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Forest Research Institute campus, Dehradun, India. The Forest Research Institute (abbr. FRI; Hindi: वन अनुसन्धान संस्थान) is a Natural Resource Service training institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is an institution in the field of forestry research in India for Indian Forest Service cadres and all State Forest Service cadres.
The academy was constituted in the year 1987 by renaming the Indian Forest College, which was established in 1938 for training senior forest officers. [2] On 25 May 1987, Indian Forest College upgraded to National Forest Academy through a resolution and given a formal name "Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy". [3]
Headquartered in Dehradun, its functions are to conduct forestry research; transfer the technologies developed to the states of India and other user agencies; and to impart forestry education. The council has 9 research institutes and 4 advanced centres to cater to the research needs of different bio-geographical regions.
Forest Survey of India (FSI), founded in June 1981 and headquartered at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, is the Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organisation which conducts forest surveys, studies and researches to periodically monitor the changing situations of land and forest resources and present the data for national planning, conservation and sustainable ...
The institute has its origins in department of Geology at University of Delhi, after being shifted to Dehradun it was initially named as the Institute of Himalayan Geology, renamed in 1976 as the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in memory of its founder, late Prof. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia (F.R.S. and National Professor), in honor to his contributions to the geology of the Himalayas.
The Institute of Arid Zone Forestry Research started as the Centre of Forest Research Institute (FRI) in June 1987. However, the activities of establishing the institute were intensified with the issuing of formal office order no, 4-14/87-RT dated 13.04.1988 of ministry of Environment & Forest, New Delhi and the institute started working under the Indian Council of Forestry Research ...
Cambrian Hall is a private school located in the Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. It is a co-educational, English-medium, residential day school which participates in the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. [1] Cambrian Hall is located near the Indian Military Academy and the Forest Research Institute of India. Founded in 1954 ...
Logo for the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) Program Students who participate in the FRI are 30-35% more likely to graduate with a science degree and 23% more likely to go to graduate school. [ citation needed ] In addition the program is significantly boosting the number of underrepresented students majoring in science, and approximately ...