FRI Dehradun Ph D Ordinance

Can you provide me the date for the Ph.D. Forestry Entrance Test 2016 for admission in FRI or Forest Research Institute, Dehradun?

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The Forest Research Institute (Deemed) University, Dehradun conducted Ph.D. Entrance Test on 3rd July 2016 for enrolment in Ph.D. Programme in Forestry.

Important Dates
Last date for submission of form at research centers 20th May 2016
Date of Entrance Test3rd July 2016

Admission Requirement

One must hold a master’s degree or its equivalent from any recognized university/institute in a subject approved by F.R.I University.

One must have received grades 55% or above in Post graduate exam for General/OBC category and 50% or above for SC/ST category.

In case of registration of foreign students as Ph.D. Scholars the Equivalence Committee of the University before their registration shall settle the equivalence of the degree possessed by them.

One who has qualified UGC/CSIR (JRF) Examination / GATE/NET will be allowed to appear for the interview directly without appearing in the written entrance test.

Entrance Test:

The question paper will have following sections and their proportional weightage may be as follows

Section-A; General Awareness 25 questions; General English 25 questions; Research Aptitude 30 questions (the questions will be based on reasoning and statistics)

Section-B; Basic and Applied Sciences 120 questions (attempt any two sections)

There will be 60 questions in each section of Section-B

The questions will be based on Forestry, Agriculture, Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Wood Science and Technology, Mathematics

Research Centres

1. Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
2. Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
3. Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
4. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Kerala (only candidates having fellowship)
5. Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla
6. Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
7. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun (only candidates having fellowship)
8. Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
9. Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore
10. Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
11. Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat, Assam
12. Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun
13. Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad