It’s very different from what you see on TV—we don’t place a sample in a high-tech machine, and, voila, out comes a suspect’s name,” laughs Joulyn Kenny. The forensic consultant’s journey started with attending an after-college-hours supplementary course in forensics at St Xavier’s College in 2004; then followed a Masters degree from a Noida university, and culminated in her launching a forensics firm. Through the years, Kenny has deciphered document forgeries, cheque frauds, and signature and fingerprint verifications, often testifying in court as an expert witness.

“Most people’s interpretation of forensics is what they see in reel life. Friends ask me if what I do is similar to Dr Salunkhe from CID! In a law and crime show, the viewer is constantly fed a stream of evidence in a short span of time.”