POKHARA CAMPUS, POKHARA

Hariyokhara – 15, Kaski

About Us

The Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus (IOF-PC),

established in 1981, is the Central Campus of the Institute of Forestry

and one of a constituent Campuses of Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

The IOF, founded as Nepal Forestry Institute in Singh Durbar,

Kathmandu, in 1947, was shifted to Suping (BhimPhedi) in 1957 and

again to Hetauda in 1965. The IOF was run by the Department of

Forests until July 1972, when it was incorporated into the Tribhuvan

University, where it started its new existence as the Institute of

Forestry. In order to meet the growing demands for skilled and

competent forest and natural resource professionals in the country,

the IOF-PC has been administering well designed educational

programs in academic environment conducive to fulfilling students’

quest for knowledge and pragmatic skills through their involvement in

course work and research activities.

Today, the campus is offering a four-year Bachelor of Science in

Forestry (B.Sc. F.) and two-year Master of Science in three different

disciplines: Forestry (FOR), Natural Resource Management and

Rural Development (NRMRD), Watershed Management (WM) and

Community Forestry (CF). The IOF-PC has also been facilitating

Doctoral Program in Forestry run under the IOF Dean’s Office. .

Objective:

The objective of IOF-PC is to produce competent, efficient and

practically oriented forest and natural resource professionals

through well-structured educational programs run in an

academic environment conducive to effective teaching,

learning and research in order to address practical problems

as well as current needs and interest of the nation and the

world in forestry and allied fields.

As teaching and research at PC preserve and enrich the creative learning traditions, it dreams to become a center of excellence in forestry and related fields by developing suitable working environment with proper planning and management of the available resources, faculty and staff. To catch up with ever changing need of the students in the forestry profession, five years' strategic plan has been formulated to establish policy, plan and direction ahead to fulfill the need of forestry professionals for the country. In addition, we are putting our efforts in creating an international presence. Through our official website, we are proud to present some of the information about the education and research undertaken at PC.

INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY +977-61-430467

Message from Campus Chief

Our Mission:

The IOF-PC is committed to providing quality education in

Forestry and NRM to graduate and undergraduate students,

enabling them to make a difference through technically sound

and competent and socially amiable and yielding services to

the nation and the world in this area. As teaching and research

at IOF-PC preserve and enrich the creative learning traditions,

it dreams to become a center of excellence in forestry and

related fields by developing suitable working environment with

proper planning and management of the available resources,

faculty and staff.

info@iofpc.edu.np

FACILTIES

LIBRARY The IOF-PC library possesses more than 22,000 books, periodicals

and government documents on forestry and natural resource

management, basic science and agriculture, while maintaining

support collections in humanities and social sciences including

project papers, Masters and Ph.D. theses, research reports and

scholarly articles. It receives around 30 newsletters and journals of

forestry and related fields.

LABORATORIES The IOF-PC has moderately equipped laboratories for soil science,

physics, chemistry, botany, GIS, wildlife biology, silviculture,

harvesting and utilization, and surveying and engineering.

HOSTEL The IOF-PC is a residential campus where most of the students live

in hostels. It has 9 hostels for male students and 2 for female

students. Each of the hostels has a lounge and recreational areas

for socializing, recreation and relaxation. Housekeeping service is

provided by the IOF, General Administration.

MUSEUM Displays large collections of NTFPs, timber products and harvesting

equipment.

CAFETERIA Located between the campus administration complex and hostels,

the IOF cafeteria is a convenient place for students, teachers and

staff to buy foods (lunch, dinner, snacks, etc.) and beverages.

HEALTH CARE The IOF-PC has a physician who provides outpatient health care to

its students, faculty and staff and their dependents. Free physical

examination service is available on campus during working hours

and at the physicians’ private clinic when the campus is closed.

AUDITORIUM & CONFERENCE HALLS

The IOF-PC has a well-maintained separate auditorium building for

different formal and informal academic and socio-cultural programs.

It also has maintained a well-furnished conference hall for small

group seminars and conferences.

INTERNET Internet is the basic need of every student. The Campus provides

students to access internet 24/7. With internet facilities in the

well-equipped IT Lab, providing high speed of connectivity. Both

Girls and Boys hostels are equipped with internet facilities but the

strength is not the same in every room.

FEATURES

NURSERIES, ARBORETA AND RESEARCH CENTERS In addition to one nursery and one arboretum, IOF-PC has 50-hectare Banpale Danda forest adjacent to the campus. Besides,

there are research sites in Kaski, Mustang and Chitwan districts. Shanti Ban Batika (Peace Grove), an 11-hectare mixed

vegetation forest is managed by the IOF-PC for academic field study and research as well as for recreational purposes. The

nursery, arboretum, forests and research centers support the instruction, study and research activities of the PC.

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL OF FOREST & NRM

ET Initiated in 2019, JFNRM is a peer reviewed journal that explores, documents

and disseminates the insights, lessons and innovations taking place in the field

of forestry and Natural Resource Management. JFNRM is an open access

journal and is published annually and welcomes articles in the following

themes.

JOURNAL OF FORESTRY

ET This journal is made possible by the generous financial support of the American

people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The contents are the responsibility of IoF and do not necessarily reflect the views

of USAID or the United States Government.

THE GREEN VOICE

The first volume of annual publication of “The Green Voice” in your hand

published by Free Student’s Union, IOF, Pokhara comprises the articles related

to forestry, wildlife, climate change, other environmental issues as well as

creative and fictional works of students, professors and other dignities from

forestry and the allied field.

PROGRAMS

B.SC. FORESTRY (4 YEARS)

ET B.Sc. Forestry is a four-year long program. Students have to take courses in

seven semesters of their study and, in the eighth semester, they have to carry

out research and write a research (project) paper or work on internship in the

area of their interest and specialization. Each student is guided by an advisor

assigned by the IOF-PC to guide his/her research or internship.

Learn more: https://www.iofpc.edu.np/programs/b-sc-programme

MASTER PROGRAM (2 YEARS)

ET The IOF-PC runs Master Degree Programs in different areas with an objective

to produce well-trained and practically equipped human resources that can be

instrumental in protection, conservation, and management of forests and

other natural resources of the country and the world.

Learn More: https://www.iofpc.edu.np/programs/master-degree-programs

FORESTRY COMMUNITYFORESTRY

WATERSHEDMANAGEMENT

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & RURAL DEVELOPMENT

CURRENTLY RUNNING MASTER PROGRAMS

BCN SOWREC BFP

AACD SHEAC SAFE

DEPARTMENTS & GREEN OGRANIZATIONS

ACTIVE GREEN ORGANIZATIONS

ET These organizations are fully committed to conservation and promotion of nature, natural resources, biodiversity and

environment. They carry out researches and organize different awareness campaigns and programs like rallies, school teaching,

quiz contests, essay and poem competition, speech competition, debates, training and workshops to create public awareness

about importance of nature and natural resources, biodiversity and environment. Involvement of the IOF-PC students in these

activities develops professionalism in the students and motivates people towards conservation, promotion and management of

nature, natural resources, biodiversity and environment. See events organized by diiferent green organzations at

https://www.iofpc.edu.np/category/events

DEPARTMENTS

ET The IOF-PC has 6 different departments directed by each department heads to

run the academic programs of respective courses efficiently and effectively.

The names of the departments are:

Department of Social Forestry and Forest Management

Department of Forest Products and Engineering

Department of Park Recreation and Wildlife Management

Department of Watershed Management and Environmental Science

Department of Silviculture and Forest Biology

Department of Basic Science and Humanities

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EXTRA ACTIVITIES

SPORTS

ET Students of IOF-PC enjoy sport facilities for playing different games of their

interest. The IOF-PC has maintained a good football ground, basketball and

volleyball courts, lawn tennis and table tennis courts, badminton court, etc.

FIELD EXCURSIONS & TOURS PRACTICES

ET The IOF-PC has been conducting field excursions of all the practical courses in each

semester of Bachelor and Master levels. Mostly, the field excursions are conducted

in relevant sites of Kaski and its neighboring districts. The importance of field

excursions includes giving students the chance to build closer bonds with their

classmates, experience new environments and enjoy a day away from the classroom.

Similarly, there are different educational tours and field practices for the students of

IOF-PC every year. These educational tours and field practices are executed in various

places of Nepal and India. These kinds of essential programs of IOF-PC help students

to learn through visual experience and can be an interesting way to explore new

things in a practical and interesting manner. The tours and field practices motivate

the students to have interest in learning. The basic reason for educating students is

to let them know more and dig deep into many concepts and explore them that

cannot be fulfilled only with the help of books and classroom learning.

Professors Mr. Suman Bhattarai Forest Management

Prof. Chiranjibi Pd. Upadhyay Forest Management Ms. Deepa Paudel Agroforestry

Prof. Ridish Kumar Pokharel, PhD Forestry Mr. Rajan Subedi Watershed Management

Prof. Raish Aahamad Khand General Forestry Ms. Nirjala Raut Wildlife Management

Prof. Abadhesh Singh English Mr. Mahendra Singh Thapa Geographical Information System

Prof. Santosh Rayamajhi, PhD General Forestry Mr. Bishnu Hari Wagle Forest Mensuration

Prof. Bharat Mahto, PhD General Forestry Dr. Mukunda Acharya Medical Doctor

Prof. Krishna Raj Tiwari, PhD Soil Science Mr. Shreekanta Sharma Khatiwada Economics

Prof. Binod Prasad Heyojoo Surveying Mr. Uday Kumar Singh Forestry

Prof. Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri, PhD Natural Resource Management Mr. Rabindra Adhikari Soil Science

Associate Professors Ms. Pabitra Jha Forest Economics

Prof. Yajna Prasad Timilsina Statistics Ms. Sushma Bhattarai Forest & Livelihood

Ms. Anjana Rajbhandari (Shrestha) English Mr. Bijaya Neupane Wildlife & Protected Area Management (PAM)

Mr. Hari Prasad Tripathi Chemistry

Raj Kumar Koirala, PhD Zoology Mr. Shambhu Paudel Watershed Management

Raju Raj Regmi, PhD Physics Mr. Bikash Adhikari Forest Management

Ms. Basudha Shrestha Chemistry Mr. Prabin Bhusal NRM&RD

Mr. Prem Narayan Khanal Mathematics Dhruba Bijaya G.C. , PhD NRM&RD

Arjun Prasad Bastola, PhD Statistics Jyoti Bhandari, PhD Silviculture

Jit Narayan Sah, PhD Chemistry Ms. Anju Upadhayay Forest Utilization

Ram Prasad Sharma, PhD Geology Ms. Sunita Dhungana Forestry

Thakur Silwal, PhD Wildlife Management Ms. Sabina Lamichhane NRM&RD

Assistant Professors Mr. Hom Bahadur Chhetri Economics

Mr. Shes Kanta Bhandari Biometrics Mr. Deepak Gautam Forest Sociology

Mr. Lila Puri Remote Sensing Ms. Neeru Thapa Forest Management

Mr. Narayan Prasad Gautam Forestry Mr. Keshab Baral Forest Economics

Mr. Baburam K.C. Botany Mr. Chitra Bahadur Gurung Sports

Bishnu Prasad Devkota, PhD Forest Mensuration

Mr. Yaman Sinha Bohora Deputy Finance Officer Mr. Sambhu Raj Ghalan [Head] Office Helper

Mr. Kedarnath Paudel Account Officer Mr. Arjun Prasad Neupane Office Helper

Mr. Ram Chandra Paudel Head Assistant Mr. Krishna Bahadur Ghalan Office Helper

Mr. Mohan Prasad Sharma Section Officer Mr. Krishna Bahadur Suyal Chhetri Office Helper

Mr. Binod Bahadur Thapa Senior Technician (Electricity) Ms. Shanta Maya Suyal Chhetri Office Helper

Mr. Taranath Baral Officer Ms. Mangali Jalari Office Helper

Ms. Yogmaya K.C. Head Assistant Mr. Krishna Bahadur Khatri Office Helper

Mr. Surya Pd. Chhetri Officer Mr. Man Bahadur Karki Office Helper

Mr. Kedar Pd. Shrestha Section Officer Mr. Bhim Prasad Parajuli Office Helper

Mr. Manoj Kumar Poudel Head Assistant Mr. Keshar Bahadur Thapa Office Helper

Ms. Laxmi Neupane Library Assistant Ms. Laxmi Nepali Office Helper

Mr. Kumar Jha Lab Officer Mr. Dawa Lama Office Helper

Mr. Ananda Mohan Sharma Computer Operator Ms. Rewati Sharma Paudel Office Helper

Mr. Dev Narayan Yadav Head Assistant Mr. Bharat Raj Bhandari Office Helper

Ms. Bandana Paudel Head Assistant Mr. Krishna Das Bairagi Office Helper

Mr. Harischandra Tripathi Senior Technician (Plumbing) Mr. Suk Bahadur Jalari Office Helper

Mr. Balaram Dhungana Senior Lab Technician Mr. Binod Kumar Yadav Office Helper

Mr. Ramlal Paudel Senior Lab Technician Mr. Dudha Raj Gurung Office Helper

Mr. Kebal Kishor Yadav Senior Lab Technician Mr. Bishwakranti Singh Danuwar Office Helper

Mr. Abadh Narayan Chaudhary Senior Lab Technician Mr. Sachindra Jalari Office Helper

Mr. Hit Bahadur Kunwar Lab Technician Mr. Indra Bahadur Ranabhat Office Helper

Mr. Pradip Subedi Head Assistant IT Mr. Dilli Prasad Paudel Office Helper

Mr. Rum Bahadur Khatri Technician (Electricity)

Mr. Kalpana Khatiwada Office Assistant

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