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Scientific Leadership

Scientific
Leadership.

Aksh Forensics is led by professionals responsible for the organisation’s core forensic practices, bringing together specialised expertise under a common commitment to independent, evidence-based scientific examination.

Founding Scientific Leadership

Four practices. One standard of examination.

Each founding Scientific Lead holds responsibility for the methodology, documentation and reporting standard of a defined discipline. The plates below record discipline and responsibility, not personality — portraits are deliberately not published.

  1. Plate 01Aksh Forensics

    Alignment, baseline and paper geometry — questioned document examination

    01

    Mrs. Avani Panchal

    Scientific Lead

    Mrs. Avani Panchal leads the questioned document practice at Aksh Forensics. Her work spans signature and handwriting comparison, document authentication and the examination of altered or counterfeit instruments. She has examined matters for advocates, banks, insurers and private clients across India, with particular attention to the evidentiary standards expected in civil and criminal proceedings. She has contributed to internal methodology, examiner training and the review of complex multi-document matters.

    Qualifications

    • · M.Sc. Forensic Science
    • · Trained in Questioned Documents
    • · Trained in spectral and microscopic comparison

    Areas of Professional Practice

    • · Handwriting & Signature Examination
    • · Document Authentication
    • · Forgery Examination
    • · Ink & Printing Analysis

    Sectors Served

    • · Banking
    • · Insurance
    • · Law Firms
    • · Corporates
    • · Private Clients

    Languages

    • · English
    • · Hindi
    • · Gujarati
    “Every disputed document carries its own internal record. Our task is to read that record without prejudice and report what the evidence — and only the evidence — will support.”
    Professional Philosophy
  2. Plate 02Aksh Forensics

    Friction-ridge flow geometry — fingerprint examination

    02

    Ms. Mansi Shukla

    Scientific Lead

    Ms. Mansi Shukla leads the fingerprint examination practice at Aksh Forensics. Her experience includes latent print development across difficult substrates, ACE-V comparison work and scene attendance for vehicle, weapon and document examination. She has provided independent fingerprint review for advocates, corporates and private parties, and contributes to methodology review and examiner verification within the firm.

    Qualifications

    • · M.Sc. Forensic Science
    • · Trained in Fingerprint Science
    • · Trained in ACE-V comparison methodology

    Areas of Professional Practice

    • · Latent Development
    • · Fingerprint Comparison
    • · Scene Fingerprint Recovery
    • · Expert Consultation

    Sectors Served

    • · Law Firms
    • · Corporates
    • · Police
    • · Private Clients

    Languages

    • · English
    • · Hindi
    • · Gujarati
    “Fingerprint identification is among the most enduring forms of physical evidence. It must be approached with care, documented at every stage and reviewed independently before any conclusion is reported.”
    Professional Philosophy
  3. Plate 03Aksh Forensics

    Spatial mapping and evidence-position geometry — crime scene examination

    03

    Mr. Hirensinh Parmar

    Scientific Lead

    Mr. Hirensinh Parmar leads the crime scene practice at Aksh Forensics. He has attended a wide range of scenes — including unattended deaths, vehicle incidents, industrial incidents and fire scenes — and is responsible for the firm's documentation and chain-of-custody protocols. His work places particular emphasis on scene preservation, sequential documentation and evidence recovery under conditions suitable for subsequent legal examination.

    Qualifications

    • · M.Sc. Forensic Science
    • · Trained in Crime Scene Management
    • · Trained in scene reconstruction methodology

    Areas of Professional Practice

    • · Crime Scene Documentation
    • · Evidence Recovery
    • · Scene Reconstruction
    • · Evidence Management

    Sectors Served

    • · Police
    • · Insurance
    • · Law Firms
    • · Corporates

    Languages

    • · English
    • · Hindi
    • · Gujarati
    “A scene is examined once. Every photograph, sketch and recovered item must be made to a standard that will survive scrutiny long after the scene itself has been cleared.”
    Professional Philosophy
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    Fire-pattern contours and thermal gradient geometry — fire investigation

    04

    Mr. Bhagyesh Rathod

    Scientific Lead

    Mr. Bhagyesh Rathod leads the fire and insurance investigation practices at Aksh Forensics. His work covers origin and cause determination across vehicle, residential, commercial and industrial fires, alongside independent verification of motor and property claims for general insurers. He works within an NFPA 921-aligned methodology and is regularly engaged by insurers seeking independent technical opinion on complex or high-value matters.

    Qualifications

    • · M.Sc. Forensic Science
    • · Trained in Fire & Arson Investigation
    • · Trained in NFPA 921 methodology

    Areas of Professional Practice

    • · Origin & Cause Investigation
    • · Electrical Fire Analysis
    • · Fire Pattern Analysis
    • · Insurance Claim Verification

    Sectors Served

    • · Insurance
    • · Manufacturing
    • · Corporates
    • · Law Firms

    Languages

    • · English
    • · Hindi
    • · Gujarati
    “A fire destroys the evidence required to investigate it. The discipline lies in working systematically through what remains and reporting only what the physical record can defend.”
    Professional Philosophy

Professional Portfolio Requests

Detailed portfolios are provided on request.

Complete professional portfolios are not published publicly. Advocates, insurers, corporates and institutions may request a detailed portfolio for a specific Scientific Lead, which is released on a case-by-case basis.

Requests are reviewed before any portfolio is released.

Collaborative Scientific Practice

Expertise is brought together where the evidence requires it.

Aksh Forensics operates as a multidisciplinary scientific practice. Where the nature of the evidence requires multidisciplinary consideration, a matter may be examined in consultation across the relevant disciplines.

  • Questioned Documents
  • Fingerprint Examination
  • Crime Scene Investigation
  • Fire & Arson Investigation
  • Insurance Investigation & Claim Verification

Our Examination Team

A broader team, intentionally unnamed.

The founding Scientific Leads are supported by a broader team of forensic professionals, technical specialists, researchers and operational personnel responsible for examination, documentation and quality review.

Individual members of the broader team are intentionally not publicly identified. This approach supports client confidentiality, operational integrity, professional privacy and case security. Personnel detail relevant to a specific engagement is provided to the instructing party on a case-by-case basis.

Professional Standards

The standards under which the practice operates.

  • Independent Examination

    Every engagement is conducted free of obligation to any party other than the instructing client.

  • Scientific Integrity

    Findings reflect the physical record. Hypotheses are tested, not assumed.

  • Evidence-Based Conclusions

    Opinion is reported only to the standard the evidence will support.

  • Confidentiality

    Engagement information is held in strict confidence and never referenced externally without consent.

  • Quality Assurance

    Complex matters are subject to second-examiner verification before release.

  • Continuous Professional Development

    Examiners maintain currency through training, literature review and peer engagement.

  • Ethical Practice

    The firm operates under documented ethical standards governing acceptance, conduct and reporting.

Join Our Scientific Team

Join a growing scientific practice.

Aksh Forensics is actively seeking talented and experienced professionals — including emerging forensic scientists and established practitioners — as the organisation expands its scientific capabilities.

Current & Future Areas of Interest

  • Questioned Documents
  • Fingerprint Science
  • Crime Scene Investigation
  • Fire Investigation
  • Insurance Investigation
  • Cyber Forensics
  • Voice & Audio Forensics
  • Research
  • Laboratory Operations
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