Applied Science Programmes - FORESTRY
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.
Forestry Certificate level in Forestry is at par with 10+2 level vocational
courses designed by NCERT. As the candidates move up to higher modules they
get exposure to more technical and management aspects of forestry making
them suitable for taking up activities related to sustainable management of
Forest. Department of Forestry has been engaged in taking interdisciplinary
courses for PG programme in Environmental Science and Engineering. A post
graduate course in Forest Technology is approved by AICTE and it is under
the process of revision to include Environmental Management aspects also.
Department has started post graduate programme in “M .Sc.
FORESTRY” form session July 2007 and Ph. D. in Forestry from January 2007.
Apart from teaching, the members of faculty of Forestry are also actively
involved in conducting research work in different field of forest and
biodiversity conservation and guiding Ph. D. students in their respective
filed of specializations. The department has produced so far 15 doctoral
theses leading to Ph.D. degrees in various aspects of Natural Resource
management and conservation.
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.
The students are given exposure and training in various forest-based aspects
through project work on the ecological problems of north-east India such as,
eco-restoration of degraded land, alternative to shifting cultivation,
traditional practices of resource utilization, inventory and biodiversity
conservation, biological management of soil fertility, good properties
variations, wood anatomical changes due to environmental fluctuation and
Silviculture treatments, tree physiology, nursery technology, plant
pathology, wildlife management and entomology. Students completing B. Sc.
Course in Forestry are placed in state Civil Services, private concerns and
in NGOs engaged in Forestry activities.
