Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr Sanjay Dudhe assured to introduce a post-graduate course in Criminology.
The demand was made by the Indian Institute of Criminology, Nagpur Chapter.
Nagpur Chapter’s Patron Dr Uday Bodhankar, National Executive Committee Member and Covenor Dr Nandkishor Bhagat and member Dr Prashant Jambhule submitted a memorandum to Dr Dudhe. In view of growing crime across the world, a scientific study in the subject is necessary for taking preventive and correctional steps. Understanding criminal mentality, the root cause of deviant behavior, and scientific methods of preventing crime and administering correctional methods for criminals would be a part of the course.
Dr Dudhe was happy to receive the demand letter and said that he himself was thinking on the same line. The University has already introduced post-graduate courses in Social Work and Geography. Another special course in criminology would be another important step in the development of the university. The course will be need-based in the present context. Experts in the field can be groomed and developed in Nagpur, which is centre of the nation. The course will also add another feather to the university, which is celebrating its centenary year.