Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth : College of Forestry

Forestry Degree Programme was started in Dr.Balasaheb Sawant Kokan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli in the year 1985. ICFRE, Dehradun and ICAR, New Delhi has accredited the forestry education and has awarded A grade to the College. They are supporting forestry education in by providing financial assistance to help develop and upgrade infrastructure. In order to improve and standardize the forestry syllabus at Under Graduate/Post Graduate levels, B.Sc. / M.Sc. (Forestry) syllabus is adapted as endorsed by ICAR, New Delhi and ICFRE, Dehradun.

Biodiversity Park on 50 ha comprising of more than 150 plant species, Mist chamber and Nursery unit which produces around 1 lakh seedling of 50 different tree and several MAP species, Block Plantation of different timber tree species and multipurpose tree species, Bamboo museum having collection of 19 species, different Agro forestry Models suitable for the region, Charak Medicinal Plants Garden having 183 species and Forest Products Processing Center which facilitates value addition of MAP and is approved by FAD department. Laboratory facilities with state of art instruments is available in the institute which includes Super Critical Analyzer, HPLC, Universal Wood Testing Machine, UV Spectrophotometer, Global Position System (GPS), Field and tracking equipments, Tree Canopy Analyzer, Portable Leaf area meter, Flame photometer. These instruments are being used by the faculty and students for conducting quality research work.
Mist chamber
Mini computer center
Hi-tech nursery
Block Plantation of different tree species / MPTS
Bamboo museum
Agroforestry Models
Charak Medicinal Plants Garden
Forest Products Processing Center
Library and e Learning Center The College library is in possession of good numbers of text books, journals and periodicals, audio video media used for teaching and instruction purpose. The computer facilities is open for students wherein the information can be retrieved through CAB abstracting services, NET, CD- ROM etc. Number of Text / Reference Books available is 622, Number of Periodicals subscribed – 8, Educational media / CD-100 and CABI / E Resource CD-upto 2008 is available.
Academic building is connected with internet connectivity through LAN.
 
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