College of Forestry, Ranichauri
Prof. Tara Singh Mehra
DEAN
College of Forestry, Ranichauri
VCSG Uttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry, Bharsar-246 123, District - Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India
8707438447
Fax: +91-1348-226060
About the Campus
College of Forestry (CoF) is situated at Ranichauri in Tehri Garhwal District. The college is about 15 km away from New Tehri, 70 km from Rishikesh and 110 km from Dehradun on Rishikesh – New Tehri Road. It is spread over an area of 203 hectares consisting of forest, orchards and various research blocks at an altitude ranging between 1700 and 2200 m above msl. The geographical and climatic conditions of the region are considered to be suitable for different forest species, horticultural crops, off season vegetables, medicinal and aromatic plants, minor millets and pulses.
The college has been entrusted with responsibilities of generating technology in forestry, hill agriculture and allied fields for the development of hill districts of the newly created state. It also run human resource development programmes, multidisciplinary research and technology transfer suitable to diverse hill agro-climatic conditions that are feasible for easy adoption by the local people and thereby help to improve their socio-economic status.
History
Keeping the need of sustainability of hill agriculture in view, the college was initially established as hill campus of G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology on the directives of Planning Commission of India with subsequent signing of MOU between Govt. of India and Govt. of Uttar Pradesh in 1972 and was formally inaugurated in 1976. However, the campus became fully operational in 1983 after getting strengthened with scientific manpower. Since then the college is functioning as one of the most reputed centers for research, education and extension in Uttarakhand. In 2011, the college came in the jurisdiction of newly created Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Pauri Garhwal, now the name of university is changed as Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Pauri Garhwal.
MANDATES OF THE COLLEGE
- Development of human resource for forestry, agro-forestry, hill agriculture and allied sectors.
- Development of location specific forestry/ agro-forestry models, and farming systems for hill agriculture.
- Conservation and utilization of natural resources.
- Processing and value addition of non-timber forest produce.
- Developing watershed management models for hill region.
- Mitigation of farmer-wild life conflict.
- Capacity building for entrepreneurship/self employment.
- Dissemination of technologies for the benefit of hill farmers, forest tribes, nomades etc.
VISION
- Human Resource Development in the area of Forestry.
- Development of technologies for the improvement in Forestry.
- Capacity building for entrepreneurship/ self employment.
- Dissemination of the technologies for the benefit of the region.
- Production of Genuine and Quality planting material of different Forestry trees species along with important medicinal and aromatic plants.
The Frontier areas of the college include:-
Infrastructures
Departments
| S.No. | Name of the Department | Faculty Member Name | Department Head / In-charge | Mobile No./ Email ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silviculture and Agroforestry | Prof. V.P. Khanduri, Silviculture | Head of Department | khandurivp@yahoo.com |
| 2 | Forest Products and Utilization | Prof. Amol Vasishth, Forest Products and Utilization | Head of Department | 9413007208 / adruuhf2024@gmail.com |
| 3 | Basic and Social Sciences | Prof. S.P. Sati Environment Science | Head of Department | 9412949550/ spsatihnbgu@gmail.com |
| 4 | Forest Resources Management | Prof. Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal, NRM | Head of Department | 9418154941/ hod.frm2024@gmail.com |
| 5 | Forest Biology and Tree Improvement | Dr. R.S. Bali, Assistant Professor, Tree Improvement | In-charge | 9720139147/ drrajandersingh@gmail.com |
Academic Programmes
College of Forestry, Ranichauri offers 04 year degree (Hons.) Graduate in Horticulture, Post Graduate and Ph.D.Programmes in the disciplines of Horticulture.
Undergraduate Programmes
| Degree Programme | Annual Intake Capacity |
|---|---|
| B.Sc. (Hons) Forestry | 30 |
Postgraduate Programmes
| Degree Programme | Annual Intake Capacity |
|---|---|
| M.Sc. (Forestry) in Silviculture & Agroforestry | 08 |
| M.Sc. (Forestry) in Forest Biology and Tree Improvement | 06 |
| M.Sc. (Forestry) in Forest Products and Utilization | 06 |
| M.Sc. (Forestry) in Forest Resource Management | 03 |
| M.Sc. Environmental Sciences | 02 |
Faculty
| S.No. | Name | Designation | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Tara Singh Mehra | DEAN | Forestry |
| 2 | Prof. Vinod Prasad Khanduri | Professor | Silviculture |
| 3 | Prof. Arvind Bijalwan | Professor | Agroforestry |
| 4 | Prof. Saraswati Prakash Sati | Professor | Environmental Science |
| 5 | Prof. Amol Vasishth | Professor | Forest Product & Utilization |
| 6 | Prof. Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal | Professor | Agroforestry/NRM |
| 7 | Dr. Ajay Kumar | Junior Research Officer/ Assistant Professor | Agronomy |
| 8 | Dr. Chatar Singh Dhanai | Assistant Professor | Agroforestry |
| 9 | Dr. Deepa Rawat | Assistant Professor | Soil Science |
| 10 | Dr.Taufiq Ahmad | Assistant Professor | Extension Education |
| 11 | Dr. Manoj Kumar Riyal | Assistant Professor | Physics |
| 12 | Dr. Rajendara Singh Bali | Assistant Professor | Tree Improvement |
| 13 | Dr. Arunima Paliwal | Junior Research Officer/ Assistant Professor | Agronomy |
| 14 | Mr. Pankaj Lal | Assistant Professor | Forest Product & Utilization |
| 15 | Dr. Sneha Dobhal | Assistant Professor | Silviculture |
| 16 | Mr. Indra Singh | Assistant Professor | Silviculture |
| 17 | Dr. Bhupendra Singh Butola | Assistant Professor | Silviculture/Tree Improvement |
| 18 | Dr. Pankaj Kumar | Assistant Professor | Genetics and Plant Breeding |
| 19 | Dr. Reena Joshi | Assistant Professor | Agroforestry |
| 20 | Mr. Prakash Singh Negi | Assistant Professor | Forest Management |
| 21 | Dr. Anand Singh Bisht | Assistant Professor | Environmental Science/Climate Science |
| 22 | Dr. Sanjeev Ravi | Assistant Professor | Pathology |
| 23 | Dr. Ekta Belwal | Assistant Professor | Food Science & Technology/Human Nutrition |
| 24 | Mr. Atul Kumar | Assistant Professor | Forest Products & Utilization |
| 25 | Dr. Uday Bhanu Pratap | Assistant Professor | Forest Products & Utilization/Phytochemistry |
| 26 | Dr. Vijay Kumar Yadav | Assistant Professor | Wildlife Management |
| 27 | Dr. Bijendra Lal | Assistant Professor | Medicinal & Aromatic Plants |
| 28 | Ms. Vaishnavi Uniyal | Assistant Professor | Medicinal & Aromatic Plants |
| 29 | Dr. Rashmi Thapliyal Chamoli | Assistant Professor | Agroforestry |
| 30 | Dr. Aman Dabral | Assistant Professor | Forest Biology & Tree Improvement |
| 31 | Er. Vipin Kumar | Assistant Professor | Computer Application/Artificial Intelligence |
| 32 | Dr. Shikha Tamta | Assistant Professor | Animal Husbandry |
| 33 | Dr. Pankaj Thakur | Assistant Professor | Eco-tourism |
| 34 | Dr. Shweta B. Kukreti | Assistant Professor | Wood Science & Technology |
| 35 | Dr. Sanyam Munaula | Assistant Professor | Silviculture |
| 36 | Dr. Padam Singh | Assistant Professor (Contractual) | Agricultural Engineering |
| 37 | Dr. Rajesh kumar Prasad | Teaching Personnel | Botany |
| 38 | Dr. Indu Bisht | Teaching Personnel | Sociology |
| 39 | Er. Arpan Rao | Technical Officer | Computer |
| 40 | Er. Saurabh Singh Rawat | Technical Officer | Computer |
| 41 | Mr. Anil Rawat | Physical Instructor | Physical Education |
Library
The library and information unit of this campus closely supports education and research in the areas of Forestry, Horticulture and vegetable Sciences, Crop improvement, seed sciences, and other allied agricultural discipline. The library is housed in beautiful top floor of collage building and offers excellent environment for studies. It has great track record in providing quality information services to campus Community within our limited resources consisting of more than 20000 documents and e-resources. The library has the credit of being pioneer in introducing latest information technology to automate its services in the Tehri Garhwal region. The automation operation was initiated as early as in the year 1999. Currently the entire learning resources of the library has been automated for electronic retrieval by creating an in-house database searchable through an OPAC . For better management of learning resources, increased security and control over inventory Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) a new generation of auto Identification and data automation process has been installed recently. We are proud of our innovation in service development and in delivering the best services information services driven by continuous improvement
Thesis collection of College of Forestry may accessible by the users in krishikosh website. The entire thesis collection of the year 2015 & onwards is accessible in digital form via this platform. The purpose of this current initiative is to improve accessibility and digital preservation of research work carried out by M.Sc. Students of College of Forestry.
Link: http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in
In-house Thesis Collection:
In house thesis collection may accessible by the library users in CD form and print form as well. To more information library patrons may contact to the Circulation / Technical Section of the library.
Users may access the e-thesis collection in e-resource section of the library.
Users may access the print thesis collection in reference & periodical section of the library.
Thesis Database- College of Forestry, Ranichauri.