Our Legacy - Some key events
12 March, 2007
A unique initiative in the name of ‘Crime Stoppers’, was experimentally mooted on 12th March 2007 inaugurated by Hon’ble Justice G. S. Singhvi, the then Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court and Hon’ble Justice M. Jagannadha Rao, Chairman, Law Commission of India (lighting the lamp after garlanding the photo of Mahatma Gandhi). The UNODC Chief of India, Mr. Gary Lewis and Crime Stoppers Heads of US, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands and others have participated. Crime stoppers in India served its objective of collecting crime – criminal – crime scene related information from the public anonymously, but the concerned Government Departments could not effectively and constructively utilize the information for prevention, control and detection of crime and corruption.
2 October, 2007
A national seminar on ‘The Need for Independent FSL’s in India’ was conducted at Hyderabad on 2nd October 2007 as a prelude to establishing Truth Labs. This was presided over by Hon’ble Justice M. Jagannadha Rao, Chairman, Law Commission of India and keynote address by Dr. Palle Rama Rao, Former Secretary, Dept. of S&T, Govt. of India and Veteran Forensic Scientist, Prof. P. Chandra Sekharan and just retired IGP & Director, Dr. Gandhi P C Kaza, presented their viewpoints besides several retired Directors of Central & State FSL’s and Judges. This path-breaking initiative was unanimously approved by several police, judiciary, advocates and forensic fraternity and elite public representatives.
11 July, 2008
Dr. Gandhi P C Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs with Justice V. S. Malimath, Former Chief Justice, Kerala & Karnataka High Courts and Chairman, Criminal Justice Reforms Committee, Dr. K Koshy, IPS, the then Director General, BPR&D, MHA,, Dr. Ajai Kumar Singh, IPS (Retd.), Former DGP, Karnataka and Dr. Samuel Paul, Former Director, lIM, Bangalore at a Seminar organized by Crime Stoppers on 11th July 2008 in the auditorium of DGP office, Bangalore.
26 July, 2009
Inauguration of Truth Labs at Delhi on 26th August, 2009 by Sri. P Chidambaram, Union Home Minister, Justice A. P. Shah, the then Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, Justice M. N. Venkatachalaiah, Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India along with Dr. Gandhi PC Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs have participated
10 July, 2010
Inauguration of Truth Labs at Chennai on 10th July 2010 by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India along with Justice, M. Y. Eqbal, the then Chief Justice, Madras High Court, Mrs. Ranjana Kumar, Former Vigilance Commissioner of CVC, Dr. R. K. Raghavan, IPS (Retd.), Former Director, CBI, Mr. Kamal Kumar, IPS (Retd.), Former Director, NPA along with Dr. Gandhi P. C. Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs.
June, 2011
Truth Labs started in Bangalore commencing operations from its office centrally located in Manipal Centre after a formal inauguration by Justice M. N. Venkatachalaiah, Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India.
June, 2012
Spurred on the demand from the commercial capital of India, the 5th Regional Office of Truth Labs was opened in Mumbai, formally inaugurated in presence of eminent police officers and forensic scientists of the state.
23 July, 2014
Truth Labs organised a launch of Forensic Analytical Report on Piracy and Counterfeit Software: Emerging risks and threats to public safety and national security. This was a collaboration project of Truth Labs and Microsoft India at Delhi on 23rd July, 2014. The Report was launched by Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director General, CERT-In in the presence of Dr. Gandhi Kaza, Founder Chairman and other eminent dignitaries in Delhi. The Report was commissioned by Microsoft India.
22 July, 2014
Dr. Gandhi P C Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs along with Principal Secretary, Home, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Mrs. Archana Arora, IAS and Dr. R K Sarin, Director, Delhi FSL while signing the MoU with Delhi Govt. for clearing the pending cases of Delhi FSL by Truth Labs, Delhi experts and all cases were reported by 2017.
2014
Dr. Gandhi PC Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs has addressed vigilance, security, law enforcement and other allied professionals from government, financial, corporate, commercial and trade organizations across the country organized by ICC, ASIS International, FICCI, CII, etc. In the picture, Dr. Gandhi is seen with other dignitaries at the Homeland Security Conference held in Delhi organized in 2014.
2 October, 2015
Justice M. N. Venkatachalaiah, Founder Chairman of Advisory Board of Truth Labs & Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court delivering the Foundation Day lecture on the 8th Foundation Day Celebrations at Hyderabad on 2nd October 2015 on the theme ‘Satyameva Jayate’. Also seen in the picture are Justice M. Jagannadha Rao, Former Chairman, Law Commission of India, Dr. Palle Rama Rao, Former Secretary, Dept. of S&T, Govt. of India and Dr. Gandhi P C Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs.
June, 2016
In combating tech-based cybercrimes, Truth Labs has collaborated with Microsoft to carry out nationwide awareness program as a part of capacity building exercise for the police officers of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Delhi, NIA, NCRB, NICFS, Enforcement Directorate, Economic offences Wing.
One such workshop organized in Delhi on 20th June 2016 on ‘HANDLING VOIP BASED CYBER CRIMES’ inaugurated by Dr. Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator, PMO along with Mr. N R Wasan, IPS (Retd.) Former DG, BPR&D, Ms. Betsy Broder from FTC, Washington DC, USA, Mr. Narendra Nath, Dy. Director General, DOT, GOI, Mr. Pawan Duggal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Dr. Gandhi P. C. Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs and Mr. U. Ram Mohan, SP(CID), Cyber Cell, Hyderabad for more than 85 officers from various police departments including 60 from Delhi Police, 3 from Gurgaon Police, 6 from UP Police, 6 from NIA and 6 from NTRO.
June, 2016
Besides judiciary and police, Truth Labs training initiatives also included orientation to forensic science for officers of various banks including IBA, RBI, State Bank of India as well as for insurance officers at National Insurance Academy, ICICI Lombard GICL, Reliance GICL and various universities and colleges across the country. One of the cyber security awareness program organized for the senior officers of SBI at Corporate Training Centre, Nariman Point, Mumbai. Seen in the picture are Mr. P. Pradeep Kumar, the then Managing Director& GE Corporate Banking, SBI, Mr. G. Gopalakrishna, the then Director, CAFRAL& Former Executive Director, RBI, Mr. Debashish Sarkar, the then Chief General Manager SBI and Dr. Gandhi P. C. Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs.
2017
Dr. Manjula Chellur, the then Chief Justice, Mumbai High Court inaugurating the Cyber Security workshop at Maharashtra Judicial Academy attended by more than 400 judicial and prosecution officers of Maharashtra state. Truth Labs have conducted more than 50 forensic science orientation programs for more than 3000 judicial officers in judicial academies of Delhi, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and many other states.
19 June, 2017
In order to have its presence in all the metropolitan cities of India and to cater to the needs of eastern parts of the country, the 6th Regional office of Truth Labs was inaugurated at Kolkata in the presence of well-known prosecutors, forensic scientists, media personnel and forensic accounting specialists of Kolkata.
21 October, 2017
Decennial celebrations were organized with Foundation Day Event on 21st October, 2017 at Bangalore where Justice Sri M. N. Venkatachaliah, Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India delivered the Foundation Day Lecture and Justice Sri Santosh Hegde, Former Lokayukta and Supreme Court Judge delivered the Keynote Address. Also seen are Sri Rupak Kumar Dutta, IPS, Director General of Police, Sri R. Srikumar, IPS (Retd.), Former Vigilance Commissioner, Former DGP, Karnataka, Dr. Ajai Kumar Singh, IPS (Retd.), Former DGP & IGP, Karnataka, Sri Vepa Kamesam, Former Deputy Governor, RBI and Sri P. C. James, Former Chair Professor, National Insurance Academy.
13 November, 2017
10th Foundation Day celebrations at Delhi presided over by Mr. Madhabushi Sridhar, Information Commissioner, GOI, Judge Arun Arya, Principal Judge, Saket Court, Delhi, Mr. N R Wasan, IPS (Retd.), Former DG, BPR&D, MHA, Mr. Vijay Kumar, IPS (Retd.), Former DG, CRPF, Mr. N Dilip Kumar, IPS (Retd.), Former DG, NCRB, Mr. Kamal Kumar, IPs (Retd.), Former Director, NPA, Mr. Ramavtar Yadav, IPs (Retd.), Former Director, NCRB and Mr. Vivek Sood, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court.
16 December, 2017
Chief Guest, Dr. C. Rangarajan, Former Governor, RBI & Former Chairman, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council; Justice Mr. S. Nagamuthu, Former Judge, Madras High Court; Dr. R. Natraj IPS (Retd.), Former DGP, Tamil Nadu & Currently MLA; Mr. K. Saleem Ali, IPS (Retd.), Former Special Director, CBI; and Dr. Gandhi PC Kaza; Chairman, Truth Labs at the get together on 16th December, 2017 at Chennai.
16 December, 2018
Dr. Gandhi P C Kaza, currently the Advisor to the Government of Andhra Pradesh on Forensics & Allied Police Support Services, Government of West Bengal on Home, Forensic Science Services and also J&K Government on Forensic Services, recently presented with a prestigious Pinnameneni Award by a highly reputed social organization at Vijayawada on 16th December 2018 by Dr. G N Rao, Chairman, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute and Dr. C. Nageswara Rao, Managing Trustee, Dr. Pinnamaneni and Smt. Seethadevi Foundation & DG, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada.
15 August, 2019
Dr. Gandhi PC Kaza, Chairman, Truth Labs exchanging copy of the MoU signed between Truth Labs and Haryana State Government Forensic Science Laboratory on 15th August 2019 with the Addl. Director General of Police, Haryana, Mr. Srikant Jadhav, IPS at his office
8 November, 2019
12th Foundation Day Lecture was delivered by Justice Jasti Chalameswar on 8th November 2019 on the theme “Society Science and Law “at Administrative College of India Hyderabad and seen in the picture are Chairman, Truth Labs, Dr. Gandhi P. C. Kaza and Former Law Commission of India, Chairman Justice M. Jagannadha Rao and Sri. M. N. Sarma, Secretary General, General Insurance Council of India Mumbai
29 February, 2020
| Dr. Gandhi receiving ASTC Award towards professional excellence on 29th February, 2020 at Birla Planetarium from Her Excellency the Governor of Telangana Smt. Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan. |