भारतीय वन प्रबंधन संस्थान | |
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| Type | Natural Resources Service Training Institute |
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| Established | 1982; 43 years ago (1982) |
| Budget | ₹10.30 crore (US$1.2 million)(2025–26)[1] |
| Director | Dr. K. Ravichandran,IFS |
| Students | >385[2] |
| Postgraduates | >385[2] |
| Location | ,, 23°12′30″N77°23′04″E / 23.2084°N 77.3844°E /23.2084; 77.3844 |
| Campus | 217 acres (0.88 km2) |
| Affiliations | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India |
| Website | Official WebsiteIIFM Alumni Website |
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TheIndian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), founded 1982, is anautonomous,Natural Resource Service training institute ofForestry located inBhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India, established by theMoEFCC,Government of India with financial assistance from theSIDA and course assistance from theIIM Ahmedabad for mid career training ofIFS cadre and allState Forest Service cadre in India.[3] The institute's objective is to fulfill the growing need for the managerial human resource in the area ofForest,Environment, andNatural resourcesManagement and allied sectors. The institute is headed by a director selected and appointed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
IIFM is engaged ineducation,research,training andconsultancy in the area of Forest, Environment and Natural Resources Management and allied sectors. The institute was ranked 8th overall in the country by theMHRD,GoI in the management institutions category under theNIRF in its India Rankings 2016.[4] As a campus, IIFM is famous for its richflora andfauna with sightings of various wild mammals and birds within the campus.
The institute is located in the southwestern corner of the city ofBhopal in the Nehru Nagar locality. It is on a hill that overlooks the Bhadbhada barrage. The barrage controls the overflow of theupper lake or Bada Talab ofBhopal. The spillway for Bhadbhada tails around the IIFM hill, giving it a scenic location surrounded by water on three sides like a peninsula during good monsoons. The location is 3.5 km south of T.T. Nagar and just off the road toKerwa Dam.
The institute's buildings are designed byAnant Raje. The architecture of the campus is inspired by the historical town ofMandu.[citation needed]
IIFM conducts following courses:
The MBA-FM (earlier PGDFM / PFM) course is the flagship course of IIFM and is one of its kind in Asia.
In addition to the above courses, it conducts Management Development programmes.
The MBA-FM (earlier PGDFM / PFM) course was started in 1988. It is a two-year residential course. The first batch of MBA-FM students graduated in 1990.
IIFM uses the scores ofCommon Admission Test (CAT) conducted byIndian Institutes of Management and theXavier Aptitude Test (XAT) conducted by theXLRI to shortlist the candidates for the Written Aptitude Test and the Personal Interview. The shortlisted candidates are required to submit a Statement of Purpose (SOP) on why they want to pursue the MBA course at IIFM. After conducting the Written Aptitude Test and the Personal Interview the institute announces the final list of candidates provisionally selected for the course.[5]
Most of the job placements at IIFM are with the environment, consulting, development sector and withNGOs, though recently a number of banks and microfinance institutions have participated in campus placements. Apart from it corporate also participate in IIFM placements and profiles are offered in sales and marketing, market research, banking and finance, environment, health and safety, environment management system, operations etc.[5]
IIFM and itsalumni work closely withnational and internationalcivil society,governments,academia andindustry.[6]
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