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 | Dr. Ravindra Bihari Lal |
| Location | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Campus | 200 acres |
| Website | http://www.iifm.ac.in/ |
The Indian Institute of Forest Management (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 allied sectors. The Institute has developed as an Educational, Research, Training and Consultancy organization and is gradually acquiring an internationally visible name.
The Institute is headed by a Director selected by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
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[edit] Location and Building
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 scenic 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. The architect of the institutes's buildings is Anant Raje, who won a national award for architecture for IIFM. The architect was inspired by the historical town of Mandu for his work in IIFM.
[edit] Board of Governors
Shri Vijai Sharma, IAS Secretary ( E & F) to Govt.of India Ministry of Environment and Forests, 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. Chairman
Shri Vijai Sharma, IAS Chairperson, BoG, IIFM & Secretary ( E & F) to Govt.of India Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003
Vice Chairman
Director General of Forests and Special Secretary to Govt. of India & Vice-Chairman, BOG, IIFM
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi 110 003
Members
Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor (Ex-officio Member) Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhawan CGO Complex, Lodi Road New Delhi 110 003
Secretary, Secondary & Higher Education .(Ex-officio Member) Government of India Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development 107, ‘C’ Wing , Shastri Bhawan New Delhi-110 001
Shri Prashant Mehta, IAS
Addl. Chief Secreatary & Principal Secretary- Forests
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh Mantralaya,
Vallabh Bhawan
Bhopal 462004
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests(Ex-officio Member)
Govt. of Madhya Pradesh,
Forest Department
Satpura Bhawan
Bhopal 462004
Shri J C Kala, IFS (Retd.) Former DGF & Secretary C-1/15, Pocket - IV
Kendriya Vihar Sector-82 Noida, U.P. 201304
Shri M K Deb
Managing Director
M P Windfarms Ltd.
Consolidated Energy Consultants Ltd
162, Zone-II, M P Nagar
Bhopal 461011
Prof. Samar K Dutta Chairman, CMA Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Ahmedabad - 380 015
Shri V R Khare, IFS (Retd.) Former PCCF of MP House no 2, Aranya Vihar Chunabati, Kolar Road Bhopal 462016
Shri Vijay Mahajan, Chief Executive Officer BASIX India, 3rd Floor, Surabhi Arcade Bank Street Troop Bazar, Koti Hyderabd 500 001
Prof N M Ramaswamy Founder Chairman NMR Foundation for Research & Development Director, Biotechnology Centre Anna University, Academic Campus Jothipuram Coimbatore - 641047 Tamil Nadu
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Forest Department Hyderabad
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Assam Forest Department Guwahati 781007 Assam
Director General(Ex-officio Member) Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE) P.O.New Forest Dehradun 248 006
Director General(Ex-officio Member) Indian council of Agriculture Research Krishi Bhawan New Delhi 110 001
Managing Director Uttaranchal Forest Development Corporation Aranya Vikas Bhawan 73 Nehru Road, Dehra Dun Uttaranchal
Dean (Ex-officio Member) Indian Institute of Forest management Nehru Nagar Bhopal-462 003
Dr Parag Dubey Faculty Member Indian Institute of Forest management Nehru Nagar Bhopal-462 003
Director (Ex-officio Member Secretary) Indian Institute of Forest management Nehru Nagar Bhopal-462 003
Non-Member Secretary* (Ex-officio) Chief Administrative Officer Indian Institute of Forest Management Nehru Nagar Bhopal- 462003
- Non-Member Secretary - BoG
[edit] Courses
Currently IIFM is conducting two courses
- Post Graduate Diploma In Forest Management (PFM) and
- Fellow Program in Natural Resource Management (FPM)
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 scholarship 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. The total availability of seats is 72.
PFM PROGRAMME
COURSE DESIGN
PFM is a two-year fully residential Post Graduate level diploma programme. The three major specialized modules offered in the two years Post Graduate Programme in Forestry Management (PFM) are.
Forest Management (FM)
Environmental Management (EM)
Developmental Management (DM)
The PFM programme offers dual specialization, (i) major specialization; and (ii) minor specialization to the students.
Major Specialization:
A student can have single or dual specialization as per his/her interest. A student has to opt for one major specialization from available three specializations by opting minimum 8.0 credit courses in total (4.0 Credit compulsory and remaining 4.0 credit electives courses, from major specialization area, offered during Term V & VI ). However, the total credit to be taken in each Vth and VIth term is 6.0 credit per term.
Minor Specialization
A student can also have a minor specialization by opting 4.0 credit courses from available compulsory / elective courses of the relevant module chosen for minor specialization. The choice of opting for minor specialization rests with the students.
The Diploma
The diploma will be given in Major specialization like PGDFM (with specialized package in DM). The minor specialization will not be mentioned on Diploma but it will be mentioned on transcript, if opted by the student.
The structure of PFM programme
Orientation Induction programme (Two Weeks) Credit Units FIRST YEAR Term-I Classroom term Compulsory Courses 7.0 Term-II Classroom term Compulsory Courses 7.0 Fieldwork Three weeks 0.5* Term-III Classroom term Compulsory Courses 7.0 Summer Internship Components Ten weeks 2.0* SECOND YEAR Term-IV Classroom term Compulsory Courses 7.0 Term-V Classroom term (Specialized Module) 6.0 Specialized FW Module For Major Specializations - Two weeks 0.5* Term-VI Classroom term (Specialized Module) 6.0
Total Credits 40.0+3.0
CLASSROOM SESSIONS PER COURSE
The students are required to complete 43 credits including one credit for fieldwork and two credits for Summer Internship. The list of courses being offered in the Classroom terms including the credit units and number of sessions for each course is given in Annexure 1. A one-credit course is of thirty classroom sessions of one hour each and half credit course is of fifteen classroom sessions of one hour each. Each credit course requires from a student about 100 hours of work, both in and outside the classroom.
Students may also be asked to attend workshops/seminars/special lectures by eminent personalities organised at times in the Institute for the overall benefit of the students.
[edit] Placement
Most placements are with the environment and development sector with NGO 's, though recently a number of Banks and Micro Finance Institutions have participated in campus placements during the last two placements.The average salary for the batch which passed out in 2007 was Rs. 6.7 lakhs and for the batch passed out in 2008 average salary was Rs. 7.2 Lakhs.
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 including:
- ACTION AID INDIA
- BASIX
- CARE INDIA
- DFID
- EDA RURAL SYSTEMS
- HARIHAR POLYFIBRES LTD.
- HARRISION MALAYALAM LTD.
- HLFPPT
- Development Credit Bank LTD.
- HDFC Bank
- ICICI Bank
- ICICI Prudential
- IFFDC
- IFMR Trust
- India Bulls
- 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
- SKS Microfinance
- SRIJAN
- SIDA
- SEVA MANDIR
- SIR RATAN TATA TRUST
- SPWD
- SEISTI
- Tata Energy Research Institute
- TRIFED
- WIMCO
- WWF India
- Indian Marketing Research Bureau
Organisations where IIFMites have got jobs thanks to the IIFM exposure :-
- UNFCCC Secretariat, Bonn
- World Bank
- UNDP
- UNICEF
- Asian Development Bank
- WWF-India Secretariat, New Delhi
- Winrock International
- International Finance Corporation
Other organisations where IIFM alumni have found work later in their career.
- PWC
- HSBC
- State Bank of India
- Tata Consultancy Services
- SIEMENS INFORMATION SERVICES LTD
- Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
- Axis Bank
- QUANTUM MARKET RESEARCH
- Reserve Bank of India
- EXIM BANK
- RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS INDIA
- WIPRO
- INFOSYS
- PENTAFOUR COMMUNICATION LTD
- US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- VOXIVA INC.
[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
- Forest Survey of India
