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The Central Academy for State Forest Service, Central Academy For State Forest Service, Coimbatore (erstwhile State Forest Service college) is one of the premier institutions under the aegis of Directorate of Forest Education, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, which imparts professional training to newly recruited RFO’s and in-service training to the State Forest Service Officers of ACF and DCF ranks.

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The Academy was set up in the year 1980. Earlier to this, the State Forest Service Officers had been were trained at the erstwhile Indian Forest College, Dehradun and State Forest Service College, Burnihat . With the advent developmental schemes in Forestry sector during the IV and V Five year plans, and launching of the Social Forestry Projects in many States, the Government of India felt the urgency of starting two more institutions to train the increasing number of officers specially from the State Services, and as a sequel to this the college was established on 25th January, 1980, along with the State Forest Service College, Burnihat.

Last updated: 05 Mar, 2025