Forestry as a Career

Many of us enthusiastic to study nature and how we can protect natural resources to make or life better. Candidate, who chooses forestry as a career, must have passion to know about environment. Forestry is interesting subject and it is part of the indispensable natural resources of a country. Forests are beneficial to human beings and students of forestry learn about herbs, medicinal compounds, natural cosmetics which are found in forest. Forest assets also boost the financial system of the country. It is necessary that candidates must be trained to become expert. These specially trained employees can maintain and regenerate the forest cover, forest wealth and resources. This involves the services of forestry specialists, forestry management experts and forest officers. In forestry, students study protection of forests and farming of trees to ensure contributing timber supply. Forester looks after forest resources by shielding them from fire, pests, disease, encroachment and indiscriminate felling of trees. Before choosing forestry as a career, candidates must have some knowledge of subject. Then they can smoothly complete the course and get success in career. Forestry is the science and art of attaining desired forest conditions and benefits. Professionals develop, use, and communicate their facts to maintain and improve forest resources for diverse benefits in perpetuity. To accomplish this task, foresters need to recognize the many demands that forests must satisfy and the potential for forest ecosystems to meet out these demands now and in the future.

To become forester, candidate must have special personality traits which include fondness for outdoors, spirit of exploration, good health, energy and physical fitness, tolerance, scientific temperament, organizing ability, public relations skills, practicality, courage, decision-making ability, capacity to work long hours, a authentic interest in the preservation of the natural environment and habitat, tendency for research and academic bent of mind, curiosity, excellent skills of observation, interest in agriculture and geography.

Courses; Forestry academic study consist of a bachelor's degree e (B.Sc (Forestry)), a 3- or 4-year degree course which can be done in various universities in the India. The basic qualification require to join the B.Sc. (Forestry) course is a pass in plus two with science or agriculture as the group of subjects. The B.sc. course may be followed up with the 2-year M.Sc. in Forestry. PGDFM is a field based course which combines managerial qualities concordant with the demands made by the forestry sector.

Institutions

1) B.Sc Forestry Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi 834006 Bihar 10+2 Science 3 years

2) B.Sc Forestry Gujarat Agricultural University, Faculty Of Agriculture, Sardar Krushinagar 385506, Dist. Banaskantha Gujarat 10+2 Science 3 years

3) B.Sc Forestry College Of Agricultural Engineering And Technology, Ch. Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004 Haryana 10+2 Science 3 years

4) B.Sc Forestry College of Horticulture And Forestry, Solan 173230 Himachal Pradesh 10+2 Science 3 years

5) B.Sc Forestry College Of Forestry, Srinagar Jammu And Kashmir 10+2 Science 3 years

6) B.Sc Forestry College Of Agriculture And Regional Research Station, Dharwad 580005 Karnataka 10+2 Science 3 years

7) B.Sc Forestry College Of Agriculture, Hebbal 560024 Karnataka 10+2 Science 3 years

8) B.Sc Forestry University Of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra, Bangalore 560065 Karnataka 10+2 Science 3 years

9) B.Sc Forestry University Of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra, Bangalore 560065 Karnataka 10+2 Science 3 years

10) B.Sc Forestry Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara 680654 Kerala 10+2 Science 3 years

11) B.Sc Forestry Jawharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Krishi Nagar, Agartala, Jabalpur 482004 Madhya Pradesh 10+2 Science 3 years

12) B.Sc Forestry College Of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, P O Krishinagar, Akola 444104 Maharashtra 10+2 Science 3 years

13) B.Sc Forestry Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli 415712 Maharashtra 10+2 Science 3 years

14) B.Sc Forestry Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli 415712 Maharashtra 10+2 Science 3 years

15) B.Sc Wildlife Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal 795003 Manipur

16) B.Sc Forestry Orissa University Of Agriculture & Technology, Faculty Of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, Khurda 751003 Orissa 10+2 Science 3 years

17) B.Sc Forestry College Of Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 141004 Punjab 10+2 Science 3 years

18) B.Sc Forestry Agricultural College And Research Institute, Coimbatore 651003 Tamil Nadu 10+2 Science 3 years

19) B.Sc Forestry College Of Agriculture, Patnagar 263145 Uttar Pradesh 10+2 Science 3 years

20) M.Sc Wood Science & Technology Forest Research Institute, Dehradun Uttaranchal B.Sc with Physics, Chemistry, Maths 2 years

Candidates who successfully complete the course can work either in offices, laboratories or outdoors depending on their field of specialization. Governmental, non-governmental organizations also employ foresters who are interested in preservation of forest resources. Industries that utilize forest resources hire industrial and agricultural consultants.