Department of Forestry is offering B.Sc. Forestry degree, a four year course, affiliated to HNB Garhwal NAAC ‘A’ Grade Central University. The vision of the department is to provide responsive education to the students and providing responsive training & services to the forestry farmers for the development of forestry and forestry based industries. The department has state of art laboratories with Hi-tech facilities and is having team of well qualified and experienced and NPTEL certified faculty members with best pedagogy have made the department, a preferred destination of learning for the students.
Career Prospects
Government Organizations
- Indian Forest Services (IFS)
- Zoological Parks
- Wild Life Ranges
Research & Extension
- Forestry Technicians
- Field Assistants
- Research Assistants
- Silviculturist
Forestry-industries
- Sales/Business Development Officer
- Forestry Consultant
- Auditor
- Forest nurseries
- Plywood industries
Core Competencies
- AI Based Forestry
- Choice Based Learning System Learning
- Outcome Based Education
- Swayam & IIRS Online Certification Courses
- Use of Drone Technology for Farming
- Use of GIS, GPS & Remote Sensing for Natural Resource Management
- Well equipped Laboratories

Head (In-charge)
Dr. Roushan Kumar Thakur
Mobile: +91-7017901956, Email: hodforestry@ritroorkee.com