Indian Institute of Forest Management
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Indian Institute of Forest Management Bhopal |
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| Established | 1982 |
| Type | Education and Research Institution |
| Dean | Prof. B.P.Pethiya |
| Director | Prof. D. K. Bandhopadhyay |
| Location | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Campus | 200 acres |
| Website | www.iifm.ac.in |
Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal (IIFM) (founded 1982) is an autonomous institution located at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, India, established by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India with financial assistance from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and course assistance from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. The Institute's objective is to fulfill the growing need for managerial human resource in forest and llied sectors. The Institute has been developed as an Educational, Research, Training and Consultancy organization and is gradually acquiring International The Institute is located in Nehru Nagar on the outskirts of Bhopal. It is on a hill , and the architect of the Institute is Anant Raje, who won a national award for architecture for IIFM. The architect was inspired by Mandu for his work in IIFM. The Institute is headed by a Director selected by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
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[edit] Location
The institute is located in the south western corner of the city, in Nehru Nagar. It is located on a hill that overlooks the Bhadbhada barrage. The barrage controls the overflow of the main lake of Bhopal or Bada Talab. The spillway for Bhadbhada tails around the IIFM hill, giving it a location surrounded by water on 3 sides during good monsoons. The location is some 3 k.m south of T.T nagar and just off the road to Kerwa Dam.
[edit] Board of Governors
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, IAS who is secretary to Govt.of India is the current Chairman of the Board of Governors of the institute. The Board consists of the Director and few professors of the institute and many successful people from academia and the industry.
[edit] Courses
Currently IIFM is conducting two courses
- Post Graduate Diploma In Forest Management (PFM) and
- Post Masters Diploma in Natural Resource Management (MRM).
In addition it conducts Management Development Programmes.
Though it is soon going to launch some more programs in Rural Management and Environment Management. Its flagship course PFM, is one of its kind in Asia, attracts talented students from all across the country and abroad ( From SAARC countries). It has reservation for SAARC students in place now.
[edit] PFM
The PFM course was started in 1988. It is a two year residential course and the first batch of PFM students graduated in 1990. Admission to PFM course is done through CAT (Conducted by IIM s). After the test there is a round of Group Discussions and interviews and then a final list is drawn for the course. There is a scholorship provided to all the students selected for the course. The institute has a very good faculty student ratio of 1:2 and the very best infrastructure in terms of computing and library facilities. It is a fully residential course. It used to be a course for 30 students with 7 seats reserved for S.C / S.T Candidates, but with addition of SAARC students, the course size has gone up to 45.
[edit] Placement
Most placements are with the development sector with NGO 's, there are some industry ( forest based ) placements too. IIFM and its alumni work closely with , national and international Civil Society, governments, academia and industry. IIFM alumni are recruited by the following organisation direct from campus. :-
- ACTION AID INDIA
- BASIX
- CARE INDIA
- DFID
- EDA RURAL SYSTEMS
- HARIHAR POLYFIBRES LTD.
- HARRISION MALYALAM LTD.
- HLFPPT LTD.
- IFFDC
- ISO/SWED FOREST
- ITC LTD
- Ballarpur Industries
- IUCN
- LUPIN HUMAN WELFARE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- NABARD
- OLAM INTERNATIONAL, SINGAPORE
- ONGC
- OPERATION RESEARCH GROUP
- ORG MARG
- OXFAM INDIA
- PRADAN
- RUDA
- RURAL LITIGATION AND ENTITLEMENT KENDRA
- SRIJAN
- SIDA
- SEVA MANDIR
- SIR RATAN TATA TRUST
- SPWD
- SEISTI
- Tata Energy Research Institute
- TRIFED
- WIMCO
- WWF INDIA
Organisations where IIFMites have got jobs thanks to the IIFM exposure :-
- ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
- WINROCK INTERNATIONAL
- WORLD BANK
- UNDP
- UNICEF
- INDIAN MARKETING RESEARCH BUREAU
- INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
Other organisations where IIFM alumni have found work later in their career.
- UTI BANK
- STATE BANK OF INDIA
- TCS
- SIEMENS INFORMATION SERVICES LTD
- SAIL
- PWC
- QUANTUM MARKET RESEARCH
- RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
- EXIM BANK
- RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS INDIA
- HSBC BANK
- ICICI
- WIPRO
- INFOSYS
- PENTAFOUR COMMUNICATION LTD
- US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Indian Forest Service (IFS)
- Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
- Natural History of South Asia - General Discussion and Research Emailing List
- Forest Research Institute
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