College of Forestry, NAU

The Faculty of Forestry that came into existence in 1988 and started imparting education leading to B.Sc. (Forestry) degree under the umbrella of ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry. The College of Forestry established to an independent colleg e of Forestry established to an independent college effective from 01/06/2022. Post graduate programmes leading to M.Sc. (Forestry) and Ph.D. (Forestry) degrees commenced from 1993-94 and 2006-07, respectively. On receipt of fund from ICFRE, Dehradun for construction of college and hostel buildings a separate College of Forestry was established. Meanwhile, 31 teaching faculties were appointed in the Forestry College as per the guidelines issued by ICAR in the year 2010. Thus, College of Forestry started functioning independently from the year 2010. The Faculty of Forestry that came into existence in 1988 and started imparting education leading to B.Sc. (Forestry) degree under the umbrella of ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry. The College of Forestry established to an independent college effective from 01/06/2022. Post graduate programmes leading to M.Sc. (Forestry) and Ph.D. (Forestry) degrees commenced from 1993-94 and 2006-07, respectively. On receipt of fund from ICFRE, Dehradun for construction of college and hostel buildings a separate College of Forestry was established. Meanwhile, 31 teaching faculties were appointed in the Forestry College as per the guidelines issued by ICAR in the year 2010. Thus, College of Forestry started functioning independently from the year 2010. Recently, the Government of Gujarat has agreed to give weightage of 10 % marks in merit of main exam and interview to Forestry graduates in selection of Assistant Conservator of Forest and Range Forest Officer. However, most of the graduating students have opted for higher education from the institutes of national repute and joined academics. Many of the students got employment in multinational companies, banking sector and other government and nongovernment organizations. The College of Forestry is accredited by ICAR from 2022-23 to 2028- 29. The College of Forestry is also accredited by ICFRE, Dehradun with A* grade during for the year 2022-23 to 2028-29 To prepare trained manpower who can scientifically protect and sustain forest and natural resources of the county • To facilitate and train young students to undertake applied and basic research in the field of forestry Education in forestry leading to B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees • To generate new technologies through research so as to sustain the changes caused by anthropogenic factors • Transfer of state of art technologies in forestry sector to the stakeholders ...view more