Greetings from ICFRE family and a warm welcome to our website. It is my pleasure to take you through the overarching goals and institutional thrust areas of Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE). It is in brief only as more detailed information is presented on the website in relevant sections

ICFRE is primarily engaged in forestry research, extension and education. As forest management in India relates largely to Government owned forest land and its users, our work has to cater to Forest Department and the communities who benefit from forest resources. With the efforts of this organization, various technologies have been developed for expanding the tree cover on forest and private lands in India.

I am delighted to extend a warm welcome to everyone at the Forest Research Institute (Deemed to be) University. Forest Research Institute stands as a leading institution dedicated to Forestry Research & Education. Initially named as Imperial Forest Research Institute and colleges, it had a number of Centers located at different places all over the country administering research as well as training of forest officers and forest rangers. It was conferred the status of Deemed University in December 1991 on the recommendations of the UGC, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India...