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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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
