List of forest research institutes in India



This is a List of forest research institutes in India.

Ministry of Environment and Forests
Institutes under India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change


 * Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Almora
 * Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
 * Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bengaluru
 * Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education


Institutes under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Headquartered in Dehradun


 * Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Aizawl
 * Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
 * Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension (CFLE), Agartala
 * Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development, Chhindwara
 * Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation, Prayagraj
 * Forest Research Institute (India), Dehradun
 * Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla
 * Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad
 * Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
 * Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
 * Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bengaluru
 * Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
 * Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
 * Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)

Other national institutes
Other research institutes under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry


 * Subordinate offices
 * Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
 * Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun
 * Directorate of Forest Education, Dehradun
 * Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata
 * National Institute of Animal Welfare, Faridabad
 * National Zoological Park, New Delhi
 * National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
 * Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
 * Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)


 * Authorities
 * Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi
 * National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
 * National Ganga River Basin Authority, New Delhi
 * National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi


 * Centres of excellence
 * Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
 * C.P.R. Environmental Education Center, Chennai
 * Centre for Animals and Environment, Bengaluru
 * Centre of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai
 * Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru
 * Centre for Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru
 * Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi
 * Centre for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
 * Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore
 * Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram

Under state governments



 * Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
 * Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam
 * Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
 * Gujarat Forest Research Centre, Rajpipla, Gujarat
 * State Forest Department, Jammu
 * State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
 * State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
 * State Forest Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
 * State Forest Research Institute, Ladhowal, District Ludhiana, Punjab
 * State Forest Research Institute, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Karnataka Forest Academy, Dharwad, Karnataka