List of Forest Research Institutes in India

List of Forest Research Institutes under Central Government, State Governments and Autonomous Bodies and Others

Autonomous research institutes

Ministry of Environment and Forests

• Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Almora
• Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
• Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore
• Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

•     Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Aizawl
•     Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
•     Centre for Forest-based Livelihoods and Extension (CFLE), Agartala
•     Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development, Chhindwara
•     Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation, Allahabad
•     Forest Research Institute (India), Dehradun
•     Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla
•     Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad
•     Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
•     Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
•     Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore
•     Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
•     Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
•     Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)

    Other national institutes
Subordinate offices

•     Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
•     Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata
•     Directorate of Forest Education, Dehradun
•     Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun
•     National Institute of Animal Welfare, Faridabad
•     National Zoological Park, New Delhi
•     National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
•     Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta
•     Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)

Authorities

•     Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi
•     National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
•     National Ganga River Basin Authority, New Delhi
•     National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi

Centres of excellence

•     Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
•     C.P.R. Environmental Education Center, Chennai
•     Center for Animals and Environment, Bangalore
•     Center of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai
•     Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru
•     Center for Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru
•     Center for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi
•     Center for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
•     Salim Ali Center for Omithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore
•     Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram

Under state governments

• Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
• Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam
• Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
• Gujarat Forest Research Centre, Rajpipla, Gujarat
• State Forest Department, Jammu
• State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
• State Forest Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• State Forest Research Institute, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh