Can anybody tell me about iifm bhopal and forest management?

The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) (founded 1982) is an autonomous institution located at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, India, established by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India with financial assistance from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and course assistance from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. The Institute's objective is to fulfill the growing need for managerial human resource in forest and allied sectors. The Institute has developed as an Educational, Research, Training and Consultancy organization and is gradually acquiring an internationally visible name.

The Institute is headed by a Director selected by the Ministry of Environment and Forests

Currently IIFM is conducting two courses

Post Graduate Diploma In Forest Management (PFM) and
Post Masters Diploma in Natural Resource Management (MRM).
In addition it conducts Management Development Programmes.

Though it is soon going to launch some more programs in Rural Management and Environment Management. Its flagship course PFM, is one of its kind in Asia, attracts talented students from all across the country and abroad ( From SAARC countries). It has reservation for SAARC students in place now.

The PFM course was started in 1988. It is a two year residential course and the first batch of PFM students graduated in 1990. Admission to PFM course is done through CAT (Conducted by IIM s). After the test there is a round of Group Discussions and interviews and then a final list is drawn for the course. There is a scholorship provided to all the students selected for the course. The institute has a very good faculty student ratio of 1:2 and the very best infrastructure in terms of computing and library facilities. It is a fully residential course. The total availability of seats is 60, with 45-46 seats in the general category while the others are reserved for the SC/ST and SAARC students.

For more information, consult their website at:
http://www.iifm.ac.in/

Also look at forest research institute in Dehradun at their site:
http://www.icfre.org/institutes2/fri.htm

Other issues you might be interested include:

Indian Forest Service (based on all india civil services examination) and Wildlife Institute of India

get all detail in their website
http://www.iifm.ac.in/index.html