Forest Research Institute ( India ) - Wikipedia Forest Research Institute ( India ) Forest Research Institute वन अनुसन्धान संस्थान देहरादून Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, distant view Established 1906 Location FRI and College Area, Dehradun Website www.fri.res.in The Forest Research Institute ( FRI ) वन अनुसन्धान संस्थान is an institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India. It is located at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, and is one of the oldest institutions of its kind. In 1991, it was declared a deemed university by the University Grants Commission. The Forest Research Institute campus hosts the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy ( IGNFA ), the staff college that trains officers selected for the Indian Forest Service ( IFS ). Contents 1 History 2 Architecture 3 Location 4 Training facility 5 Museum 6 In popular culture 7 See also 8 References 9 External links History It was founded in 1878 as the British Imperial Forest School. by Dietrich Brandis. In 1906, it was reestablished as the Imperial Forest Research Institute, under the British Imperial Forestry Service. The Indian Forest College was established in 1938 ; officers recruited to the Superior Forest Service by the states and provinces were trained there. Great revolutionary Rashbehari Bose worked here Architecture Forest Research Institute front view Established as Imperial Forest Research Institute in 1906, the Forest Research Institute ( FRI ) Dehradun, was first located at Chandhbagh ( the present location of the Doon School ) on the Mall Road. A much larger campus at the present location was acquired ca 1923. Construction of the present buildings commenced thereafter. Styled in Greeko Roman Architecture by C.G. Blomfield, the main building was inaugurated in 1929 by then Viceroy Freeman Freeman - Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon. It is now a National Heritage site. FRI Dehradun is one of the oldest institutions of its kind and acclaimed the world over. The institute 's history is virtually synonymous with the evolution and development of scientific forestry, not only in India, but over the entire sub-continent. Built over a lush green estate spread over 450 hectares, with the outer Himalaya forming its back drop, the institute 's main building is an impressive edifice, marrying Greco - Roman and Colonial styles of architecture, with a plinth area of 2.5 hectares. The building was listed for a time, in the Guinness Book of Records, as the largest purely brick structure in the world. The institute has a developed infrastructure of all equipped laboratories, library, herbarium, arboreta, printing press and experimental field areas for conducting forestry research, quite in keeping with the best of its kind anywhere in the world. It is 7 km from Clock Tower, on the Dehradun - Chakrata motorable road and is of the biggest forest based training institute in India. Most of the forest officers are a part of this institute. The FRI 's building also houses a Botanical Museum. Location FRI and College Area campus is a census town, between Kaulagarh in the north and the Indian Military Academy to the south. The Tons River forms its Western Boundary. Lawn at FRI in Evening Training facility Within its campus it hosts Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy ( IGNFA ), which is a separate organisation of the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests ( MoEF ). It also hosts the Central Academy for State Forest Services ( CASFOS ). The Wildlife Institute of India was on campus but now has moved to Chandrabani, and is an independent organisation under MoEF. IIFM is an independent autonomous organisation of MoEF and has good liaisoning with FRI for forestry research and related activities. The deemed university of FRI runs four MSc courses viz. Cellulose & Paper Technology, Environment Management, Forestry Management, Wood Science Technology and two P.G. Diploma courses in Natural Resource Management and Aroma Technology. It also enrolls large number of research scholars every year for PhD. The Front view of the Main FRI building. Museum FRI also contains a museum on forestry. It is open from 9 : 30am to 5 : 00pm daily, which an entry fee of Rs 40 per person and a nominal entry fee for vehicles. There are six sections in the museum : Pathology Museum Social Forestry Museum Silviculture Museum Timber Museum Non-Wood Forest Products Museum Entomology Museum In popular culture More than half a dozen movies Dulhan Ek Raat Ki, Krishna Cottage, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, 404, Paan Singh Tomar, Nanban, Student of the Year, Student of the Year 2, Dilli Khabar, Yaara and Dear Daddy were majorly shot in this campus. Television commercial ad of Bournvita was also shot here. Punjabi song Pyaar tere naal he and Sajjan Raji by Satinder Sartaj also shot here. Rash Behari Bose worked here as a head clerk, before becoming a full - time participant in the Independence movement. See also Indian Institute of Forest Management ( IIFM ) Arid Forest Research Institute ( AFRI ) Jodhpur Indian Forest Service ( IFS ) Forest Survey of India ( FSI ) Van Vigyan Kendra ( VVK ) Forest Science Centres List of forest research institutes in India List of historic schools of forestry References Jump up ^ `` http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/deemeduniv.html ''. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. External link in title = ( help ) ^ Jump up to : `` Forest Research Institute Dehradun ''. Jump up ^ Bauuuoiley, F. ( 1885 ). `` The Indian Forest School ''. Transactions of the Scottish Arboricultural Society. 11, part 2 : 155 -- 161. Jump up ^ `` FRI Dehradun - Forest Research Institute in Dehradun Uttarakhand ''. Jump up ^ `` Dehradun Shines in First Look of Karan Johar 's Student of the Year ''. DehradunBuzz. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Forest Research Institute. Official website International Union of Forest Research Organizations ( IUFRO ) Coordinates : 30 ° 20 ′ 38 '' N 77 ° 59 ′ 58 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 30.3439 ° N 77.9994 ° E ﻿ / 30.3439 ; 77.9994 Dehradun, Uttarakhand Education Academies Doon Sarla Academy Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy Boarding Schools The Aryan School Colonel Brown Cambridge School The Doon School Ecole Globale International Girls ' School Marshall School The Royal College SelaQui International School St Joseph 's Academy, Dehradun Tula 's International School Unison World School Welham Boys ' School Welham Girls ' School Military Schools Indian Military Academy Rashtriya Indian Military College Private Schools Brightlands School Cambrian Hall St. Thomas ' College Universities DIT University Dev Bhoomi Group of Institutions Doon University Forest Research Institute FRI and College Area Himgiri Zee University ICFAI University IMS Unison University Indian Institute of Aeronautical Engineering Indian Institute of Petroleum Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Kelvin Institute of Technology Quantum University SYNTELations Tula 's Institute University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Uttarakhand Technical University Uttaranchal Dental & Medical Research Institute Uttaranchal University Wildlife Institute of India Religious Universities Luther W. New Jr. Theological College Buildings Asan Barrage Mahasu Devta Temple Mindrolling Monastery Parmarth Niketan Raj Bhavan ( Governor 's House ) Tapkeshwar Temple Stadiums Abhimanyu Cricket Academy Doon 's School Ground Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Transportation Airports Dehradun Airport Railway Stations Dehradun Raiwala Rishikesh Cities and Towns Chakrata Clement Town Dehradun Cantonment Doiwala Gayatri Vihar Herbertpur Landour Mussoorie Pratitnagar Raipur Rishikesh Vikasnagar Virbhadra Locations Happy Valley Nag Tibba Song river Robber 's Cave Universities in Uttarakhand State universities Doon University G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University Kumaun University Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University Uttarakhand Ayurved University Uttarakhand Open University Uttarakhand Residential University Uttarakhand Sanskrit University Uttarakhand Technical University Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry Central Universities Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Autonomous Institutes All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh Indian Institute of Management Kashipur Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand Deemed universities Forest Research Institute Graphic Era Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya Private universities Bhagwant Global University Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya DIT University Graphic Era Hill University Himalayan Garhwal University Himgiri Zee University ICFAI University, Dehradun IMS Unison University Motherhood University Ras Bihari Bose Subharti University Quantum University Shri Guru Ram Rai University Swami Rama Himalayan University University of Patanjali University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Uttaranchal University Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forest_Research_Institute_(India)&oldid=849861745 '' Categories : 1906 establishments in India Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Buildings and structures in Dehradun Science and technology in Dehradun Deemed universities in India Indian forest research institutes Forestry education in India Forestry museums in India History of forestry education Ministry of Environment and Forests ( India ) Museums in Uttarakhand Research institutes established in 1906 Tourist attractions in Dehradun Research institutes in Dehradun Hidden categories : CS1 errors : external links Use dmy dates from July 2017 Use Indian English from July 2017 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Pages using infobox institute with unknown parameters Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia हिन्दी മലയാളം Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 11 July 2018, at 22 : 03 ( UTC ). 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Question: where is the indian forest re search institute
Answer: Dehradun in Uttarakhand