No. 6035/R-5/Ph.D./2018-FRIDU
Ph.D. Forestry Entrance Test 2018 conducts Forest Research Institute Deemed to be University
Eligibility criteria for admission to the Ph.D. Programme:
Subject to the conditions stipulated in these Regulations, the following persons are eligible to seek admission
to the Ph.D. programme. Candidates for admission to the Ph.D. programme shall have a Master's degree or a professional degree
declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55%
marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade 'B' in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale
wherever grading system is followed) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational Institution accredited
by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority,
established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country for
the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions. A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, is allowed for those
belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/ Differently-Abled and other categories of candidates as per the
decision of the Commission from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master's degree prior to
19th September, 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading
system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on
the qualifying marks without including the grace mark procedures.
1. Silviculture
Qualification: Post-graduate degree in Forestry/Agriculture/Botany
2. Forest Seed Tech.
Qualification:Post-graduate degree in Forestry/Agriculture/Botany
3. Forest Genetics
Qualification:Post-graduate degree in Botany, Agriculture or Forestry with
specialization in Genetics
4. Forest Botany
Qualification:Post-graduate degree in Botany with specialization in Systematic
Botany/Plant Physiology/Wood Anatomy/Biodiversity
Conservation/Ethno Botany or Post-graduate degree in Agriculture
with specialization in Plant Physiology or Post-graduate degree in
Forestry
5. Forest Pathology
Qualification:Post graduate degree in Botany/Forestry/Wood Science &
Technology/Agriculture, with specialization in Plant Pathology/
Microbiology or Project work/dissertation in Forest Pathology/Plant
Pathology Or
Post graduate degree in Microbiology with specialization or Project
work/ dissertation in Forest Pathology/Plant Pathology Or
Post graduate degree in Plant Pathology/Mycology/Plant Pathology
6. Forest Entomology
Qualification:Post-graduate degree in Forestry or P.G. Degree in Zoology with
specialization in Entomology or P.G. Degree in Agriculture with
specialization in Entomology
7. Soil Science
Qualification:Post-graduate degree in Chemistry, Microbiology Geology, Soil
Science or Agriculture (with specialization in Agricultural
Chemistry, Soil Science)
8. Forest Ecology &
Environment
Qualification:Post-graduate degree in Biological Science/ Life
Science/ Environmental Science/Forestry/ Marine Biology/
Environmental Engineering /Aquatic Biology
Candidate must have studied ecology as one of the subjects in above
Post-graduate degree courses
9. Forest Management
Qualification:Post-graduate degree in Mathematics/Statistics/Computer
Application/ Forestry/Agriculture Forestry
10. Wood Science &
Technology
Qualification: Post-graduate degree in Physics/Chemistry/Engineering or Botany with
specialization in Wood Anatomy or Post Graduate Degree in Wood
Science & Technology
11. Chemistry of Forest
Products
Qualification: M.Sc. in Chemistry (preferable organic specialization),M.Sc. in
Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry,
Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Biochemistry,
Agricultural Chemicals, Polymer Chemistry, MD in Pharmacology or
equivalent in Indian System of Medicine, Masters in Pharmacy, M.
Tech in Chemical technology/Chemical Engineering, M.Sc.(Tech) in
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
12. Pulp & Paper
Technology
Qualification: Post-graduate degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Paper
Technology
13. Forestry Extension
Qualification: Post-graduate degree in Agriculture Extension/Forestry
14. Non Wood Forest
Products (NWFP)
Qualification: Post Graduate degree in Botany/Forestry, Organic Chemistry,
Agriculture with specialization in cultivation of medicinal plants, MD
in Pharmacology or equivalent in Indian System of Medicine
15. Forest Biotechnology
Qualification: Post Graduate degree in Biotechnology or Post graduate degree in life
sciences with specialization in Biotechnology or Post Graduate degree
in Biochemistry/Molecular biology/ Microbiology
16. Forest Bio informatics
Qualification: Post Graduate degree in Bio informatics or Post graduate degree in
Forestry/Botany with minimum one year PG Diploma in Bio
informatics from a recognized institution or Post Graduate Degree in
Computer Science or Post Graduate Degree in Information Technology
or Post Graduate Degree in Maths/Physics/Statistics with P.G. Diploma
in Computer Science.
17. Environment
Management
Qualification: Post Graduate degree in Environment Management/ Environmental
Science or M.Tech Environmental Engineering or Post Graduate degree
in Chemistry with specialization in Environmental Chemistry.
18. Wildlife Science
Qualification: Post-graduate degree in Forestry/Wildlife
Science/Zoology/Botany/Environmental Management or Postgraduate
degree in any science subjects with recognized Postgraduate Diploma
in Wildlife Management.
19. Forest Geoinformatics
Qualification: M. Tech in Remote Sensing & GIS or Post Graduate Degree in any
science subject with Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing/GIS
from IIRS, Dehra Dun or Postgraduate degree in Geo-informatics.
20. Forest Hydrology
Qualification: Post Graduate Engineering Degree in Hydrology/Water Resource
Engineering/Civil Engineering, Post Graduate Degree in Forestry, and
Environment Management/Sciences with specialization in GIS/Remote
Sensing/Watershed Management/Water Management/Post Graduate
Degree in Soil and Water Conservation Engineering/ Post Graduate
Degree in Irrigation and drainage Engineering
21. Plant Physiology
Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Plant Physiology, Post Graduate Degree in Botany
with specialization in Plant Physiology.
22. Application of
Information Technology
in Forestry
Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Forestry with at least one year P.G Diploma in
Information Technology/Computer Science from recognized institution.
23. Climate Change &
Forest Influence
Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Physical Sciences/ Biological Science /Life Science/
Environment Science /Environment Management/Forestry/ Botany/Physics/
Chemistry/Agriculture/Climate Change/Natural Resource
Management/Marine Biology/Soil Science
OR
M.Tech. in Remote Sensing & GIS/M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering
AFRI Jodhpur
Chemistry of Forest Products/ 1-UR
Forest Bioinformatics / 1-UR
Forest Biotechnology/ 2-UR
,1-OBC
Forest Botany/ 1-UR
Forest Ecology & Environment / 1-SC
Forest Entomology / 1-OBC
Forest Pathology / 1-UR
Silviculture /1-UR
CPPRI
Saharanpur
Environment Management / 1-UR,
1-OBC
Pulp & Paper Technology /1-UR
1-SC
1-ST
FRI Dehradun
Chemistry of Forest Products/ 09-UR
05-OBC
02-SC
01-ST
Climate Change & Forest Influence / 04-UR
03-OBC
02-SC
01-ST
Forest Biotechnology / 03-UR
01-OBC
01-SC
Forest Botany/ 02-UR
01-OBC
Forest Ecology & Environment/ 02-UR
02-OBC
01-SC
01-ST
Forest Entomology /04-UR
01-OBC
01-SC
Forest Genetics/ 03-UR
01-OBC
Forest Hydrology / 01-OBC
Forest Pathology / 01-SC
01-ST
Pulp & Paper Technology/ 01-UR
01-OBC
HFRI Shimla
Forest Botany / 01-UR
Forest Ecology & Environment / 01-UR
01-SC
Forest Entomology / 01-UR
01-OBC
Forest Pathology /01-UR
Silviculture / 01-OBC
IFGTB Coimbatore
Forest Biotechnology / 01-UR
01-SC
01-ST
Forest Ecology & Environment / 02-UR
01-OBC
Forest Entomology / 02-UR
01-OBC
01-SC
Forest Pathology /01-OBC
Non-Wood Forest Products/02-UR
IFP Ranchi
Forest Biotechnology/ 01-UR
01-OBC
Forest Botany /01-SC
01-ST
Forest Ecology and Environment/ 01-UR
Forest Entomology/03-UR
02-OBC
01-SC
Forest Genetics / 01-UR
01-OBC
Forest Geoinformatics/ 02-UR
IIFM Bhopal
Forest Ecology & Environment/03-UR
02-OBC
02-SC
01-ST
Wildlife Science/03-UR
01-OBC
IWST Bangalore
Forest Botany/ 01-OBC
Wood Science & Technology/ 02-UR
01-OBC
01-SC
01-ST
TFRI Jabalpur Chemistry of Forest Products / 01-UR
Climate Change and Forest Influence / 01-OBC
Forest Biotechnology / 01-UR
01-SC
Forest Ecology & Environment/01-UR
Forest Genetics /01-UR
01-OBC
Forest Management / 01-UR
Non Wood Forest Products /01-UR
Silviculture/01-OBC
WII Dehradun
Forest Biotechnology/ 01-UR
01-SC
01-ST
Forest Botany/ 01-OBC
Forest Ecology and Environment / 01-UR
01-SC
Forest Entomology /01-OBC
Forest Geo-informatics/02-UR
Forest Management / 01-UR
Wildlife Science/08-UR
04-OBC
02-SC
01-ST
*Entrance Test Centres
1. Arid Forest Research Institute, P.O. Krishi Mandi, New Pali Road, Jodhpur – 342 005
2. Forest Research Institute Deemed to be University, P.O.I.P.E. Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun.
3. Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Conifer Campus, Panthaghati, Shimla – 171 009.
4. Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding, P.B. No. 1061, Coimbatore – 641 002
5. Institute of Forest Productivity, ‘Aranyodaya’, Ranchi-Gumla, N.H.-23, Lalgutwa, Ranchi – 834 002
6. Indian Institute of Forest Management, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal – 462 003.
7. Institute of Wood Science and Technology, 18th Cross, P.O. Malleswaram, Bangalore – 560 003.
8. Tropical Forest Research Institute, P.O. R.F.R.C., Mandla Road, Jabalpur – 482 021
Hiring Process : Written-test
