The nine Programme Divisionsin KFRI are:
- Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
- Forest Genetics and Biotechnology (FGB)
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation (FEBC)
- Wood Science and Technology WST)
- Forestry and Human Dimensions (FHD)
- Forest Health (FH)
- Forest Management Information System (FMIS)
- Extension and Training (ET)
- Library and Information (LI)
Each Programme Division is headed by a Programme Coordinator (PC) and each Department by a Head of the Department (HOD). The Departments have specialized laboratories attached to them and facilitating implementation of the various ongoing programmes in the subject area. A Research Monitoring and Evaluation Unit working directly under the Director assists in the time to time monitoring of the research programmes.
The Central Instrumentation Unit (CIU) is a common facility providing sophisticated equipment facilities to the scientists. Other research facilitation units in the Institute include a Herbarium, a Xylarium, an Arboretum, a Canetum, a Bambusetum, an Orchidarium, a Forest Seed Center in the main campus at Peechi. A Bioresources Nature Park and a Teak Museum at the Nilambur Subcenter, and an Arboretum of Evergreen Trees at Velupadam are the other supportive units.
Fifty-eight qualified research scientists specialized in various subjects are involved in the conduct of the research programmes. The scientists are supported by temporary staff appointed in the projects. KFRI is attached to the FRI University and a number of the research staff working in time bound projects get the opportunity for doing their Ph.D. Scientists also act as guides for M.Phil. dissertation works.
LIBRARY
KFRI library is an automated library with
a core collection of books and journals on the subject forestry caters to the information requirements of the scientists
and research scholars of the institute. KFRI library collection includes books, journals, back volumes of journals, reports,
reprints, doctoral theses, databases, etc. The rich and valued collections built over three decades have some of the rare
reference materials and important journals in the subject.
The library currently subscribes 92 journals including 30 foreign journals. List of books classified and catalogued, numbering more than 16,000 is available online. The library currently receives over 900 online journals through EBSCO which can be searched and articles downloaded. CD-ROM collections of the library are made available for searching through a CD server. Library currently subscribes online version of CAB Abstracts, 1990 to present. Bibliographical databases on bamboo, teak and rattan developed by library are made available in print, CD-ROMs and online. The work of organising a digital library for forestry is also going on as part of various ongoing programmes.
The collections of e-books, paper clippings, e-prints, videos, KFRI Research Reports and Scientific Papers are being made available through the library portal. Development of databases of the contents of books, back volumes and reprints in the library is also going on and the work so far done is available for searching. Besides database search, internet search facilities are also provided. Bamboo Information Centre – India functioning from the year 1988 in the library is maintaining a collection of bamboo literature separately. Students, teachers and others interested in forestry are allowed to refer the library documents. Photocopy facility is also provided. KFRI publications are distributed from the library.