A new College of Forestry and several new post graduate programs debut at OUAT Bhubaneswar
September 20th, 2010
Following is from Dharitri.
Note that OUAT has had a Department of Forestry since 1987. Following are excerpts from a report in the Telegraph about this new college.
… Apart from the usual four-year graduate programme in forestry, the college has announced PG programmes in agro-forestry, forest products, environment management, plant genetic improvement and forest business management for the current academic year 2010-11.
Each course has six seats with four reserved for candidates from Orissa.
Two seats would be offered to students from other states and abroad.
… Addressing mediapersons here today, Prof Rabindra Kumar Patnaik said: “With the launch of these PG programmes, more students will get opportunities to work in sectors such as afforestation drives, reclamation of land after mining, research positions in forestry. The demand for such students is quite good outside India.â€
The College of Forestry, … has become the 16th institute in the country to have PG programmes on the subject.
“It has also faculties for five departments like silviculture and agro-forestry, forest products and utilisation, forest biology and tree improvement, natural resource management and forest policy and law,’’ he said.
“Apart from academics and creating quality human resources in forestry, this newly-opened College of Forestry will address many research issues on forestry, livelihood, natural resource management (NRM), tree improvement and problems of climate change. It will also address many policy issues on forestry and environment,’’ he added.
… PG programme in forestry is not offered anywhere else in the eastern part of India,†he said.
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