Forestry education in State Agricultural Universities is only two decades old although
scientific forestry programmes to train forestry professionals were started as early
as 1864. Year 1985 saw the inception of undergraduate forestry education in the
country at YSPUHF, Solan and PDKV, Akola. This was followed by GBPUAT, Pantnagar
and TNAU, Coimbatore in 1986. JNKVV, Jabalpur and OUAT, Bhubaneshwar in 1987 and
NAU, Navsari in 1988 followed suit. Later on few more SAUs also started this programme
and currently fifteen colleges/Departments of Forestry in SAUs are offering this
programme. The first major exercise for developing uniform curricula was undertaken
in February 1993 during a national workshop on 'Forestry Course Curriculum in India'
at YSPUHF, Nauni Solan, HP. Inorder to prepare the forestry graduates to deal with
the emerging issues and challenges in forestry sector, the present curricula revision
exercise has been undertaken. The revisions are aimed at introducing newer concepts
and delete obsolete and overlapping course contents.
BRIEF ABOUT DEPARTMENT
During the 6th five year plan period, department of forestry was established at
JNKVV, Jabalpur under the faculty of agriculture on 4th November 1981. Financial
assistance to the department under the budget head, ‘Starting of undergraduate and
postgraduate Department of Forestry’ during the remaining period of the VI five
year plan (i.e. 1982-83 to 1984-85) was provided by ICAR, New Delhi. In view of
the shortage of trained manpower in the forestry sector, ICAR considered the expansion
of forestry education and research in selected State Agricultural Universities during
the VII plan period (1985-90) with the objective of getting professionally trained
manpower for education and research in tree crop improvement, silviculture and the
management of forests estates on sustainable basis. ICAR selected 13 State Agricultural
Universities of India including JNKVV, Jabalpur for starting B. Sc. (Forestry) degree
programme of four year duration, during the academic year 1985-86. In accordance
with the approval of ICAR, New Delhi, Department of Forestry, JNKVV, had initiated
the B.Sc. (Forestry) programme in the year 1987-88 with annual intake capacity of
15 students. Now the annual intake capacity is of 35 students. The formal creation
of the department of forestry has been made by JNKVV on 9th April 2001. In accordance
with the approval of ICAR, New Delhi, Department of Forestry, JNKVV, had initiated
the B.Sc. (Forestry) programme in the year 1987-88 with annual intake capacity of
15 students. Now the annual intake capacity is of 35 students. The formal creation
of the department of forestry has been made by JNKVV on 9th April 2001. At present,
“This is the only department in JNKVV which has been imparting B.Sc. (Forestry),
M. Sc (Forestry) / PhD Forestry degree under the faculty of agriculture. Thus, forestry
department is radically having the status of college /faculty of forestry. During
the year 2015-16, improved and standardized forestry syllabus at under graduate
/post graduate levels, B.Sc./M.Sc./PhD (forestry), was adopted by this department
as recommended by Fifth Dean Committee on Agricultural Education (including forestry
education) in India, ICAR, New Delhi and ICFRE, Dehra Dun.
DEPARTMENT –MISSION, MANDATE, VISION AND FUTURE TRUST
Mission: Integrated responsibilities for Forestry Teaching, Research
and Extension.
Mandate: Quality human resources development in the area related
to forestry fields and natural resource management. Need based research in forestry/
Agro forestry for improving the Socio-economic status of state farmers/ tribal Dissemination
of forestry/ Agro forestry technology to farmers/ tribal through various extension
programs.
Vision: Department of forestry sees millions of poor marginal and
small farmer’s access to forestry/ agroforestry innovations that will improve their
livelihood and help sustain the state environment.
Objectives: Get professional trained manpower for education and
research in the management of forests estate on sustainable basis. Equip forestry
graduates with current trends and requirements of forestry. Enable forestry graduates
to help in forestry development and taking forestry entrepreneurship ahead. Enable
them to help in environmental protection, value addition of forestry products and
make forestry globally competitive.
Staff Position
Technical staff post (Sanctioned/filled)
|
Designation |
Sanctioned |
Filled |
|
Professor |
01 |
01 Vacant |
|
Associate professor/Sr. scientist |
03 |
03 Filled |
|
Assistant Professor/Scientist |
09 |
05 Filled |
|
Technical Assistant |
02 |
01 Filled |
|
Total |
15 |
09 filled and 02 vacant
|
ACTIVITIES
Academic programmes
|
Nomenclature |
Degree Programme |
Duration |
|
B.Sc. (Forestry) |
Bachelor of Science in Forestry (since 1987-88) |
4 years |
|
M.Sc. (Forestry) |
Master of Science in Forestry (since 2009-10) in two discipline viz., Plantation
Technology and Agroforestry |
2 years |
|
Ph.D. (Forestry) |
Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry- Agroforestry (since 2013-14) |
3 years |
Graduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral Degree Programme- Annual Intake in the Department
|
Degree
|
Year of Start
|
Free/reserved seats
|
Payment seats
|
NRI |
ICAR Nominee
|
Total
|
|
B.Sc. (Forestry) |
1987-88 |
25 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
35 |
|
M.Sc. (Forestry)- Plantation Technology |
2009-10 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
4 |
|
M.Sc. (Forestry)- Agroforestry |
2009-10 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Ph.D. (Forestry)- Agroforestry |
2013-14 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
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