Induction Training
The mandate of the academy is to impart Professional Induction training to the newly recruited State Forest Service officers and to bring them up as capable of meeting future challenges in the sphere of Forests, Wildlife, and Environment through Capacity building and knowledge sharing.
Since 1980, this academy has conducted 29 Induction Courses for SFS Officers and a total number of 1014 Assistant Conservator of Forests have passed out. Similarly, since 2000, a total of 405 Forest Range Officers have completed induction training of 18 months duration in 14 batches.
Brief Details Of The Ongoing Batches :
The Batch of SFS 2023-25 Course is being conducted during the reporting period as detailed below :-
| Year (Batch) | Name of the Course | No. of Officers Trained/Undergoing Training | Duration of Training | Name of the Sponsoring states/Union territories | Remarks/Period of Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-25 | Induction Training Course - I for SFS Trainees | 42 | 2 Years | Chhattisgarh - 28 Odisha - 8 Madhya Pradesh - 5 Karnataka - 1 |
From 28.11.2023 to 27.11.2025 |
The batch of SFS 2022-24 Course- I is being conducted during the reporting period as detailed below :-
| Year (Batch) | Name of the Course | No. of officers Trained/ Undergoing Training | Duration of Training | Name of the Sponsoring states/ Union territories | Remarks/ Period of Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-24 - I | Induction Training course - I for SFS Trainees | 53 | 2 Years | Uttarakhand - 39 Uttar Pradesh - 14 |
From 11.04.2022 to 10.04.2024 |
The batch of SFS 2022-24 Course II is being conducted during the reporting period as detailed below :-
| Year (Batch) | Name of the Course | No. of officers Trained/ Undergoing Training | Duration of Training | Name of the Sponsoring states/ Union territories | Remarks/ Period of Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-24 - II | Induction Training course - II for SFS Trainees | 53 | 2 Years | Karnataka - 23 Rajasthan - 30 |
From 28.11.2022 to 27.11.2024 |
SFS Officer Trainees of CASFOS Coimbatore 2023-25
List of OTs (Ongoing Batches)
2023 - 25 State Forest Service Officers Course
| Sl.No. | Name of the Trainee's / Shri | State |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr. Aakash Thakur | Chhattisgarh |
| 2 | Mr. Abhaya Kumar Behera | OFDC |
| 3 | Mr. Aishwary Chandrakar | Chhattisgarh |
| 4 | Mr. Ajay Singh Rajput | Chhattisgarh |
| 5 | Ms. Alka Burman | Chhattisgarh |
| 6 | Mr. Alok Jaiswal | Chhattisgarh |
| 7 | Mr. Alok Ranjan Hota | OFDC |
| 8 | Ms. Archana Paikra | Chhattisgarh |
| 9 | Mr. Arpit Rai | Chhattisgarh |
| 10 | Ms. Belabadevi H. Biradar | Karnataka |
| 11 | Ms. Bhomika Shrimali | Chhattisgarh |
| 12 | Mr. Chandrabhooshan Singh | Chhattisgarh |
| 13 | Mr. Deepak Kumar Patel | Chhattisgarh |
| 14 | Mr. Dikendra Netam | Chhattisgarh |
| 15 | Mr. Gajendra Kumar Verma | Chhattisgarh |
| 16 | Mr. Gulshan Kumar Sahu | Chhattisgarh |
| 17 | Mr. Harsh Meghwal | Madhya Pradesh |
| 18 | Ms. Hemlata deo | Chhattisgarh |
| 19 | Mr. Kirtiwardhan | Chhattisgarh |
| 20 | Mr. Kuber Charan Bariha | Chhattisgarh |
| 21 | Mr. Lalit Kumar Patidar | Madhya Pradesh |
| 22 | Mr. Lovekesh Kumar Gilhare | Chhattisgarh |
| 23 | Mr. Mayank Singh | Chhattisgarh |
| 24 | Mr. Manikant Verma | Chhattisgarh |
| 25 | Ms. Mitarani Sethy | OFDC |
| 26 | Ms. Nusrat Saba | Chhattisgarh |
| 27 | Ms. Prajnadipti Das | OFDC |
| 28 | Mr. Prakhar Nayak | Chhattisgarh |
| 29 | Mr. Rahul Dewangan | Chhattisgarh |
| 30 | Mr. Rahul Sharma | Madhya Pradesh |
| 31 | Mr. Rajdeep Chaurasia | Madhya Pradesh |
| 32 | Mr. Ravindra Dhirhi | Chhattisgarh |
| 33 | Mr. Sabyasachi Ray | OFDC |
| 34 | Ms. Shikha Jha | Chhattisgarh |
| 35 | Mr. Shini Mohanty | OFDC |
| 36 | Mr. Shivendra Singh | Chhattisgarh |
| 37 | Mr. Soumya Sambit Sahu | OFDC |
| 38 | Mr. Subham Behera | OFDC |
| 39 | Ms. Sweta Kumari Singh | Chhattisgarh |
| 40 | Mr. Vijendra Singh Pandram | Madhya Pradesh |
| 41 | Mr. Vikash Nikunj | Chhattisgarh |
| 42 | Ms. Yamini Porte | Chhattisgarh |
SFS Batch - I Officer Trainees of CASFOS Coimbatore 2022-24
List of OTs (Ongoing Batches)
2022 - 24 State Forest Service Officers Course - I
| Sl.No. | Name of the Trainee's / Shri | State |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhay Pratap Singh | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2 | Abhishek Maithani | Uttarakhand |
| 3 | Ms. Aisha Bisht | Uttarakhand |
| 4 | Ajay Lingwal | Uttarakhand |
| 5 | Akhilesh Kumar Patel | Uttar Pradesh |
| 6 | Ms. Anamika Bukkarwals | Uttarakhand |
| 7 | Ankit Badola | Uttarakhand |
| 8 | Arun Kumar | Uttarakhand |
| 9 | Arvind Singh Molfa | Uttarakhand |
| 10 | Ashirvad Katiyar | Uttarakhand |
| 11 | Ms. Chitranjali Negi | Uttarakhand |
| 12 | Diwaker | Uttarakhand |
| 13 | Ganesh Datt Joshi | Uttarakhand |
| 14 | Ms. Ganga Budhlakoti | Uttarakhand |
| 15 | Gaurav Kumar Pant | Uttarakhand |
| 16 | Janmjay Chand Ramola | Uttarakhand |
| 17 | Ms. Kakul Pundeer | Uttarakhand |
| 18 | Ms. Kamini Arya | Uttarakhand |
| 19 | Kartikeya | Uttarakhand |
| 20 | Ms. Kumari Urvashi | Uttar Pradesh |
| 21 | Maneesh Joshi | Uttarakhand |
| 22 | Ms. Maninder Kaur | Uttarakhand |
| 23 | Mayank Mehta | Uttarakhand |
| 24 | Mohan Singh | Uttarakhand |
| 25 | Naveen Verma | Uttar Pradesh |
| 26 | Ms. Nidhi Semwal | Uttarakhand |
| 27 | Om Prakash Ram | Uttar Pradesh |
| 28 | Pawan Negi | Uttarakhand |
| 29 | Ms. Prashansa Tamta | Uttarakhand |
| 30 | Ms. Priyanka Sundli | Uttarakhand |
| 31 | Rajiv Nayan Nautiyal | Uttarakhand |
| 32 | Ravi Mohan Katiyar | Uttar Pradesh |
| 33 | Ms. Sakshi Rawat | Uttarakhand |
| 34 | Sandeep Kumar Parpriya | Uttar Pradesh |
| 35 | Santosh Kumar | Uttar Pradesh |
| 36 | Ms. Sarita Bhatt | Uttarakhand |
| 37 | Sarthak Parashar | Uttarakhand |
| 38 | Satendra Singh Tomar | Uttar Pradesh |
| 39 | Shatrughana Tripathi | Uttar Pradesh |
| 40 | Ms. Shipra Verma | Uttarakhand |
| 41 | Ms. Shivani Gahlot | Uttarakhand |
| 42 | Ms. Shivi Joshi | Uttarakhand |
| 43 | Shobhit Joshi | Uttarakhand |
| 44 | Ms. Suman | Uttarakhand |
| 45 | Sunil Dutt Baloni | Uttarakhand |
| 46 | Suraj Tiwari | Uttarakhand |
| 47 | Ms. Swati | Uttarakhand |
| 48 | Upendra Singh | Uttarakhand |
| 49 | Ms. Vandana Singh | Uttar Pradesh |
| 50 | Ved Prakash | Uttar Pradesh |
| 51 | Ms. Veena Tiwari | Uttar Pradesh |
| 52 | Vikas | Uttarakhand |
| 53 | Vivek Tiwari | Uttarakhand |
Calendar of the Course I
Revised Tentative Course Plan for 2022 - 24 SFS Course - I CASFOS, Coimbatore
| Sl.No. | Period | Approx Duration | Activity | Topics / Subjects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.04.2022 to 28.10.2022 1St Semester | |||||||
| 1. | 1st Semester | 8 Weeks | 1st Semester Classes | General Botany / Mathematics, Forest Utilization - I,
Silviculture - I, Forest Survey, Forest Resource Assessment and AMTT Forestry Field Orientation Tour
Jungle Survival & Combat Training South India Tour |
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| 2. | 2 Weeks | Forestry Field Orientation Tour | |||||
| 3. | 5 Weeks | 1st Semester Classes | |||||
| 4. | 2 Weeks | Jungle Survival & Combat Training | |||||
| 5. | 3 Week | 1st Semester Classes | |||||
| 7. | 3 Weeks | South India Tour | |||||
| 8. | 3 Weeks | 1st Semester Classes | |||||
| 9. | 1 Week | 1st Semester Examinations (6) | |||||
| 10. | 17.10.2022 to 28.10.2022 | 2 Weeks | Term Break | ||||
| 31.10.2022 to 26.05.2023 2nd Semester | |||||||
| 1. | 2nd Semester | The SFS Officer Trainees should be report at New Delhi after the term break for North India Tour on 31.10.2022. | |||||
| 2. | 4 Weeks | North India Tour | |||||
| 3. | 10 Weeks | 2nd Semester Classes | Forest Utilization - II, Forest Engineering,
Adverse Influence on Forests, Silviculture - II
Natural Resource Management
North India Tour
East India Tour
Field Engineering Exercise Road Alignment Exercise |
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| 4. | 4 Weeks | East India Tour | |||||
| 5. | 3 Week | 2nd Semester Classes | |||||
| 6. | 3 Weeks | Field Engineering Exercise / Road Alignment Exercise | |||||
| 7. | 2 Weeks | 2nd Semester Classes | |||||
| 1 Weeks | 2nd Semester Examinations (5) | ||||||
| 15.05.2023 to 26.05.2023 | 2 Weeks | Term Break | |||||
| 27.05.2023 to 10.08.2023 3rd Semester | |||||||
| 1. | 3rd Semester | 10 Weeks | 3rd Semester Classes | Forest Policy and Law Ecology and Environmental Science
Forest Resource Management
Environmental Economics |
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| 2. | 1 Week | 3rd Semester Examinations (4) | |||||
| 3. | 11.08.2023 to 10.12.2023 | 4 months | On the Job Field Training | Uttarkhand and Uttar Pradesh | |||
| 11.12.2023 to 10.04.2024 4th Semester | |||||||
| 1. | 4th Semester | 7 Weeks | 4th Semester Classes | Biodiversity Conservation and
Management, Joint Forest Management, Rural and Tribal Development, Human Resource Development and Management, Forest Accounts and Procedures Central India Tour Working Plan Exercise / Ecological Census Technique |
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| 2. | 4 Weeks | Central India Tour | |||||
| 3. | 1 Week | 4th Semester Classes | |||||
| 4. | 2 Weeks | Field Exercise / Working Plan Exercise / ECT | |||||
| 5. | 1 Week | 4th Semester Examination (4) | |||||
| 6. | 1 Week | Viva - Voice | |||||
| 7. | 1 Week | First Aid / Motor Mechanics | |||||
| 8. | 1 Week | Convocation Preparation | |||||
SFS Batch - II Officer Trainees of CASFOS Coimbatore 2022-24
2022 - 24 State Forest Service Officers Course - II
| Sl.No. | Name of the Trainee's / Shri | State |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ms. Aishwarya P | Karnataka |
| 2 | Anirudh Sukhwal | Rajasthan |
| 3 | Anurag Maharshi | Rajasthan |
| 4 | Ms. Anusha M | Karnataka |
| 5 | Ashish Sharma | Rajasthan |
| 6 | Ms. Bhagyashri Biradar | Karnataka |
| 7 | Bhanwar Singh | Rajasthan |
| 8 | Chhotu Singh | Rajasthan |
| 9 | Devendra Singh Gurjar | Rajasthan |
| 10 | Dileep Singh Rathore | Rajasthan |
| 11 | Gagandeep | Rajasthan |
| 12 | Gaurav Kumar Charnawat | Rajasthan |
| 13 | Ghanshyam Kumawat | Rajasthan |
| 14 | Ms. Hastha Shetty | Karnataka |
| 15 | Hemant Kumar Gautam | Rajasthan |
| 16 | Himanshu Mohan | Rajasthan |
| 17 | Jagdish Kumar | Rajasthan |
| 18 | Ms. K. T. Uma | Karnataka |
| 19 | Ms. Kavya S. P. | Karnataka |
| 20 | Ms. Lata Guru Bhat | Karnataka |
| 21 | Ms. Madhuramurthy M. N. | Karnataka |
| 22 | Ms. Mahalakshmi M. | Karnataka |
| 23 | Ms. Mahalaxmi Kyatappa Korannavar | Karnataka |
| 24 | Mahesh Khatedar | Karnataka |
| 25 | Ms. Manisha Kumari Sharma | Rajasthan |
| 26 | Ms. Manjula Siddappa Nilajagi | Karnataka |
| 27 | Manjunath N. | Karnataka |
| 28 | Manjunatha | Karnataka |
| 29 | Ms. Meghna H. | Karnataka |
| 30 | Mukesh Sahajwani | Rajasthan |
| 31 | Ms. Munni | Rajasthan |
| 32 | Ms. Navyashree J. | Karnataka |
| 33 | Ms. Neha P.K | Karnataka |
| 34 | Nikhil Sharma | Rajasthan |
| 35 | Nitin Kumar Saini | Rajasthan |
| 36 | Ms. Pooja Panchariya | Rajasthan |
| 37 | Pushpendra Singh Sekhawat | Rajasthan |
| 38 | Rabnish Kumar | Rajasthan |
| 39 | Rajendra Singh | Rajasthan |
| 40 | Ms. Rajeshwari B. B. | Karnataka |
| 41 | Rajiv Sharma | Rajasthan |
| 42 | Sandeep B. Kammar | Karnataka |
| 43 | Shiv Prakash Bishnoi | Rajasthan |
| 44 | Shivanand Jiddimani | Karnataka |
| 45 | Shobha Ram Gurjar | Rajasthan |
| 46 | Shrikishan Choudhary | Rajasthan |
| 47 | Ms. Sindhu M. | Karnataka |
| 48 | Sorabh Kumar | Rajasthan |
| 49 | Srinivasa R. | Karnataka |
| 50 | Tarun Prakash Yadav | Rajasthan |
| 51 | Umapathi. K. | Karnataka |
| 52 | Ms. Vibha Choudhary | Rajasthan |
| 53 | Ms. Yashika Choudhary | Rajasthan |
Tentative Course Plan for 2022 - 24 - II SFS Course , CASFOS, Coimbatore
| Sl.No. | Approx Duration | Activity | Topics / Subjects |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28.11.2022 to 28.05.2023 1St Semester (26 weeks) | |||
| 1 | 1 Week | Joining and Orientation | General Botany / Mathematics, Natural Resource Management, A.M.T.T.- II, Silviculture - I, Forest Survey, Forest Resource Assessment Ecology & Environment Science Forestry Field Orientation Tour South India Tour Examination |
| 2 | 8 Weeks | Academic Classes | |
| 3 | 2 Weeks | Forestry Field Orientation Tour | |
| 4 | 2 Weeks | Academic Classes | |
| 5 | 2 Weeks | Jungle Survival & Combat Training | |
| 6 | 1 Week | Academic Classes | |
| 7 | 4 weeks/td> | South India Tour | |
| 8 | 3 weeks | Academic Classes | |
| 9 | 1 Week | Examinations | |
| 10 | 2 Weeks | Term Break (15.05.2023 to 26.05.2023) | |
| 29.05.2023 to 19.11.2023 2nd Semester (25 weeks) | |||
| 1 | 3 Weeks | Academic Classes | Forest Utilization - I and II, Forest Engineering, Adverse Influence on Forests, Silviculture - II A.M.T.T- I and III East India & Andaman Tour North India Tour Examinations |
| 2 | 5 Weeks | East India and Andaman Tour | |
| 3 | 6 Weeks | Academic Classes | |
| 4 | 4 Weeks | North India Tour | |
| 5 | 5 Weeks | Academic Classes | |
| 5 | 1 Week | Examinations | |
| 7 | 2 Weeks | Term Break (06.11.2023 to 17.11.2023) | |
| 20.11.2023 to 27.03.2024 3rd Semester (18 weeks) | |||
| 1 | 17 Weeks | Academic Classes | Forest Policy and Law Forest Resource Management Environmental Economics Road Alignment Module Engineering Module Examinations |
| 2 | 1 Week | Examinations | |
| 18 Weeks- On the Job Field Training- (28.03.2024 to 27.07.2024) Rajasthan and Karnataka | |||
| 28.07.2024 to 27.11.2024 4th Semester (17 weeks) | |||
| 1 | 8 Weeks | Academic Classes | Biodiversity Conservation and Management, Human Resource Development
& Management, Forest Accounts and Procedures Joint Forest Management, Rural and Tribal Development Central India Tour Working Plan Module Ecological Census Techniques Module |
| 2 | 4 Weeks | Central India Tour | |
| 3 | 2 Weeks | Working Plan Exercises | |
| 4 | 1 Week | Examination | |
| 5 | 1 Week | Viva - Voice | |
| 6 | 1 Week | Convocation Preparation | |
Previous Induction Training Courses
| SL NO. | Induction Course- ACF | Induction Course - FRO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | No. of OTs Passed out | Year | No. of OTs Passed out | |
| 1 | 1980-82 | 51 | 2000-2002 | 27 |
| 2 | 1981-83 | 38 | 2001-2003 | 5 |
| 3 | 1982-84 | 47 | 2002-2004 | 9 |
| 4 | 1983-85 | 47 | 2003-2004 | 29 |
| 5 | 1984-86 | 53 | 2005-2006 | 17 |
| 6 | 1985-87 | 45 | 2006-2007 | 38 |
| 7 | 1986-88 | 65 | 2006-2008 | 23 |
| 8 | 1987-89 | 36 | 2008-2009 | 47 |
| 9 | 1988-90 | 35 | 2008-2010 | 31 |
| 10 | 1989-91 | 17 | 2010-2011 | 37 |
| 11 | 1990-92 | 46 | 2013-2015 | 36 |
| 12 | 1991-93 | 29 | 2014-2015 | 32 |
| 13 | 1992-94 | 20 | 2016-2018 | 38 |
| 14 | 1993-95 | 13 | 2021-2022 | 36 |
| 15 | 1994-96 | 30 | – | – |
| 16 | 1995-97 | 12 | – | –- |
| 17 | 1996-98 | 20 | – | –- |
| 18 | 1999 | 8 | – | – |
| 19 | 1998-2000 | 3 | – | – |
| 20 | 2009-2011 | 37 | – | – |
| 21 | 2011-13 | 40 | – | – |
| 22 | 2012-14 | 36 | – | – |
| 23 | 2015-17 | 34 | – | |
| 24 | 2016-18 | 36 | – | |
| 25 | 2018-20 (i) | 41 | – | – |
| 26 | 2018-20 (ii) | 36 | – | – |
| 27 | 2020-22 | 44 | – | – |
| 28 | 2022-24 (i) | 53 | – | – |
| 29 | 2022-24 (ii) | 52 | – | – |
| Total nos. of OTs | 1024 | 405 | ||
Last updated on: 12 Feb, 2026