Uttarakhand Forestry Training Academy

FRO Training is being conducted as per revised rules- Entrance and Training Rules (Revised)- 2004 for Forest Range Officers, which have been approved by Government of India. The duration of the course shall be of eighteen months. 
This training academy has a suitable/good campus, administrative block, training block, library, hostel, playground, GIS lab, computer lab, gymnasium, auditorium etc. as per requirement for facility of training. A variety of forests, forest based industries, protected areas, eco-tourism areas, JFM/Van Panchayat areas, etc. are also available nearby to provide the required learning experiences through the visits of these areas along with long tours of all kinds of forests of India.

Administrative Control

The Director, Forest Education shall decide the number of ‘Officer Trainees’ for category:

(i) of Rule 4 to be admitted giving due regard to the requirements of sponsoring authorities. He shall communicate the number of seats allotted in the respective college to the sponsoring authority well in advance of the commencement of the course. In case of demand of seats belonging to category..

(ii) of Rule-4, the Director, Forest Education shall communicate such allotment to respective sponsoring Governments under intimation to Government of India. In case, any sponsoring authority is not in a position to utilize full number of seats allotted in a particular year, it will intimate the same to the Director Forest Education well in time.