# List of forest research institutes in India

This is a List of forest research institutes in India.

## Autonomous research institutes
### Ministry of Environment and Forests

Institutes under India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
* Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Almora (GBPIHED)
* Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal
* Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bengaluru
* Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun

### Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

Institutes under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Headquartered in Dehradun
* Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Aizawl
* Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
* Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension (CFLE), Agartala
* Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development, Chhindwara
* Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation, Prayagraj
* Forest Research Institute (India), Dehradun
* Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla
* Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad
* Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
* Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
* Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bengaluru
* Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
* Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
* Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)

## Other national institutes

Other research institutes under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry

### Subordinate offices

* Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
* Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun
* Directorate of Forest Education, Dehradun
* Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata
* National Institute of Animal Welfare, Faridabad
* National Zoological Park, New Delhi
* National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
* Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
* Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)

### Authorities

* Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi
* National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
* National Ganga River Basin Authority, New Delhi
* National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi

### Centres of excellence

* Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
* C.P.R. Environmental Education Center, Chennai
* Centre for Animals and Environment, Bengaluru
* Centre of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai
* Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru
* Centre for Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru
* Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi
* Centre for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
* Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore
* Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram

## Under state governments

* Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur (KSCSTE KFRI)
* Forest College and Research Institute, TNAU, Mettupalayam (TNAU- FCRI)
* Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
* Gujarat Forest Research Centre, Rajpipla, Gujarat
* State Forest Department, Jammu
* State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
* State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
* State Forest Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
* State Forest Research Institute, Ladhowal, District Ludhiana, Punjab
* State Forest Research Institute, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
* Karnataka Forest Academy, Dharwad, Karnataka