The Department of Forestry under Applied Science Stream, since the establishment of NERIST has been developing its infrastructure facilities and imparting good Forestry Education in the form of Certificate and Degree Courses to the students of the North Eastern Region in particular and the country in general.

The Forestry course assumes greater significance as the North Eastern region which provides a rich biodiversity hot spot and it is required to be conserved and utilized on a sustainable basis. It is hoped that the forestry courses offered in NERIST will help to generate man power with better understanding of conservation aspects of Natural resources and sustainable utilization of their products.