Indian Forest Service Academy Dehradun

Can you provide me the syllabus of IFS (Indian Forest Service) Professional training at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA)?

The Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) was established in the 1938 as Indian Forest College at Dehradun, and officers recruited to the Superior Forest Service by the states and provinces were trained there.

Presently IGNFA acts as the staff college to the officers of the Indian Forest Service, undertaking a substantial portion of their training requirements.

The primary mandate of the Academy is to impart knowledge and skills to the professional foresters and help them to develop competence for managing India’s forest and wildlife resources on a sustainable basis.

In it training is provided at different levels of seniority in the Indian Forest Service besides training the new entrants to the service.

Syllabus of IFS (Indian Forest Service) Professional Training

Part I- Syllabus for the Indian Forest Service Probationer’s Final Examination

Introductory Phase

1. Elementary Biology and Elementary Mathematics:

(A)Elementary Biology:

(i) Botany:
(a) Theory:- Morphology-classification of plant kingdom; parts of an angiospermic plant, the seed, germination, root, stem – their functions and modification; the leaf, inflorescence, flower and fruit. Histology- the cell, the tissues, cell division, histology of stems root and leaf. Secondary growth, physiology-absorption, and conduction of water and mineral salts, metabolism-photosynthesis,respiration, nitrogen fixation and reproduction. Tree Geneticsgenetics and its application to plant improvement, DNA finger printing.

(b) Practical:- Laboratory work and excursions, terminology related to morphology sessions, identification of plant twig, description of stem, leaves and inflorescence, description of a flower, their different parts, different modifications of parts (roots, stem, leaf and inflorescence), classification of animal (insects), use of flora for field identification of tree species.

(ii) Zoology:
Classification of animal kingdom – economic importance and distinguishing features of different classes.

Syllabus of IFS (Indian Forest Service) Professional Training

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