Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan (15 April 1934 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian forensic expert, writer and a former director of the Department of Forensics Sciences of the Government of Tamil Nadu.^[1] He was best known for his contributions in the investigations in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.^[2][3]

Born on 15 April 1934^[4] at Nagapattinam, a coastal town in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Chandra Sekharan secured his graduate and post-graduate degrees from Annamalai University and did doctoral research to obtain a PhD in forensic science from the University of Madras in 1986.^{[citation needed]} He was the president of the Forensics International and has published several articles on the subject of forensics, including Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization,^[5] and Forensic science--as is what is^[6] and a monograph, Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification.^[7] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2000, for his contributions to society.^[8] He was married to Evelyn and the couple had a daughter, Meena.^{[citation needed]}

Chandra Sekharan died on 11 July 2017, following a brief illness.^[9]