History Of FRI Dehradun

I am a new student in the Forest Research Institute (India) so want to know about the history of the institute can you please help me in getting the same

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The Forest Research Institute is an institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

It is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India.

It was founded in 1878 as the British Imperial Forest School by Dietrich Brandis.

In 1906, it was reestablished as the Imperial Forest Research Institute, under the British Imperial Forestry Service.

The Indian Forest College was established in 1938;

Officers recruited to the Superior Forest Service by the states and provinces were trained there.

Museum

Pathology Museum

Social Forestry Museum

Silviculture Museum

Timber Museum

Non-Wood Forest Products Museum

Entomology Museum

Contact Address:

ENVIS Centre on Forestry
National Forest Library and Information Centre
Forest Research Institute (FRI)
Indian Council of Forestry Research Education (ICFRE)
P.O. - New Forest
Dehradun-248006
(Uttarakhand)
Email us at: fri-env@nic.in , santan@icfre.org
Call us at: 0135-2756414
Fax us at: 0135-2756865