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2nd Month in IGNFA

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18th FEB 2018 It has been two months of our training.This month we had some unique experiences. After a long time I participated in Republic Day Celebrations and with the same zeal as we had during our school days. Our first tour which is called Introductory Tour (Timli tour) started form 27th January for 5 days.We were taken to Timli forest reserve.   For sleeping, tent arrangements were made which was a new kind of experience for many of us. The day here typically started with visit to forest to learn various thing like knowing about trees,wildlife,birds and administrative arrangements .The tour was organized in such a way where everyday we were visiting forest with different categories of people like first day with Botanist,2nd day with Fores guard,3rd day with IFS officer and 4th day with scientists from WII so that we have different perspective of forest. Add caption The main centre of attraction for this trip was bonfire which was arranged e...

First month in IGNFA

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At NDLS Boarding Nanda Devi Express(16-12-2017) Arrival at Dehradun Railway Station(17- 12-2017) I arrived in Dehradun on 17th December and was mesmerized by the beauty  of FRI Campus(IGNFA is inside the FRI Campus). View of Our Hostel(Old Hostel buitl in 1940) Old hostel another view On 18th December our IFS professional training started.For first two days it was about joining formalities and introducing us to this service.    The inaguration of IFS Probationers Course was done by our Honble Minster Dr. Harshvardhan ji.   A typical day in IGNFA starts with PT at 6:45 am ,then we have lectures from 9:00am to 1:00 pm followed by lunch break till 2:15PM. Then again there is class from 2:15PM to 4:00PM. In evening from 4:30PM to 5:30 PM there is games where everyone has to play any sports of his/her choice. The full training schedule began from the 3rd day with morning PT at 6:45 am. It was still dark in the sky but we ha...
Information about Indian Forest Service Indian Forest Service (IFS) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India . The other two All India Services being the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS).It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951 by the Government of India. An IFS officer is largely independent of district administration and exercises administrative, judicial and financial powers in their own domain. Positions in state forest department such as Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Conservator of Forests (CF) and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) etc. are held only by IFS officers. The highest ranking IFS official in each state is the Head of Forest Forces (HoFF). They are also eligible for State and Central deputations as their counterpart IAS and IPS officers. Deputation of IFS officers to the Central Government includes appointments in Central Ministries at th...
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Welcome to Sanjeev's Blog. I will try to give a detailed information on training of IFS officers for the next 16 months. Anyone who wants to contact me please contact me through my email .