College of Forestry, Ranichauri
Prof. Tara Singh Mehra
DEAN, College Of Forestry, Ranichauri
P.O. Ranichauri, Distt. Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand 249199
Phone: 01376-252138
E-Mail : deanranichauri2013@gmail.com
College of Forestry (CoF) is situated at Ranichauri in Tehri Garhwal District. The college is about 15 km away from New Tehri, 70 km from Rishikesh and 110 km from Dehradun on Rishikesh – New Tehri Road. It is spread over an area of 203 hectares consisting of forest, orchards and various research blocks at an altitude ranging between 1700 and 2200 m above msl. The geographical and climatic conditions of the region are considered to be suitable for different forest species, horticultural crops, off season vegetables, medicinal and aromatic plants, minor millets and pulses.
The college has been entrusted with responsibilities of generating technology in forestry, hill agriculture and allied fields for the development of hill districts of the newly created state. It also run human resource development programmes, multidisciplinary research and technology transfer suitable to diverse hill agro-climatic conditions that are feasible for easy adoption by the local people and thereby help to improve their socio-economic status.
HISTORY:-
Keeping the need of sustainability of hill agriculture in view, the college was initially established as hill campus of G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology on the directives of Planning Commission of India with subsequent signing of MOU between Govt. of India and Govt. of Uttar Pradesh in 1972 and was formally inaugurated in 1976. However, the campus became fully operational in 1983 after getting strengthened with scientific manpower. Since then the college is functioning as one of the most reputed centers for research, education and extension in Uttarakhand. In 2011, the college came in the jurisdiction of newly created Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Pauri Garhwal, now the name of university is changed as Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Pauri Garhwal.
MANDATES OF THE COLLEGE:
o Development of human resource for forestry, agro-forestry, hill agriculture and allied sectors.
o Development of location specific forestry/ agro-forestry models, and farming systems for hill agriculture.
o Conservation and utilization of natural resources.
o Processing and value addition of non-timber forest produce.
o Developing watershed management models for hill region.
o Mitigation of farmer-wild life conflict.
o Capacity building for entrepreneurship/self employment.
o Dissemination of technologies for the benefit of hill farmers, forest tribes, nomades etc.