External Projects Division
Objectives:
1- Liaisoning with National and International agencies on collaborative forestry research and entering into MoUs.
2- Coordination and formulation of thrust area-based projects with prospective funding agencies.
3- To organize workshops, seminars and conferences with collaborating agencies.
4- Facilitation for submission and approval of project proposals submitted to the prospective funding agencies.
5- Maintain a database of Externally Aided Projects (EAPs).
Summary of Annual Information of EAPs/Consultancy/MoUs for ICFRE/Institutes for 2025-2026
| Institutes | Externally Aided Projects (EAPs) | ||||||
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| ONGOING | SUBMITTED | COMPLETED | |||||
| Total No. of Projects |
Total Budget Sanctioned (Rs. in lakhs) |
Budget allotted for current financial year 2025-2026 (Rs. in lakhs) | Total No. of Projects |
Total Budget (Rs. in lakhs) |
Total No. of Projects |
Total Budget Outlay Sanctioned (Rs. in lakhs) |
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| AFRI, Jodhpur | 7 | 316.87 | 76.29 | 33 | 2331.53 | 7 | 169.68 |
| FRI, Dehradun | 24 | 3067.81 | 504.35 | 37 | 3905.61 | 10 | 409.76 |
| HFRI, Shimla | 7 | 387.05 | 105.18 | 26 | 1517.98 | 6 | 341.30 |
| IFB, Hyderabad | 5 | 87.86 | 47.85 | 14 | 1251.40 | - | - |
| IFGTB, Coimbatore | 33 | 1091.46 | 373.55 | 28 | 21001.00 | 3 | 124.07 |
| IFP, Ranchi | 2 | 35.59 | 17.80 | 6 | 764.50 | - | - |
| IWST, Bengaluru | 42 | 2726.85 | 889.31 | 60 | 1833.34 | 13 | 171.33 |
| RFRI, Jorhat | 5 | 113.79 | 45.01 | 22 | 2226.47 | 2 | 76.92 |
| TFRI, Jabalpur | 14 | 707.94 | 24.58 | 70 | 2918.49 | 2 | 12.28 |
| ICFRE-BCC | 5 | 2229.98 | 672.23 | ||||
| ICFRE-COE | 4 | 524.73 | 180.00 | 19 | 9726.64 | ||
| ICFRE-EM | |||||||
| Total | 148 | 11289.93 | 2936.15 | 315 | 47476.96 | 43 | 1305.34 |
| Institutes | Consultancies/Consultancy Projects | ||||||
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| ONGOING | SUBMITTED | COMPLETED | |||||
| Total No. of Projects |
Total Budget Sanctioned (Rs. in lakhs) |
Budget allotted for current financial year 2025-2026 (Rs. in lakhs) | Total No. of Projects |
Total Budget (Rs. in lakhs) |
Total No. of Projects |
Total Budget Outlay Sanctioned (Rs. in lakhs) |
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| AFRI, Jodhpur | 1 | 12.60 | |||||
| FRI, Dehradun | 2 | 54.70 | 12.9 | 2 | 31.18 | ||
| HFRI, Shimla | 4 | 124.86 | 103.00 | 2 | 10.84 | ||
| IFB, Hyderabad | 5 | 161.04 | 82.69 | ||||
| IFGTB, Coimbatore | 2 | 22.95 | |||||
| IFP, Ranchi | 7 | 6069.17 | 1606.62 | 8 | 1425.50 | 1 | 99.34 |
| IWST, Bengaluru | 10 | 558.56 | 129.66 | 2 | 1.71 | 9 | 32.22 |
| RFRI, Jorhat | 13 | 439.29 | 389.19 | 1 | 480.83 | 2 | 78.97 |
| TFRI, Jabalpur | 5 | 266.67 | 25.20 | 6 | 314.41 | ||
| ICFRE-BCC | 1 | 669.28 | 131.00 | ||||
| ICFRE-COE | 1 | 2444.09 | 603.70 | ||||
| ICFRE-EM | 35 | 2983.87 | 27 | 1113.97 | 7 | 875.12 | |
| Total | 83 | 13771.53 | 3083.96 | 48 | 3390.55 | 22 | 1109.09 |
| Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)/MoAs/Other Agreements | ||||
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| Institutes | MoUs/MoAs/other Agreements under EAPs | MoUs/MoAs/other Agreements under Consultancies/Consultancy Projects | MoUs/MoAs/Agreement with other organizations (University/Institutions/SFDs etc.) | Material Transfer/ Other Agreements |
| AFRI, Jodhpur | 1 | |||
| FRI, Dehradun | 3 | |||
| HFRI, Shimla | 1 | 5 | ||
| IFB, Hyderabad | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| IFGTB, Coimbatore | 1 | |||
| IFP, Ranchi | 1 | |||
| IWST, Bengaluru | 22 | |||
| RFRI, Jorhat | 9 | |||
| TFRI, Jabalpur | 3 | |||
| ICFRE-BCC | ||||
| ICFRE-CoE | ||||
| ICFRE-EM | ||||
| Total | 27 | 4 | 21 | |
A- ICFRE Signed MoUs with International, National and Other Organizations:
| S.N. | MoUs/LoI | Logo |
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| International Organizations | ||
| 1 |
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada (MoEF&CC, New Dehi signed with Umbrella MoU with UBC, Canada for its partner Institutes ICFRE, IGNFA, WII, FSI and DFE) |
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Vienna |
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International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal | ![]() |
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Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() |
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Wash DC 20250 | ![]() |
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Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Italy | ![]() |
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International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) under the project entitled "Promoting Quality Timber Production in Smallholders and Community-based Teak and Other Valuable Species Plantations in the Tropics" | ![]() |
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Forschungszentrum Nachbergbau - DMT Gesellschaft fur Lehre und Bildung mbH, Germany | |
| National Organizations | ||
| 1 | Indus Tree Crafts Foundation, Bangalore | ![]() |
| 2 | Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun | ![]() |
| 3 | National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSC), Hyderabad | ![]() |
| 4 | Space Application Centre- Indian Space Research Organization (SAC-ISRO), Ahmedabad | ![]() |
| 5 | Department of Forests, Environment & Climate Change (DoFE&CC), Govt. of Jharkhand | ![]() |
| 6 | CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur | ![]() |
| 7 | National Centre for Biological Sciences-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCBS-TIFR), Bangalore | ![]() |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS –ISRO), Dehradun | ![]() |
| 9 | National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), New Delhi | ![]() |
| 10 | Amity Universities and Institutions, Noida | ![]() |
| 11 | Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata |
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| 12 | National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee |
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| 13 | G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPNIHESD), Almora |
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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi | ![]() |
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Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), Noida |
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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), New Delhi |
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Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata |
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The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi | ![]() |
B- To develop synergy in the field of forestry research, education and extension ICFRE Institutes have signed MoU with following State Forest Departments:
| ICFRE Institutes | State Forest Departments | Date of Signed |
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| ICFRE-IWST, Bengaluru | Karnataka Forest Department | 12.02.2020 |
| Andhra Pradesh Forest Department | 18.09.2020 | |
| Goa Forest Department | 23.09.2020 | |
| ICFRE-HFRI, Shimla | Himachal Pradesh Forest Department | 30.06.2020 |
| Ladakh Union Territory Forest Department | 08.07.2021 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir Forest Department | 16.06.2022 | |
| ICFRE-IFGTB, Coimbatore | Kerala Forest Department | 03.08.2020 |
| ICFRE-FRI, Dehradun | Chandigarh Forest Department | 18.09.2020 |
| Uttar Pradesh Forest Department | 02.03.2023 | |
| ICFRE-TFRI, Jabalpur | Chhattisgarh Forest Department | February, 2021 |
| ICFRE-IFP, Ranchi | Bihar Forest Department | 04.02.2021 |
| ICFRE-AFRI, Jodhpur | Rajasthan Forest Department | 06.07.2021 |
| Gujarat Forest Department | 12.07.2022 | |
| ICFRE-IFB, Hyderabad | Telengana Forest Department | 07.04.2022 |
MoUs in Process:
1- MoU between Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun and Millennium University, Blantyre, Republic of Malawi
2- MoU between Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Switzerland
3- MoU between Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun and Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan
4- Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA) among AFRI, Jodhpur, Rajasthan Forest Department, and Miyagi University of Education for preparation of a project proposal titled "A Preparatory Study for Hydrogeomorphic, Ecological and Socio-economic Disturbance by Wildfire in Rajasthan under a Changing Climate: Assessment of Impacts and Strategy for Recovery and Adaptation".
5- Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA) among Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI), Jodhpur, Rajasthan Forest Department (RFD) and Okayama University, Japan under the "Researches on development of sustainable vegetation to stabilize drifting sand dune of Indian Thar Desert".
Publication:
Compendium on “Guidelines of Project Funding Agencies (International and National)” -2021.
Abstract of Project Completion Reports (Externally Aided Projects) 2013-18.
Proceedings of ICFRE-IUFRO Workshop on Forest Landscape Restoration (09-12 November, 2021).
Abstract of Project Completion Reports (Externally Aided Projects) 2019-21.
Proceedings of IUFRO-ICFRE 'International Symposium on Intersectoral Cooperation for Resilient Landscapes' held on 29-30 March, 2023 at ICFRE-FRI Dehradun, India.
Project:
Preparation of "Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Rejuvenation of Damodar and Subarnarekha Rivers through Forestry Interventions" funded by National Authority, CAMPA, MoEF&CC, New Delhi executed by the Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP), Ranchi and coordinated by External Project Division, Director (International Cooperation), ICFRE.
People
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Sh. Mahaling, IFS |
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Dr. Manish Kumar |
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Sh. Amit Dohundiyal |
Last reviewed and updated on: 19 Aug 2025



















