Forest Research Institute Dehradun | FRI Dehradun |

Forest Research Institute Dehradun || FRI

Dehradun Full Campus Tour |

FRI DEHRADUN |

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Building Made of bricks & Urad Dal, Forest

Research institute, Dehradun

The Forest Research Institute-FRI is a Natural Resource Service

training institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is an institution in the field of forestry research in India for Indian Forest Service cadres and all State Forest Service cadres. It is located at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, and is among the oldest institutions of its kind. In 1991, it was declared a deemed university by the University Grants Commission. The Forest Research Institute campus hosts the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), the staff college that trains officers selected for the Indian Forest Service (IFS).

History :-

It was founded in 1878 as "Forest School of Dehradun", after that its name changed to "Imperial Forest School" in 1884. by Dietrich Brandis.

In 1906, it was reestablished as the Imperial Forest Research Institute, under the British Imperial Forestry Service.

This building was listed in the Guinness Book of world Records, as the largest purely brick structure in the world...

Museums

The building consists of several museums such as social forestry, pathology, silviculture, timber, non-wood forest products, and entomology.

Popular Bollywood Spot

More than half a dozen movies Dulhan Ek Raat Ki, Krishna Cottage, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, 404, Paan Singh Tomar, Nanban, Student of the Year, Student of the Year 2, Dilli Khabar, Yaara Genius, Dear Daddy, and Maharshi were majorly shot in this campus. A television commercial ad of Bournvita was also shot here. Punjabi song

Built over 450 hectares, with the outer Himalaya forming its backdrop, the institute's main building combines Greco-Roman and Colonial styles of architecture, with a plinth area of 2.5 hectares.

The building was listed for a time, in the Guinness Book of Records, as the largest purely brick structure in the world.

The institute has a developed infrastructure of all equipped laboratories, library, herbarium, arboreta, printing press, and experimental field areas for conducting forestry research, quite in keeping with the best of its kind anywhere in the world.

Location:- Chakarata Rd, New Forest, P.O, Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006

Timing - Mon - Sun - 9:00 Am to 5:30 PM

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