Shah Launches NFSU's Nagpur Campus, Lays Foundation Of Permanent Site in Kamptee
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Nagpur: Union home minister
Amit Shah
on Monday laid the foundation of the permanent campus of National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) at Chicholi in Kamptee tehsil and simultaneously inaugurated its transit campus at Subhash Nagar in front of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology.
The Nagpur facility will be the university's 11th campus and its second in Maharashtra after Pune.
The event was attended by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union minister Nitin Gadkari, revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, MLA Ashish Deshmukh, chief secretary Sujata Saunik, additional chief secretary (home) Iqbal Singh Chahal, divisional commissioner Vijayalakshmi Bidari, and NFSU vice-chancellor JM Vyas, among others.
Shah also participated in a tree plantation drive on the new campus site before flying to Nanded.
NFSU, a specialised institution under the ministry of home affairs and the only forensic sciences university in the world, is designed to enhance India's internal security apparatus by producing highly trained forensic professionals. TOI was the first to exclusively write about the upcoming premier institution at Mouza Chicholi in Kamptee on January 15, 2025.
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"The Nagpur campus will help law enforcement agencies prevent, reduce, and detect crimes through scientific techniques. It will also expedite the justice delivery system by strengthening forensic capabilities and enhancing forensic capabilities of all stakeholders," said Vyas, a Padmashree awardee and founding vice-chancellor of NFSU. He added that the new campus would open "career doors for students across western India.
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Starting from the academic year 2025–26, the Nagpur campus will launch five academic programmes focused on forensic sciences and cyber security. The list includes MSc Forensic Science, BTech and MTech in Cyber Security, as well as BBA and MBA programmes related to management and forensic disciplines.
The temporary campus, now operational at Subhash Nagar, is equipped with smart classrooms, a digital forensics laboratory, toxicology and cyber security labs, a library, seminar halls, hostels, dining facilities, and indoor sports areas.
Recreational zones include table tennis and volleyball courts. A short film on the occasion highlighted NFSU's national and international footprint, including its campus in Uganda, was shown to the dignitaries.
Spread across 50 acres, the permanent Chicholi campus will feature academic blocks, hostels, faculty housing, lecture halls, departmental units, and full-fledged sports infrastructure. The new institution aims to bridge the growing need for forensic professionals in law enforcement, judiciary, and internal security.
NFSU was established in 2009 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he was Gujarat chief minister, to develop skilled professionals in forensic sciences. The university currently operates in Gujarat, Delhi, Goa, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Manipur, Pune, and internationally in Uganda.
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