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IGNFA is placed directly under the administrative control of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), Government of India (GOI). It is headed by the Director who is assisted by a team of Additional Director (Admin), Professors, Associate Professors, P.T. & Sports Officer and others.

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 Dr. R. D. Jakati, Director

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 Mr. A. K. Wahal, Additional Director

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 Mr. Anil Kumar, Professor

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 Mr. Sashi Paul, Associate Professor

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 Mr. Sushil K. Awasthi, Associate Professor

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 Mr. Dhirendra Bhargava Associate Professor

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 Ms. Kanchan Devi, Associate Professor

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 Ms. Bharati, Associate Professor

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 Ms. Anu Nagar, Associate Professor

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 Mr. T. Rabi Kumar, Associate Professor

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 Mr. Alok P. Nagar, Associate Professor

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 Mr. Saurabh Gupta, Associate Professor

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 Mr. Rajeev Sharma , Associate Professor

 

   

 

Dr. R. D. Jakati

 

 

 

Designation    

Director

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1975

Cadre     

Haryana

Home state

Maharashtra

Date of joining in IGNFA

24.07.2008

                                           

Academic background: -        M.Sc. (Chemistry), AIFC (Hons.),  Ph.D (Social Forestry),  Higher Dip (French)   

Previous experience: -    Haryana Forest Deptt., FSI and IGNFA

Areas of specialization: - General Forestry, Wildlife and Social Forestry

Other interests: - Music & reading

E-mail:  jakatis654@yahoo.co.in

 

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Mr. A. K. Wahal

 

 

 

Designation    

Additional, Director

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1978

Cadre     

AGMUT

Home state

Uttar Pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

31.10.2008

                                           

Academic background: -        M.Sc. (Mathematics), AIFC, Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing Application (ITC Netharlands)   

Previous experience: - Forest Depts. of A&N Islands, Head of State Forest Department, Goa, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, IGNFA Dehradun.  Previously as DDG, ICFRE

Areas of specialization: - General Forestry, Wildlife and Social Forestry, Remote Sensing application in Forestry, Participatory forest management, Policy issues in Forestry

Other interests: - Games and Sports, Reading  

E-mail:  akw_1954@yahoo.com

 

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Mr. Anil Kumar

 

 

 

 

Designation    

Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1980

Cadre     

Manipur & Tripura

Home state

Uttar pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

10.01.2008

                                           

Academic background: -        M.Sc. (Maths), AIFC, MA (Econo),  PG Dip (ITC Netherlands)  

Previous experience: - Manipur Forest Deptt., SFSC Dehradun, FRI, PD Wshd  Dev., Govt .of UP and DFE

Areas of specialization:- Economics of Sustainable Env.,  capacity building of Forestry personnel. Authored  a  book “Fundamentals of Forest Statistics

Other interests: - Cricket, table tennis and badminton

E-mail:- anil4ifs@yahoo.com

 

 

 

Mr. Shashi Paul

 

 

 

 

Designation    

Associate Professor  

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1988

Cadre     

Orissa

Home state

Punjab

Date of joining in IGNFA

10.10.2005

 

Academic background:-         M. Phil (Botany), Certificate course  in Participatory Forest Management

 

Previous experience: -  Orissa Forest  Deptt.

 

Areas of specialization:- JFM, Rural Development, man-elephant conflict resolution and biofuels.  Published one research paper

 

Other interests: - Reading and trekking

 

E-mailshashipauls@yahoo.com.in

 

 

 

Mr. Sushil Kumar Awasthi

 

 

Name

Shri Sushil Kumar Awasthi

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1991

Cadre     

Uttar pradesh

Home state

Uttar pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

10.07.2007

 

Academic background: -  M.Sc. (Chemistry), AIGNFA

 

Previous experience: -  UP Forest Deptt.

 

Areas of specialization:- Urban Forestry, Social Forestry  using tall planting techniques and afforestation of alkaline/ saline soils

 

Other interests: - Cricket and tennis

 

E-mail:  sushilifs@hotmail.com

 

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Mr. Dhirendra Bhargava

 

Name

Shri Dhirendra Bhargava

 

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1991

Cadre     

Madhya Pradesh

Home state

Madhya Pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

19.07.2006

 

Academic background :- M.Sc. (Chemistry), AIGNFA, M.Sc. (Tropical Forest Mgt) from Gottingen, Germany

Previous experience :-  MP Forest Deptt.

Areas of specialization:- JFM, Micro-planning, Forest  Regeneration and Sustainable Forest Mgt. Habitat Mgt, Gauging Carrying Capacity

Other interests :- Cricket

E-mail  :  bhargavad@hotmail.com

 

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Ms. Kanchan Devi

 

Name

Ms. Kanchan Devi

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1991

Cadre     

Madhya Pradesh

Home state

Himachal Pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

28.04.08

 

Academic background: -   M.Sc. (Zoo), AIGNFA, M.Sc. (Tropical Forest Mgt)  from Dresden, Germany

 

Previous experience: -   MP Forest Department

 

Areas of specialization:-   Micro Planning and Wildlife Management

 

Other interests: - Tennis and trekking

 

E-mail:  devikanchan@yahoo.com

 

 

Ms. Bharati

 

Name

Ms. Bharati

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1992

Cadre     

Sikkim

Home state

Uttar Pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

09.09.2002

 

Academic background: -  M.Sc. (Physics), M.Tech. (Energy  Studies), Int. LU Mgt. Course (UNEP)

 

Previous experience: -  Sikkim Forest  Deptt., DST, State RS  Application Centre, Patent Info Centre

 

Areas of specialization:- Human & Institutional Dev.,  Environ. laws, EIA and RS applications. Worked as Consultant for Forestry Trg. in Bhutan

 

Other interests: - Travel, music and photography

 

E-mail :  mailto:bharatimohanti@yahoo.co.in

 

 

 

Ms. Anu Nagar

 

Name

Ms. Anu Nagar

  

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1995

Cadre     

Himachal Pradesh

Home state

Uttar Pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

08.05.2007

 

Academic background :-  M.Sc. (Botany), AIGNFA

 

Previous experience :-  HP Forest Department

 

Areas of specialization:- Watershed Mgt, Participatory development, Project formulation, Monitoring & Evaluation

 

Other interests :- NTFP, Gender & Development,  Knowledge Management, reading and trekking

 

E-mail:    anu.nagar@yahoo.co.in

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Mr. T Rabikumar

 

Name

Shri T Rabikumar

 

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1995

Cadre     

Jammu & Kashmir

Home state

Tamil Nadu

Date of joining in IGNFA

10.07.2006

 

 

Academic background: - B.Sc. (Forestry), AIGNFA

 

Previous experience: -  J & K Forest Department

 

Areas of specialization:- Forest Management, Working Plan and Eco-tourism

 

Other interests: - Sports and games

  

E-mail :  rabi2032@yahoo.co.uk

 

 

 

Mr. Alok Prem Nagar

 

Name

Shri. Alok Prem Nagar

 

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1995

Cadre     

Himachal Pradesh

Home state

Uttar Pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

08.05.2007

 

Academic background: -  B.Tech. (Mech. Engg.) AIGNFA

 

Previous experience: -  HP Forest Department

 

Areas of specialization:- Forest Valuation, Linear Programming and Project Formulation

 

Other interests: - Reading, music, bird-watching and trekking

 

E-mail:  apanagar@yahoo.com

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Mr. Saurabh Gupta

 

Name

Shri Saurabh Gupta

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1996

Cadre     

Punjab

Home state

Uttar Pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

01.04.2005

Academic background: -          B.Tech. (Chemical Engg.), AIGNFA

Previous experience: - Punjab Forest  Department

Areas of specialization:- Protection, Watershed Mgt,  Environmental Law and Project Formulation

Other interests: - Sports, movies, music, bird-watching and photography

E-mail: iamsaurabh@gmail.com

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Mr. Rajeev Sharma

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Name

Shri Rajeev Sharma

Designation    

Associate Professor

Service and year of allotment

IFS, 1998

Cadre     

West Bengal

Home state

Uttar Pradesh

Date of joining in IGNFA

12.01.2007

 

Academic background: -        M.Sc. (Chemistry), AIGNFA

Previous experience: - Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, West Bengal Forest Deptt.

Areas of specialization:- Wildlife management and economic analysis

Other interests: - Music, poetry and weight-training

E-mail: rajeev22@hotmail.com

 

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