Forestry

What is Forestry

Forestry is a course where students have to work with some of the fundamental facts, concepts, and implementation of different ideas to the system. The goal is to make sure that the extension of the area of the forest can be done along with the number of resources that are coming from the forest that do not get decreased.
 

During the course, students gain knowledge of the theoretical and practical fields, mostly on forestry and other related fields.

Students, after pursuing either UG or PG courses in Forestry, can get jobs both in the public and private sectors. Students might get opportunities to either work or research with the Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education and other Forestry Research Institutes such as Forest Research Institute, Institute of Social Forestry, Eco-Rehabilitation, and more related affiliated forestry institutes. 

Eligibility Criteria (UG & PG) of Forestry

For Undergraduate courses:

The eligibility criteria for most of the institutes are similar. Students seeking to get admission to pursue a Forestry course must have certain criteria to take the admission test. Those are as follows:

• The student seeking to get admission must have passed class 10+2 or equivalent exams from a recognized board/institute.
• The student must have scored a minimum of 50% marks on aggregate in the qualifying examination. For reserved category students, this percentage is less.
• There is no certain age limit; however, it might be up to certain institutes to decide strictly according to their guidelines. 

For Postgraduate course:

To be eligible to take the admission test and get admission in the respective institutes, students need to pass the UG course only in the forestry or agriculture field. 

Entrance Exams for Forestry:

There are two ways different colleges accept students, merit-based (marks obtained in the qualifying exam), entrance based (rank in the entrance test). There are different entrance exams available for Forestry admission in different institutes. Here are some details about those exams as follows:

For admission in the UG course

CG PET: This exam is conducted by the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board, Raipur. This is a test which is also known as CG PAT. By qualifying this test, students will get a chance to take admissions to courses like Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture at the different colleges affiliated to Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya. This entrance exam is held offline. It is a pen-paper based exam, and there are around 35 test centres all around in Chhattisgarh. There are three groups of question papers where each set came from an agricultural group, PCB (Physics, Chemistry, and Maths) group, PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Biology) group. 

OUAT: The Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) conducts an entrance test every year to take students in different courses like agriculture, horticulture in the different colleges under them. The test is taken offline. It is a test of 200 marks where 200 questions are there. Questions usually come from subjects like physics, chemistry, biology/mathematics from the 10th/12th standard. 

GSAT: Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management Science Admission Test (GSAT) is a national-level entrance exam. This exam is conducted every year to take students in various degree courses in both UG and PG offered by this institute.  GSAT is a pen paper-based test taken in offline mode.

BHU UET: BHU UET is a national level entrance exam conducted by the Banaras Hindu University. Students from all over India can get admissions to various UG courses in this university and the colleges under it. The exam is conducted as a pen paper-based test as well as an online test. Candidates have to choose their appropriate paper to take admission in the respective course of Forestry.

NEST: NEST (The National Entrance Screening Test) is a national-level entrance test conducted by the National Institute of Science Education and Research(NISER), Bhubaneshwar, and the University of Mumbai -Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences(UM-DAE CEBS), Mumbai. NEST is a test by which students can get admissions into the 5-year Integrated M.Sc Programme in Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics). The question paper is based on the above-mentioned subjects. It is a Computer Based Test (CBT).

For PG course

To get admission into PG courses, there are two systems available. One is a merit-based system, in which students can get into PG courses after completion of their UG course according to their aggregate marks in the UG courses. The other one is entrance test-based, where some institutes take entrance tests for taking students into respective courses like Forestry. 

Required Skillset for Forestry

There are some personal skills and interests required in this field of Forestry to study and do well in this course. Here are some points required to get success in this field as follows:

• People who are interested in this field need to be adventurous as they have to stay and work inside a forest for most of the time.
• They should be fit physically and mentally, and they must be aware of conserving the natural resources and to protect it.
• In the professional fields of Forestry , a person has to work with conserving forests, maintaining forest resources, and continuing supplies of products from the forest, applying new technologies in the forest to maintain the overall growth and development of the forest.