The Forest Research Institute ( FRI; hi, वन अनुसन्धान संस्थान) is a Natural Resource Service training institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is an institution in the field of forestry research in India for Indian Forest Service cadres and all State Forest Service cadres. It is located at

Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...

in Uttarakhand, and is among the oldest institutions of its kind. In 1991, it was declared a deemed university by the University Grants Commission. The Forest Research Institute campus hosts the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), the staff college that trains officers selected for the Indian Forest Service (IFS).

History

It was founded in 1864 as the British Imperial Forest School by

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

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Architecture

Forest Research Institute, DehraDun, India

Established as Imperial Forest Research Institute in 1906, the Forest Research Institute (FRI)

, was first situated at Chandhbagh (the present location of the Doon School) on the Mall Road. A much larger campus at the present location was acquired ca 1923. Construction of the new buildings commenced thereafter. Styled in Greco-Roman Architecture by C.G. Blomfield, the main building was inaugurated in 1929 by then Viceroy Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon. It is now a National Heritage site. Forest Research Institute Dehradun is among the oldest institutions of its kind. The institute's history is virtually synonymous with the evolution and development of scientific forestry, not only in India, but over the entire

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. Built over 450 hectares, with the outer Himalaya forming its back drop, the institute's main building combines

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and Colonial styles of architecture, with a plinth area of 2.5 hectares. The building was listed for a time, in the Guinness Book of Records, as the largest purely brick structure in the world. The institute has a developed infrastructure of all equipped laboratories, library, herbarium, arboreta, printing press and experimental field areas for conducting forestry research. It is 7 km from Clock Tower, on the Dehradun-Chakrata motorable road. It is the biggest forest based training institute in India. Most of the forest officers are a part of this institute. The FRI's building also houses a Botanical Museum and there are many different kind of trees from around the world.

Location

FRI and College Area campus is a census town, between Kaulagarh in the north and the Indian Military Academy to the south. The Tons River forms its Western Boundary. Lawn At FRI in Evening

Training facility

Within its campus, it hosts Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), which is a separate organization of the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF). It also hosts the Central Academy for State Forest Services (CASFOS). The Wildlife Institute of India was on campus but now has moved to Chandrabani, and is an independent organization under MoEF. IIFM is an independent autonomous organization of MoEF and has good liaisons with FRI for forestry research and related activities. Presently IIM Kashipur running its executive management course on weekends for working person in this campus. The deemed university of FRI runs four MSc courses viz. Cellulose & Paper Technology, Environment Management, Forestry Management, Wood Science Technology and two P.G.Diploma courses in Natural Resource Management and Aroma Technology. It also enrolls a large number of research scholars every year for Ph.D. Front View of F

Museum

The museum is open from 9:30am to 5:00pm daily. There is an entry fee of

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40 per person and a nominal entry fee for vehicles. There are six sections in the museum: # Pathology Museum # Social Forestry Museum # Silviculture Museum # Timber Museum # Non-Wood Forest Products Museum # Entomology Museum

In popular culture

More than half a dozen movies '' Dulhan Ek Raat Ki'', '' Krishna Cottage'', ''

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'', ''404'', ''

Paan Singh Tomar Paan Singh Tomar (1 January 1932 — 1 October 1981) was an Indian soldier, athlete, and later, ''Baaghi'' (rebel/outlaw). He served in the Indian Army, where his talent for running was discovered. He was a seven-time national steeplechase c ...

'', ''Nanban'', '' Student of the Year'', '' Student of the Year 2'', Dilli Khabar, ''

Yaara ''Yaara'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. The film stars Vidyut Jammwal, Shruti Haasan, Amit Sadh, Vijay Varma, Kenny Basumatary and Ankur Vikal. Co-produced by Tigmanshu Dhulia Films and Azur ...

'', '' Genius'', '' Dear Daddy'' and ''Maharshi'' were majorly shot in this campus. Television commercial ad of Bournvita was also shot here. Punjabi song Pyaar tere naal he and Sajjan Raji by

Satinder Sartaj Satinder Pal Singh, popularly known as Satinder Sartaaj, is an Indian singer, songwriter, actor and poet of Punjabi language films and songs. He gained fame with his song "Udaarian". Since then he has performed across the world. He made his f ...

also shot here. Web series like '' Puncch Beat'' is also shot here. Rash Behari Bose worked here as a head clerk, before becoming a full-time participant in the Independence movement.

References

External links

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations
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