FPM 2011-2015

FELLOW PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT

(An Autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India)
 FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK

I am happy and feel proud to introduce Indian Institute of Forest Management,

and welcome you all to this prestigious institution, which constantly endeavors
to evolve useful knowledge in the area of Forest, Environment, Natural
Resources Management and allied sectors. It disseminates knowledge in ways
that promote its application by individuals and organizations that are eventually
beneficial to the overall development of society at large.

Our vision is to see IIFM among the leading international institutions in the area
of environment, forest and development management and be respected, both
nationally and internationally for its outstanding contributions in the fields of
education, training, researh consultancy and thought leadership.

The Institute has started a prestigious Fellow Program in Management (FPM),

the announcement of which has been already made. The Fellow Programme at
IIFM is a unique doctoral level programme in many ways. It has been designed to
provide both breadth and depth of knowledge to scholars in the area of natural
resource management. The programme shall prepare the participants for careers
in teaching, training, research, and consulting both in academiea and industry.
The programme is application oriented , and the participants will be able to
contribute to the field of natural resource management and allied sectors.

I welcome you all to the city of lakes, Bhopal one of the greenest cities of India
situated amidst natural hillocks of Vindhyachal ranges and wish good luck to all
of you.

Dr. R.B. Lal

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE INTITUTE

 Objectives
 The Activities
Facilities

INTRODUCTION
 Objectives
 Salient Features
 Eligibility
 Admission Procedure
 Financial Assistance
 Hostel and Alumni Membership Fees
 Structure of Fellow Programme in Management
 Thesis
 Thesis Proposal Seminar
 Approval and Submission of Thesis Proposal
 Publication of two research articles
 Draft Thesis
 Draft Seminar
 Final Thesis Submission
 Thesis Examination Committee
 Award of Title

FACULTY PROFILE
ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

The origin of the institute can be traced to 1974, when the Government of
India (GOI), realizing the need for a managerial approach to the business
of forestry, accepted the recommendations of FAO and SIDA for the
establishment of an institute dedicated to forestry management. The
vision was clear to equip the forestry sector with business management
techniques, applied economics, feasibility studies, cost control and
economics of timber harvesting. To achieve this end, SIDA was requested
to support a Business Administration Training Project.

Five years later, in 1979, the GOI signed an agreement with the Indian
Institute of Management, Ahmadabad, to evolve the philosophy and raison
d’être of the institute. In 1982, the institute was christened ‘Indian
Institute of Forest Management’. IIFM came into existence as an
autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of
India. Under the Memorandum of Association and Rules of the Society, the
Minister, MoE&F is the President of the Society.

OBJECTIVES

IIFM has been established with the following objectives: - To provide

training in management and related subjects to persons connected with
forestry, forest-related industries and commerce, with a view to equip
them to practice the art and profession of management.

To assist, institute and carry out research in the areas of management,

allied techniques and methods conducive to the development of forestry.

To collaborate with educational institutions in any part of the world having

objectives similar to those of the IIFM through exchange of teachers,
scholars and in any other manner as may be conducive for mutual benefits.

To inculcate appreciation in those selected for training that conservation is

of over-riding importance in the management of living natural resources
and that the role of forests is vital for ecological and environmental
purpose they serve.
To select and prepare outstanding and talented young persons for careers
leading to management responsibility in forestry and forest related system.

To meet the needs of forestry and forest-related industries by providing

information through research, publication and application of state of the art
technology.

To create patronship, affiliation and other classes of professional or

honorary membership, or office as the IIFM may consider necessary.

THE ACTIVITIES
Education
Post Graduate Programme in Forestry Management (PGDFM)
Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)
Post Master Course in Natural Resource Management
Nodal Centre for Doctoral Programme of Forest Research Institute,
Dehradun.

Training
Management Development Programme
The dynamic nature of society & economy makes it imperative for
managers & administrators to continuously up-grade their managerial skills
to meet new challenges, conflicts and changes in roles. The Institute, with
an objective to fulfill the growing need of managerial human power and
development of managerial capacity in the forest and allied sectors
provides an excellent forum to serve the needs of in-service managers and
administrators.

Research
Research is one of the key activities of the Institute. As a sectoral
management Institute in forestry, environment and allied sectors, the
Institute mainly focuses on research activities that are applied in nature.
The research projects are funded by various National and International
organizations like the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Department of
Science & Technology, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, State Forest
Departments, ITTO, FAO, IDRC, DFID, Ford Foundation, GTZ and World
Bank.
CONSULTANCY
The multi disciplinary nature of IIFM’s faculty makes IIFM ideally suited to
offer consultancy services in the areas of forestry, environment and natural
resource management. The subject areas in which IIFM has been
providing consultancy support include agro-forestry, farm forestry, non-
timber forest produce (NTFP), livelihood and conservation, grassland
management, marketing, micro credit, joint forest management, eco-
development, urban forestry and forestry planning and management, and
environmental impact assessment.

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
The Institute has a Regional Centre for National Afforestation & Eco-
development Board (RCNAEB) as a regional support unit for greening the
States of M.P., Chattisgarh and Orissa. An International Centre for
Community Forestry (ICCF) has been set up at IIFM to promote
Sustainable Forest management with community participation through
research, training and documentation. It has also established other centres
such as Centre for Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Certification,
Centre for Management of Eco System services and Centre for Livelihood
Management.

INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES
Since its establishment, IIFM has fostered several fruitful international
linkages IIFM regularly participates in various activities at the global level
like International Symposia and Congregations. It also has academic
collaborations with international organizations like ITTO, FAO, UNDP, USFS,
IDRC, World Bank Institute, Cambridge University, Oxford Forest Institute
to name a few.

FACILITIES
Campus
The Institute has a sprawling campus spread over 230 acres located on a
lush green hill-top surrounded by water-bodies on three sides. The
building complex includes the Academic Complex, Library, Computer
Centre, Hostel, Mess, and the Administration and Accounts wings. The
Academic Complex of IIFM includes class rooms, seminar rooms and a
Faculty Block. The architectural design of IIFM’s building provides a
conducive environment for academic activities, professional deliberations
and social interaction.

COMPUTER CENTRE

IIFM is equipped with excellent computing resources. The Computer

Centre has hardware and software resources that are capable of providing
support for diverse computing requirements. It has a number of
computers in Local Area Network (LAN) and has state of the art Geographic
Information System (GIS) and Image Processing facilities. Computing
support is provided to students twenty four hours a day. Major facilities at
the Computer Centre include :-

Campus wide local area network with wireless LAN support on a fiber optic
backbone having computers on multiple domain, supporting Word
Processing, Spreadsheet and RDBMS Packages, Statistical Software, CASE
Tools, Programming languages, Project Management and Financial
Accounting Software. Desktops with TFT monitors, AO sized scanner,
digitizer, plotters, Laser and High Speed Printers, ARC/INFO GIS Software,
ERDAS Imagine Digital Image Processing Software, SPSS Tally.

24 hours Internet connectivity, Wi-Fi class rooms, including E-mail

through a dedicated leased line of 2 MBPS are available to the users.

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES

 Multi-storied air conditioned library with vast range of literature.

 A collection of 308 films on forestry, environment, conservation &
management. The Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) facility is
available on all terminals connected through LAN.
 More than 37,000 books and subscription to 272 National &
International journals.
 A number of CDs and DVDs on varied topics of academic interests.
 Subscription to a number of international e-journals.
 Institutional membership with Developing Library Network, DELNET &
MANLiBNET.
 Continuous updating of resource base and inclusion of publication of
current interest.
Hostel, Guest House & Mess

An one hundred and ten room fully furnished hostel is there to

accommodate students. The hostel rooms are connected with internet
facility through LAN. The Mess is equipped with automated and semi-
automated equipment and cooking systems. It is capable of serving about
300 people at a time.

Medical and Bank Facilities

The Institute has arrangements with reputed hospitals in the vicinity for
hospitalization and other medical services. However, students are required
to pay the expenses. Two visiting doctors associated as consultants visit
the campus.

Banking services are available at the SBI Branch located in the

Administrative Block of the Institute.

Introduction

Doctoral level Programme titled the Fellow Programme in

Management

Introduction

The IIFM stands in a position to meet the requirements of the changing

scenario in the forestry, environment, development and allied sectors. It is
constantly striving to update itself and accordingly respond to the needs of
all concerned stakeholders. Given the emerging, and much-needed,
emphasis on environmental sustainability, climate change, carbon trading,
green finance, corporate social environmental responsibility, biodiversity
conservation and natural resource management, IIFM suitably modifies its
focus, activity frame and course structure to successfully meet these
needs. All these activities not only require man power, possessing a
desired blend of skills pertaining to forestry, environment & development
with management science but also need the professional assistance and
guidance for capacity building, project implementation and monitoring.
Therefore, IIFM through its educational, training, research and consultancy
activities has planned to endeavor to meet this emerging need.
Accordingly, a Doctoral level Programme titled the Fellow Programme in
Management (FPM) for people who need specialized knowledge, skills, and
attitudes for positions requiring conceptual and visioning skills. The Fellow
Programme is an important step in that direction. The FPM is approved by
AICTE.

The FPM is a doctoral program designed to develop and equip students for
career opportunity in management education and research in the following
faculty areas of specialization:

 Communication and Extension Management

 Ecosystem and Environment Management
 Environment and Developmental Economics
 Financial Management
 Human Resource Management
 Information Technology and Quantitative Techniques
 Marketing Management
 Sociology and Community Development
 Technical Forestry

Objectives

The main objectives of the FPM are:

(i) To develop researchers and scholars in the field of
management;
(ii) To create a body of knowledge; and
(iii) To stimulate research / action research work in Natural
Resource Management.
Eligibility

The maximum age limit is 45 year as on 1 st July of the 1 st year of the

commencement of the academic year.

A Bachelors Degree with atleast 50 percent marks.

Masters degree (minimum two years prescribed duration after 10+2+3

years of formal education) in relevant discipline (relevancy has to be
decided by the IIFM) with at least 55% marks including Five year/Four
year Integrated masters Degree programme in the Master’s degree and
with good academic records.

(OR)

4 year/8 Semester B.Tech/B.E with60% Marks or Equivalent OGPA.

(OR)

Professional qualification like CA, ICWA, CS with atleast 55% marks.

(OR)

For IIFM Graduates, who have done PGDFM and IIM graduates who have
done PGDM, the minimum OGPA of 3.00 in 4.33 maximum scale, is
required.

(OR)

For MRM Post graduates from IIFM, with 3.00 CGPA.

Note: For those qualifications where the above 4.33 scale is not available,
the eligibility will be decided by the Equivalence Committee constituted by
the Director, IIFM and its decision will be final.

Admission Procedure

Selection of candidates through a two-stage process.

A. Screening test
Eligible candidates will be required to take the IIM CAT (scores of two
years old with required cut off)

Alternatively
i) They can take GMAT(scores of two years old with required cut off) Or
ii) Should have qualified UGC-CSIR-JRF/NET (scores not older than 5
years) in relevant area of specialisation. Or
iii) GATE (scores not older than 5 years) OR
iv) ICAR JRF (scores not older than 5 years) OR
v) FRI entrance test for PhD (two years old)or
vi) Candidates who have already obtained a PGDFM/PGDM from IIFM/IIM
with a minimum of OGPA of 3.00 can apply directly.
vii) Candidates who have obtained MRM from IIFM with 3.00 CGPA.
viii) All India and allied services officers, officers in scale II of Nationalized
Bank, officers of equivalent rank of PSU
ix) The candidates who fulfil the required eligibility given above and do not
have any of the above qualifying tests, but have five years experience post
their respective eligible degree shall be called for the internal test,
designed by IIFM.
 B. Interview and Personal Discussions

Candidate will be called to Bhopal for interview and personal

discussion, as per the screening criteria decided by the IIFM.

C. Final selection will be based on criteria as decided from time to time

by the Institute.

D. The students will be admitted in a specific area of specialization

related to the existing faculty areas of the Institute.

E. At present maximum eight students can be admitted each year.

Financial Assistance

A) Monthly Fellowship

Each student would be given a monthly fellowship of Rs. 12,000/- in

first and second year , Rs. 14,000/- in third and fourth year and for
extended one year (if applicable) during the program.

This assistance is not available to the sponsored candidates. In case

of candidates who will be getting salary from sponsorer, if the salary
is less than the prescribed monthly fellowship, then the difference
can be made good from fellowship provisions.

B) Contingency Grant

The students would also be provided (on reimbursable basis) with a

contingency grant up to Rs. 20,000/- per year for all the four years
(three years for IIFM graduates) for purchasing relevant books,
journals, stationery, computer accessories, academic tour and travels,
photocopying expenses etc.

The unspent amount of the contingency grant in any year may be

carried forward till the end of the fourth year.

C) General

The students cannot take any other financial benefits from IIFM, like
research projects or centers of the IIFM or from outside.

The student is required to sign a bond with the IIFM that if he/she
discontinues the Fellow programme for any reason, then the entire
amount of fellowship and contingency amount received shall be
refunded by them.
Hostel and Alumni Membership Fees

The students have to pay hostel rent (if hostel facility is provided), mess
charges and alumni membership as decided by the IIFM from time to time.
The mess charges will be on actual basis. Presently, the mess is run by the
students themselves.

Structure of Fellow Programme in Management

The class-room course work is designed to provide an in-depth knowledge

in management science, forestry, environment and development
management in general, and the area of the specialisation of the student in
particular.

The PGDFM first year courses provide grounding to the students in

functional areas of management with application bias in forestry,
environment and development context. The PGDFM graduates of IIFM, get
exemption from first year FPM courses.

Term I Term I Courses (7.0 CU)

Term II Term II Courses (7.0 CU)
Fieldwork (0.5 CU)
Term III Term III Courses (6.0 CU)

Term Paper (Research oriented project of ten weeks duration

immediately after Term-III)

The first Year FPM students are required to take up research oriented
project work leading to a Term Paper, under the guidance of a faculty
member from their area of specialization. The students are required to
identify the faculty supervisor for this Term Paper. The same faculty may
continue as the thesis guide depending upon the mutual interest. This
project will carry 2.0 credit unit equivalence. The evaluation will be
internal and criteria for same will be developed by the FPM Committee. The
Term Paper should be publishable.

Second Year (Advance courses, Case preparation and

finalization, Comprehensive Examination, Initiation and
formulation of Thesis Proposal)

Additional advance courses could also be introduced - Seminar based

courses/ Courses of Independent Studies. Electives during Term-IV to V
have to be from the faculty area of specialisation. The Chairperson FPM will
coordinate the floating of the advanced electives, including preparation of
guidelines.
Term IV – Three compulsory taught courses of 2.5 CU & one elective
course of 1.0 CU.

 Philosophy of Management (0.5 credit unit)

 Advanced Research Methodology (1.0 credit unit)
 Sources of Data base (1.0 credit unit)

In addition students are expected to take minimum 3.0

credit unit courses as elective courses from the advance
elective courses offered during the term.

Initiation of Case Preparation.

Term V - One compulsory taught course of 0.5 CU & three elective

courses of 1.0 CU each.

 Philosophy of Science (0.5 credit unit)

In addition students are expected to take minimum 3.0

credit unit courses as elective courses from the advance elective courses
offered during the term.

Comprehensive Examination

After completing the coursework, every student will be required to take the
Comprehensive Examination (CE). Passing the comprehensive examination
is compulsory for all the students. The main objective of this examination
is to test the student’s understanding and grasp of the courses in an
integral way. The comprehensive examination consists of a test covering
the student’s major area. It is expected to be conducted after the Term
V.

Comprehensive Examination Committee (CEC)

The FPM Chairperson, in consultation with the area faculty will constitute a
three member Comprehensive Examination Committee (CEC) and
nominate one of the members as the Chairperson. The Chairperson of the
CEC takes the responsibility for administering the Comprehensive
Examination for a student. To pass the CE, the majority of the committee
members should declare the student’s performance as satisfactory. The
component of the CE could be a combination of written and oral test.

Term VI - Initiation and formulation of thesis proposal

 Thesis Proposal Defense in seminar
If required, then revision of Thesis Proposal based on
feedback
Start of Thesis Work

Minimum Academic requirement for taught subjects

It will be governed by FPM Academic Rules and Regulations.

Case Preparation
FPM student is expected to develop a case during the Second year based
on the preliminary research. The case would be evaluated by the CEC and
each student must obtain a satisfactory grade otherwise the case has to be
revised till it reaches up to a stage of satisfaction.

However, it will not carry any credits. Such cases prepared during FPM
programme can be used by IIFM faculty for IIFM academic programme,
depending upon their suitability.

Cases can be published by the students

Third Year Thesis Work, Research /Teaching Assignments

Participation in Research/Teaching work
Each of the doctoral students would be expected to provide
assistance in research/teaching work of the Institute as a
FPM scholar during the third and fourth years of study. This
will provide them an opportunity to apply the research
skills.

Fourth Year Thesis Work, Research/Teaching Assignments, Pre-thesis

submission seminar, Publication of two research articles,
Thesis submission and defense.

Residential requirements

Residential requirements for the first two years are compulsory.

Remaining two years will be decided by the Institute on case to case basis.

The Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) can allow the students to work
outside the IIFM campus during third and fourth year, provided the student
should not take up any part time or full time job/any other activity not
related to thesis. The working executives also have to spend initial two
years as fully residential scholar. However, the students are required to
come to IIFM during 3rd and 4th year as and when required, if given
permission to stay outside/going back to their parent organization for the
deputed students.
Thesis

Thesis Should be a scholarly work related to contribution to the

understanding and resolution of management problems. Thesis Should
demonstrate professional competence in developing a model or a set of
hypotheses, collecting and interpreting data, reaching conclusions, and
drawing the implications for research and managerial practice.

Thesis Proposal

Student should start working on the thesis proposal soon after joining the
Programme. However, every student would be expected to submit the
thesis proposal at the earliest after passing the comprehensive
examination. The thesis proposal has to be successfully defended by the
student in a Seminar.

During the second year, the FPM student should identify, a thesis advisor
who will guide him/her as Chairperson in his/her Thesis Advisory
Committee (TAC). The FPM Chairperson appoints the TAC in consultation
with the thesis advisor.

Change in the Topic of Thesis Proposal after approval.

If a student chooses to change the topic of the thesis proposed, on

convincing reasons, Chairperson-FPM can allow the change only once but
the student has to go through the whole process of thesis proposal
approval again.

Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC)

The TAC consists of three members - Thesis advisor and two other
members are from the related areas of specialization. The members are
chosen to contribute to the thesis research in a complementary manner
and to provide help in literature search, research design, model
construction, fieldwork, and data analysis. An expert or an academician
from outside of IIFM can also be member of the committee provided
he/she has the requisite expertise and interest to advise the student.

If the circumstances demand, including those arising out of inability of any

member of TAC to perform the assigned functions, the FPM Chairperson
may, in consultation with the Chairperson of the TAC, can reconstitute the
TAC.

In case TAC chairperson is likely to be unavailable for continuously long

period of time, the TAC can be reconstituted at any point of time as per the
need.
The role of TAC includes the following:

 To advise and give feedback to the student regarding thesis work on

continuous basis.
 Judging the adequacy of research design for Thesis Proposal
 Attending thesis seminar to be presented by the student and to
provide feedback
 Providing written feedback on the draft thesis submitted by the
student
Thesis Proposal Seminar

When the TAC agrees on the adequacy of the research design, the student
will formulate a preliminary thesis proposal and give a seminar on the
proposal to the Institute’s academic community for getting further inputs
to strengthen the thesis proposal.

The student should give at least two week’s notice to the FPM Office for
arranging the seminar, in the interest of better participation from the
institute’s academic community.

Approval and Submission of Thesis Proposal

A thesis proposal is approved only after the student has given the thesis
proposal seminar and the TAC concludes that the subject appears
researchable in the way it has been proposed. TAC will ascertain that the
proposed field work is likely to produce the required data and the analytical
methodology if adequately carried out will produce an acceptable thesis,
and the student is ready for undertaking full scale research. The student
will submit to the FPM Chairperson a copy of the thesis proposal approved
by the TAC latest by the end of 2nd Academic year (1st academic year for
the students who are exempted for the first year courses), failure to stick
to the dates (30th March) will be considered as “unsatisfactory
performance” and the fellowship will be affected as per rules.

Publication of two research articles

Before submitting the doctoral draft thesis, students will be required to

have at least two-research articles’ acceptance for publication in a Journal/
Conference proceedings based on their research work. This is a Pre-
requisite for thesis defense.

Students will get credit for presenting and publishing research articles in
the national /international seminars/ conferences.

The joint authorship with the Thesis Advisor is also acceptable, provided
the student should be the first Author.
Draft Thesis

The student should submit one copy of the approved draft thesis duly
signed by the TAC members to the FPM office.

Draft Seminar

After completing all the requirements and before submitting the final thesis
for defense, the student will present a seminar on the research to
disseminate the findings to stimulate research work in the area. The
seminar also provides an opportunity to obtain feedback from the
institute’s academic community including the TAC towards better
presentation and findings. The student should give at least two weeks
notice to the FPM office for arranging the seminar in the interest of better
participation from the institute’s academic community.

Final thesis submission

After incorporating all the suggestions provided in the Thesis Seminar, the
student is required to submit the final thesis along with signed approval
forms by all the TAC members to the FPM Office.

Thesis Examination Committee

When a student is ready to submit his/her 6 copies of thesis work, requests

the FPM Chairperson to appoint the Thesis Examination Committee
(TEC). The FPM committee appoints the TEC, consisting of one member
of the TAC (in consultation with the Chairperson TAC) and two
eminent external experts, to be taken from experts’ list submitted by
the TAC Chairperson.

TAC Chairperson will submit a panel of five external experts with complete
contact details.

The role of TEC includes:

 Examining the thesis work

 Conducting an oral thesis defense examination (any one of the
external expert can be invited to conduct the oral examination).
Award of Title

The student shall complete the following requirements before qualifying for
the award of the title:

 Submission of required number of copies of the thesis and abstracts

as per guidelines.
 Obtain clearance form from various functionaries of the institute as
per guidelines.

For getting the award, at least two members of TEC should declare the
student’s thesis work as satisfactory and recommend for the award of
fellowship of IIFM. If two TEC members reject the thesis, then the case
will be referred to FPM Committee to take further decision, including re-
submission of thesis, after incorporating modifications/improvement.

On qualifying for the award of the title, students become eligible to receive
the title of “Fellow of the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal”.

A provisional certificate can be given on the student’s request to this effect,

prior to convocation.
FACULTY PROFILE

Ravindra Bihari Lal, Director

Ph.D. in Forestry, A.I.F.C. Diploma Equivalent to Masters Degree in Forestry and

M.Sc. in Physics.

Areas of Academic Interest: Forest Resource Management, Tribal Development,

Community Forestry, Watershed Management and Wildlife Management.

Abhay Kumar Patil

B.E. (Civil) from G.C.E.T. Raipur, M.U.R.P. (Master of Urban & Regional Planning)
from School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi, Associate of Indira Gandhi
National Forest Academy Diploma from IGNFA, Dehradun.

Areas of academic interest are : Joint Forest Management, Forest Working Plan
preparation & implementation, Non Timber Forest Produce Management with special
reference to Medicinal Plants, Forest based Rural Livelihoods & Enterprises, Forests &
People interface, Forest related laws & policy issues, Rural Development, Soil & Water
Conservation & Watershed Management, Human Resource Capacity Building for
various forestry operations.

Advait Edgaonkar

Ph.D (Wildlife Ecology and Conservation) University of Florida, Gainesville M.Sc

(Wildlife Science) Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun PGDFM, Indian Institute of
Forest Management, Bhopal.

Areas of Academic Interest: Protected Area Management, Wildlife Conservation,

Research methods and research design in ecology, Wildlife population estimation.

A.K.Dharni

B.Tech (Civil Engineering) from IIT Delhi, Diploma in Forestry from IGNFA
equivalent to M.Sc. (Forestry), Post Graduate Diploma in Wildlife management from
Wildlife Institute of India, Certificate course in GIS from National Remote Sensing
Agency, Hyderabad
 Areas of academic interest: Wildlife Management, Forest Law, Human Resource
Management, Project Management, Public Administration

Amitabh Pandey

PhD (Anthropology) University of Hyderabad, M.Phil (Anthropology), University of

Hyderabad, M.A (Anthropology), University of Hyderabad, UGC Research Fellow
1991.

Areas of academic interest are : Public Policy, Management of Common Property

Resources, Public Private Partnership (PPP), Water and Agriculture Management,
Participatory Irrigation Management, Sustainable livelihood in NRM, Sacred Groves,
Conflict Resolution, Development & Economic Anthropology.

Captain Anil Kumar Khare

Diploma in Forestry from IGNFA, Dehradun (equivalent to M.Sc. Forestry)

Areas of academic interest are : Forest Protection, Use of Computer in Core Forestry,
Watershed Management and Joint Forest Management.
Arvind Bijalwan

B.Sc. Forestry, M.Sc. Forestry (agroforestry), Ph.D. Forestry (agroforestry), ICAR-JRF,

ICAR-NET

Areas of Interest: Agroforestry, Silviculture, Remote Sensing & GIS, Natural Resource
Management and Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

Asha Khanna

M.Sc. (Mathematics), Post B.Sc. Diploma in Computer Science and Applications,

Pursuing Doctorate in Application area of Data Mining.

Areas of academic interest are : Classification & clustering for data mining, database
management system, numerical analysis and mathematical modeling.

Ashish David

Ph.D. Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Bombay, MA TISS, Mumbai.

 Areas of academic interest are : Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Social Impact Assessment,
Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Protected Areas, System Views of Household
Economies, Community Based Ecotourism.

Ashutosh Verma

Associate Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Licentiate of

Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Ph.D. (Finance).

Areas of Academic Interest are : Accounting for NPOs, disclosure practices of

corporates.

Balakrishna Upadhyay
Post Graduate and Doctorate in Psychology from Barkatullah Vishwavidayalaya,
Bhopal, PGD in Human Resource Development, and PGD in Guidance and
Counselling.
Areas of current academic interest are : Application of Principals of Social Psychology
in Forestry Sector, Environmental Psychology, understanding Human Interaction with
Environment & Forest and Stress and Wellbeing.

Bhaskar Sinha

Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU), New Delhi.

Areas of Academic Interest: Impact Assessment of formal and informal institutional

arrangements linked to conservation of natural resources, interdisciplinary research on
forest based livelihood enhancement, conservation planning and sustainable forest
management, ecological sustainability and poverty alleviation, Climate Change and
CDM.

Chandra Prakash Kala

Ph.D. (Forestry; FRI, Dehradun; 1998), M.Sc. (Botany; HNBGU; 1992)

Area of academic interest : Biodiversity Conservation, Plant Ecology, Alpine

Ecosystem and Management, Natural Resource Management, Ethno-botany,
Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Medicinal Plants
C.S. Rathore

Ph.D. (Environmental Science), M.Sc. (Environmental Science), M.Sc. (Environmental

Remote Sensing), Aberdeen, U.K.

Areas of academic interest are : GIS, Remote Sensing, Computer Applications,

Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, E-governance, Computer Programming,
Information Systems.

CVRS Vijaya Kumar

Ph.D. (Statistics) (with emphasis in Queuing Theory), M.Sc. (Statistics)

Areas of academic interest are : Operations Research, Stochastic Modelling, and

Environmental Statistics.

D. Debnath

M.Sc. (Specialization in Social Anthropology), Ph.D. (Social Anthropology) in 1992,

Awarded Gold Medal after completion of Premchand Roychand scholarship (Post
Doctoral level) by Calcutta University in the year 2000. Author of two books and
several Research papers/ Book Chapters in International or National peer-reviewed
Journals and Edited books

Areas of academic interest are : Rural Development Management including Tribal

Development, Indigenous Knowledge System, Biodiversity Conservation and
Sustainable Livelihoods, Public Policy System, Decentralised Governance and Forest
Governance, Globalization and Climate Change, Gender and Development .

H.S. Gupta

Ph D (B I T Mesra), M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering) from IIT, Delhi,

P.G.Diploma in Marketing Management from IGNOU, Diploma in Forestry from
IGNFA. B.Sc. (Engg.) from Allahabad University,Certificate course in International
Environmental Law from UNITAR

Areas of academic Interest are : JFM, Protected Area Management, Watershed

Management, NTFP Management, Tribal Development, Rural Development,
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Forest and Wildlife Management,
Conservation Laws and Policies, Climate change and Forestry, Afforestation and
Plantation Management, Conflict Resolution in NRM, Governance Issues in Forestry.
Has worked extensively as forest, protected area manager in various districts of Bihar
 and Jharkhand since 1988. Also worked as Director of WWF Bihar/ Jharkhand from
1997 to 2001.

Jayashree Dubey

BE (Electrical), MBA and Ph.D. in Marketing Management and UGC- NET.

Area of Interest: Marketing Management & Operations Management

Koustubh Kanti Ray

M.Com., M. Phil., Ph.D., NET (UGC)

Area of Interest: Financial Markets, valuation and investment behavior study.

Professional experience: More than 10 years of professional experience, before IIFM
was a faculty member in Finance at IBS, Hyderabad. Professional membership: life
member of Indian Accounting Association and Global Association for Risk
Professionals (GARP).

K. Navaladi Krishnakumar

Graduated in Agriculture from Banaras Hindu University and obtained M.Sc. and
Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension from Tamilnadu Agricultural University. Began his
professional career as Farm Information Training Specialist, has put in 26 years of
experience in teaching, research, training and extension services related to
agricultural/forestry extension.

Areas of academic interest are: Forestry/Agricultural Extension, Development

Communication and Social extension aspects related to Community Forestry,
Agroforestry, Watershed and Ecotourism.

Madhu Verma

Ph.D. (Economics) Bhopal University; Post Doctoral Research at the University of

Massachusetts (UMASS), Amherst and at the University of California (UCL) Berkeley,
USA; Lead Fellow, Cohort 12, LEAD International, London, UK; Trainer-Member, Al
Gore's The Climate Change Project- India Chapter; Awarded Zayed Intl. Prize for the
Environment, Dubai - United Arab Emirates for contribution to the Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment Exercise.
 Areas of academic interest are : Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis,
Environmental & Conservation Finance, Natural Resource Accounting, Ecosystem
Modelling, Law & Economics, Livelihoods Economics and Development Finance.

Manmohan Yadav

Ph.D. (International Marketing), M.B.A (Marketing), B.Sc. (Dairy Technology)

Areas of academic interest are: forestry/eco services/rural products marketing &

branding, retail management, international business & global marketing, corporate
environmental responsibility & green marketing, eco-labeling & forest certification,
commodity marketing, carbon management & emissions trading.

M.D. Omprakash

Ph.D. in Applied Geology (Remote Sensing and GIS) from Bhopal University (M.P.),
M.Sc. in Applied Geology from Karnataka University, (Karnataka).
Areas of academic interest are: Interest Natural Resource Management with special
emphasis on sustainable forest management and watershed management. Current
environmental issues linked to climate change, water pollution and hazardous waste
management. Application of spatial analysis tools (Remote Sensing and GIS) in
watershed management and Sustainable Forest management.

P.A.Jadhav
M.Sc (Botany) Institute of Science, Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, DIF
(Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry – Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu), AIFC (Associate of
Indian Forest College, P.G. Diploma – Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy,
Dehradun, Uttaranchal
Certificate course in Policy Analysis, Yale University, USA.

Areas of interest: Public Policy Analysis, Evaluation and Monitoring, Self Help Group,
Watershed Management, Rural Livelihood Management, Rural Development, Wildlife
Management, Tribal Development, Joint Forest Management, Biodiversity
Conservation, Afforestation Management, Conservation Laws, Sustainable Natural
Resource Management, Training Research and Consultancy.

P. Bhattacharya (On leave)

Ph.D. (Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants)

Areas of academic interest are: NTFPs, Agroforestry, Bio-energy and Community

Resource Management including Livelihood Development
P.K. Biswas

Ph.D. (Sociology), Utkal University; M.A. (Sociology), Jawaharlal Nehru University,

Member of several National / International professional associations/institutions.

Areas of academic interest are: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Community

Forest Management, Livelihoods, Policy and Institutional issues of NTFP
Management, Tribal Development/Rural Development, Governance System, Micro
Planning, Social and Institutional Issues of SHGs, Rural Finance, Social
Entrepreneurship.

Parag Dubey

PhD (Marketing of NTFPs), M.B.A (Marketing), B.Sc. (Agriculture)

Areas of academic interest are: Marketing, Marketing Research, Green Marketing, and
Rural Marketing, Social Marketing and Marketing of Forest Products.

Parul Rishi

PhD 1992 ( Behavioural Science) , Dayalbagh University , ITTO Fellow,2004, ARTS

Fellow, ICSSR Fellow. Recipient of Young Scientist Award of Indian science
congress,1994.

Areas of academic interest are: Behavioural Perspectives of climate change,

Environmental issues and Forest with a special focus on community forestry and
protected areas. Other areas of academic interests are Stress Management,
Environmental Leadership and corporate social/environmental responsibility.

Rekha Singhal (On leave)

D.Phil. (Psychology)

Areas of academic interest : Non-timber forest products, participatory/ joint forest

management, gender issues in natural resource management, behavioural factors in
natural resource management, Human Resource Management & Development, Eco-
development, Livelihood and Governance.

Suprava Patnaik (On leave)

Ph.D. (Botany)
Areas of academic interest: Ecosystem Management, Climate Change, Energy
Management Conservation and Livelihood.
S. P. Singh
D.Litt. (Economics) ongoing, Ph.D. (Economics), M.Phil (1989), (Specialization in
Regional Planning and Economic Growth) Barkatullah University, Bhopal.

Areas of academic interest area : Regional Planning, Socio-economic, Ecological and

Environment and Developmental Economics.
Ujjal Kumar Sarma
Ph.D. (Anthropology), University of Delhi; M.Sc. (Anthropology), University of Delhi.

Areas of academic interest: Cultural ecology, environmentalism, Livelihoods and

Conservation, Human-Wildlife conflict mitigation, Participatory Conservation,
(especially in Northeast India), Culture of poverty.

Vandita Singh Banerjee (On leave)

Post Graduation in Psychology, Indore University, with specialization in Personality
and Social Psychology.

Areas of Academic Interest are: Ecological Psychology, Leadership Styles &

Participatory Forest Management, HRD Practices in Environment (Govt. and NGO)
Sector.

Vijay Kumar
Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology.
LLB., Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya and MBA, Bhopal School of Social Sciences with
specialisation in Personnel Management.

Yogesh Dubey

D.Phil. in Wildlife Management (1999), Forest Research Institute, Deemed University,

M. Sc. in Wildlife Science (1993) from Aligarh Muslim University.

Areas of academic interest are: Environmental & Ecological Impact Assessment,

Environmental Auditing, Strategic Environment Assessment, Environmental
management systems, Corporate Environmental Management, Environmental policy
and law, Wildlife ecology & Conservation, Protected Area Management, Resource
Conservation and Environmental Management.
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