Affairs
INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE
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Source-grounded summary
The Government, via the Ministry of Home Affairs, established the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) under a Parliamentary Act in 2020, designating it as an Institution of National Importance for forensic science and related disciplines. Initially operating campuses in Gandhinagar and Delhi, approval has been granted for 14 additional campuses across Goa, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, along with training academies in Imphal and Pune. This information was provided by Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a Lok Sabha reply.