ICFRE Recruitment 2024 for Field Assistant (FA)

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests. It was created in 1986. The main functions of ICFRE are to conduct forestry research; transfer the technologies developed to the states of India and other user agencies; and to impart forestry education. The Council deals with the solution based forestry research in tune with the emerging issues in the sector, including global concerns such as climate change, conservation of biological diversity, combating desertification and sustainable management and development of resources. ICFRE functions are to conduct forestry research; transfer the technologies developed to the states of the country and other user agencies; and to impart forestry education. The council has research institutes and advanced centres located at Dehradun, Shimla, Ranchi, Jorhat, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Allahabad, Chhindwara, Aizawl, Hyderabad and Agartala. Research perspectives are - Conservation, protection, regeneration, rehabilitation of natural forest ecosystems; Revegetation of barren, waste, marginal and mined lands, Research on tree improvement, Ecological rehabilitation of all fragile ecosystems. Indian Council of Forestry Research Education recruitment offers great career opportunities for several posts such as Project Associate, Senior Project Fellow, Junior Research Fellows (JRF), Project Assistant, Lab Assistant, Field Assistant, Accounts Officer, Research Associate, Junior Project Fellow. Interested candidates can pursue courses in Post Graduate in the discipline of Botany, Master Degree in the following disciplines Botany/ Life Science/ Forestry, B.SC/M.Sc degree in Microbiology/ Biotechnology/Botany, Graduation in Science/ Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Forestry, Bachelors Degree, Intermediate (12th Class), M.Sc. in Environment Management, for a great career at Indian Council of Forestry Research Education. ICFRE has nine Regional Research Institutes and four Research Centres located in different bio-geographical regions of the country to cater the forestry research needs of the nation. The regional research Institutes are located at Jodhpur, Dehradun, Shimla, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Ranchi, Bangalore, Jorhat and Jabalpur, and the centres are at Aizawl Agartala, Chhindwara, and Allahabad. The regional research Institutes are: - Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI), Jodhpur - Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun - Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI), Shimla - Institute of Forest Biodiversity (IFB), Hyderabad - Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore - Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP), Ranchi - Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), Bangalore - Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI), Jorhat - Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI), Jabalpur