Our Duties
Roles & Responsibilities at TGFSL
- The overall functioning of the Telangana Forensic Science Laboratories and its various wings located in the state of Telangana.
- Maintaining cordial working relationships with police, judiciary, prosecution, medical and other allied agencies of the criminal justice system.
- Overseeing the functions of divisions and sections with a view to ensure that the scientific work is carried out as per the procedures and instructions and simultaneously ensure timely dispatch of reports/opinions.
- Constantly upgrading the scientific and technical strengths of the Laboratory by human resources development and modernization of the laboratory equipment.
- Review of performance of divisions and sections periodically to ensure quality assurance.
- Taking corrective actions in case of non-conformances in scientific work.
- Making available adequate resources and ensure its optimum utilisation for effective delivery of services.
- Monitoring and effective implementation of all the systems to ensure quality and excellence.
- Guidance and supervision of all the officers and staff, and where necessary taking corrective or disciplinary action.
- Over all technical operations of the laboratory.
- Provision of necessary resources for carrying out laboratory operations.
- Ensuring provision of technical and managerial personnel for carrying out laboratory work.
- Ensure management and personnel are free from and due from internal and external pressures and influences.
- Ensure protection of confidential information for the customer.
- Ensure provision of adequate supervision.
- Carrying out operations of the laboratory in accordance with the ISO/IEC 17025 and the quality policy.
- Ensure availability of pertinent issues of the applicable document at all places.
- Ensure review of the requests / tender / contracts before acceptance.
- Ensure maintenance of equipment with valid calibration and good working conditions.
- Ensuring analysis of compliance.
- Ensure implementation of corrective and preventive actions as necessary.
- Ensure training of personnel.
- Selection of suitable methods of test, in association with the respective Joint Directors.
- Ensure correctness and completeness of data transfers with the help of Joint Directors concerned.
- Ensure reporting of the results and opinion in accordance with the laboratory established practices.
- Review the improvement suggested, provide direction for improvement.
- Overseeing the functions of divisions and sections with a view to ensure that the scientific work is carried out as per the procedures and instructions and simultaneously ensure timely dispatch of reports/opinions.
- Constantly upgrading the scientific and technical strengths of the Laboratory by human resources development and modernization of the laboratory equipment.
- Reviewing of performance of divisions and sections periodically to ensure quality assurance.
- Ensuring its optimum utilization of resources for effective delivery of services.
- Monitoring and effective implementation of all the systems to ensure quality and excellence.
- Carrying out operations of laboratory accreditation methods in accordance with the ISO/IEC-17025 and the quality policy.
- Ensuring maintenance of equipment with valid calibration and good working conditions of modern scientific instruments and also periodical interactions with the concerned Technical Experts and also Directors of the Scientific Instrumental Manufactures.
- Ensuring correct / accurate reporting of the results and opinions in accordance with the Laboratory established practices. Reviewing the improvement suggested and provides directions for the interactions.
- Supervision of the sections and units (RFSLs) attached to them.
- Overall smooth functioning of scientific sections in terms of efficiency and objectivity.
- Ensuring availability of materials and equipment required for analysis.
- Ensuring safety of the personnel and security of laboratory equipment, furniture and other physical assets.
- Maintaining scientific work environment in the sections under their control
- Additional work allotted as officer in-charge of units or any other work allotted to them by Director from time to time.
- As approving authority for the reports/opinions emanating from sections under their control.
- Internal allocation of work among the scientific staff for optimum utilization of human resources and expertise.
- Identification of improvement of the area under control and review the improvement suggested by the personnel of the laboratory.
- Ensure effective communication with the laboratory personnel.
- The analytical work and overall functioning of the sections.
- Safe custody of case property, case files and other case related material.
- Upkeep and maintenance of equipment and other physical assets of section.
- Timely disposal of cases/reports/opinions.
- Receipt and dispatch of case property.
- Maintenance of all documents pertaining to the section viz., case property registers, stock registers, equipment registers, equipment log books etc.
- Effective functioning of units attached.
- Undertaking any other scientific and general work entrusted by Additional Director and/or Joint Directors concerned after due approval of the Director for smooth and effective functioning of the laboratory.
- Identification of improvements in the respective areas.
- Analytical work at bench level.
- Supervision of the work of SA, LA, LT & Lab Attendants.
- Ensuring maintenance of Daily Activity records of subordinate staff besides recording daily activity performed by them.
- Ensuring chain of custody of case property under the guidance of Asst. Director
- Additional work entrusted as in-charge of units on any other work allotted to them by Addl. Director/JD/AD from time to time after the due approval by Director.
- Identification of improvement in the technical operation of the respective area.
- Analytical work under the guidance of SO/AD.
- Additional work entrusted as i/c of units or any other work allotted to them by Addl. Director, Joint Director, Asst. Director and Scientific Officer after due approval by Director.
- Upkeep and maintenance of premises, laboratory furniture, equipment, records.
- Being the key functionaries responsible for analytical activities, they are responsible for carrying out various steps involved in physical evidence examination starting from receipt, registration, opening, storing, maintenance, analyzing packing and dispatch.
- Implementation of the improvement identified in the respective areas.
- Assisting SA, SO in maintaining the laboratory equipment, furniture, records.
- Assisting SA in carrying out analytical functions.
- Maintenance of chemicals, glassware, and other lab ware.
- Assisting the scientific personnel in conducting various laboratory processes including washing, cleaning, weighing, cutting, measuring, marking, labeling, sealing and packing the evidentiary materials.
- Maintenance of the laboratory areas in neat and tidy condition.
- Carrying out miscellaneous laboratory work entrusted by AD and other scientific personnel of the section in the day-to-day analysis as well as routine laboratory activities.
