Department of B.Sc. (Forestry)
Department of Forestry
The main aim of B.Sc. (Forestry) program is to train students to become Forestry professionals. The tasks of forestry professional are – conserving forest and forest resources, conserving and protecting wildlife, manage forest resources, develop forest and forest resources etc. B.Sc. Forestry program trains students and instils skills in them, which will help them perform the above mentioned tasks. Also, the program has been designed to provide the student’s knowledge about latest technology used in the field of Forestry.
Opportunities:
Ample job opportunities are available for B.Sc. (Forestry) graduates in the Forest Department of Indian Government. One may land the job of a forester or forest department officer in State Government’s Forest Department. For this, one has to go through the selection process and examination though. In case of private sector jobs, some job posts available are – plantation and resort manager, forest product marketing, forest products purchasing manager, Research and Development on Forests etc.
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B.Sc (Forestry)
Eligibility:
Students who have passed 12th Science stream board examinations (with Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects) from a recognized board are eligible to apply for this course.
Course contents: Basic forestry and allied courses like geology and soil science, hydrology and watershed management, soil survey and land use planning, medicinal and aromatic plants, forest entomology and pathology, apiculture and sericulture, dendrology, world forestry systems, agro-forestry and social forestry, environmental studies, forest engineering. Introductory course of computer science, statistics, bio-mathematics, biology, plant physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, genetics and plant breeding, microbiology, economics, agro-meteorology and remote sensing.
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The following are the labs run by the department:
Biochemistry
Biochemistry is the branch of science that explores the chemical processes within and related to living organisms. It is a laboratory based science that brings together biology and chemistry. By using chemical knowledge and techniques, biochemists can understand and solve biological problems.
Soil Science
Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.
Plant physiology
They are the backbones of terrestrial biodiversity and provide vital ecosystem services like soil stabilization, groundwater purification, and nutrient cycling. Trees represent a rich evolutionary history and genetic reservoir, as roughly one in four flowering plant species is a tree.
Agrometerology
Agrometeorology is the study of weather and use of weather and climate information to enhance or expand agricultural crops and/or to increase crop production. Agrometeorology mainly involves the interaction of meteorological and hydrological factors, on one hand and agriculture, which encompasses horticulture, animal husbandry, and forestry.
Botany
Botany is the scientific study of plants. “Plants,” to most people, means a wide range of living organisms from the smallest bacteria to the largest living things – the giant sequoia trees. By this definition plants include: algae, fungi, lichens, mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants.
Cytology and Genetics
Cytology is the study of cells.Cytology is that branch of life science that deals with the study of cells in terms of structure, function and chemistry.
Soil And Water Conservation
Definition and importance of Hydrology, Hydrological cycle, weather and hydrology, rainfall measurement and analysis, hydrologic properties, infiltration, runoff, water holding capacity of soils, free water, capillary water, hygroscopic water, ground water, evapotranspiration, water yield, interception by stemflow through fall, study of hydrographs. Recharging of water wells and springs. Wasteland Management: Objectives, components, runoff, factors affecting runoff, stream flow and stream gauging. Sedimentation, factors affecting sedimentation, flood and its control measures. Afforestation and forest management in wasteland areas.
Fertility of Forest Soil
Properties of soils under different forest ecosystems. Soil colloids and exchange phenomenon. Essential nutrient elements-occurrence, availability and their functions. Diagnosis of nutrient deficiencies-visual symptoms, soil fertility evaluation methods. Site productivity and nutrient cycling in forest soils. N,P and K, Macro and micronutrient fertilizers and their uses. Brief history of Microbiology. Forest soil environment-distribution of various microorganisms in soil ecosystem and their interaction effects.
Silviculture
Silviculture is the practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values.
Forest Pathology
Forest pathology is the research of both biotic and abiotic maladies affecting the health of a forest ecosystem, primarily fungal pathogens and their insect vectors. It is a subfield of forestry and plant pathology.
Wood Anatomy
Wood is composed mostly of hollow, elongated, spindle-shaped cells that are arranged parallel to each other along the trunk of a tree. The characteristics of these fibrous cells and their arrangement affect strength properties, appearance, resistance to penetration by water and chemicals, resistance to decay, and many other properties.
Tree Seed Technology
Flowering, Pollination, and Seed. Maturation. Introduction Knowledge of the seed biology of a tree species is essential to successful seed production and handling. The sexual life cycle must be known to plan for genetic improvement, production, collection, conditioning, storage, and planting of the seeds.
Dendrology
Dendrology is the study of woody plants; typically trees but there are other things such as shrubs and vines that bear similarities to trees so they are studied as well. Dendrology is a science that studies, identifies, and even names plants that have woody structural systems.
Tree Improvement
Tree improvement, or as it is often referred to as genetic improvement, is the process of improving the genetic quality of a tree species. Our forest trees are still genetically close to their wild state in their natural range. However, considerable variation exits in economic traits such as growth rate, stem form and wood quality between different populations within a species, and also between individual trees within populations.
Plantation Forestry
Forest plantations embrace a range of forest types with the one common feature that the great majority of the trees present were established on the site by planting and/or
seeding (sowing). This almost banal statement belies the fact that when mature , many
planted forests do not look very different from natural forest formations.
Forest Entomology And Nematology
In Entomology Department, the thrust areas include monitoring of forest insect diversity, control of termites in plantations, wood damaging insects and teak defoliator, traditional methods of post-harvest protection of bamboo from insect borers, etc.
Nursery Management
Forest plantations embrace a range of forest types with the one common feature that the great majority of the trees present were established on the site by planting and/or
seeding (sowing). This almost banal statement belies the fact that when mature , many
planted forests do not look very different from natural forest formations.
Wild Life Management
Wildlife management is interdisciplinary that deals with protecting endangered and threatened species and subspecies and their habitats, as well as the non-threatened agricultural animals and game species. The Wildlife Management program emphasizes both applied and basic research in wildlife ecology, management, education and extension.
Fundamentals of Horticulture
Economic importance and classification of horticultural crops and their culture and nutritive value, area and production, exports and imports, fruit and vegetable zones of India and of different states, nursery management practices, soil and climate, vegetable gardens, nutrition and kitchen garden and other types of gardens – principles, planning and layout, management of orchards, planting systems and planting densities.
