Duration
4 years.
Eligibility
10+2 with at least 45% marks in PCB/PCM.
Course contents: Basic forestry and allied courses like geology and soil science, hydrology and watershed management, soil survey and land use planning, medicinal and aromatic plants, forest entomology and pathology, apiculture and sericulture, dendrology, world forestry systems, agro-forestry and social forestry, environmental studies, forest engineering. Introductory course of computer science, statistics, bio-mathematics, biology, plant physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, genetics and plant breeding, microbiology, economics, agro-meteorology and remote sensing.
Career Opportunities
Global concern about natural resource conservation and sustainable management requires trained forest managers for the management of the forests globally.
Forestry graduates may look forward for career in Indian Forest Services and State Forest Services, various departments of Ministry of Environment and Forests, agricultural and forestry universities, wood and non-wood forest based industries like plywood, furniture, medicinal plants, etc., Soil conservation, watershed management and plantation agencies and organizations, NGOs in the field of environment management, rural and tribal development, etc. International agencies like WWF, FAO, DANIDA, CIFOR, SIDA, USAID, DFID, etc. also offer placement to forestry graduates.
