Dr. K V. SANKARAN

(Director) – Fungal Systematics Forest Pathology,
Invasive Species Ecology and Biocontrol

Research Monitoring and Evaluation Unit

Dr. K. Swarupanandan

Research Coordinator-in-Charge

Dr. C.K. Somen

Water Relations, Ecophysiology, Microclimate

Sustainable Natural & Plantation Forest Management

Dr. Jose Kallarackal

Programme Coordinator
(Silviculture, Tree Physiology, Soil Science, Forest Genetics
and Tree Breeding, Biotechnology)

Silviculture

Dr. R.C. Pandalai
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Nursery and Plantation Silviculture, Eco-restoration

Dr. U.N. Nandakumar

Quantitative Silviculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Forest Mensuration and Management, GIS and Remote Sensing

Shri. P.K.C. Pillai

Forest Nursery, Eco-restoration

Tree Physiology

Dr. Jose Kallarackal

Tree Physiology, Ecophysiology, Water relations

Dr. K.K. Seethalakshmi
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Plant Physiology, Propagation

Dr. T. Surendran

Clonal Propagation

Soil Science

Dr. M. Balagopalan
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Soil Chemistry, Plant Nutrition

Dr. Thomas P. Thomas

Soil Physics, Soil and Water Conservation

Dr. M.P. Sujatha

Soil and Plant Nutrition

Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding

Dr. E.P. Indira
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding

Biotechnology

Dr. M. Balasundaran
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Plant Pathology, Disease Resistance, Molecular Plant Pathology

Dr. E.M. Muralidharan

Plant Biotechnology, Tissue Culture, Genetic Variability Studies

Forest Ecology & Biodiversity Conservation

Dr. C. Renuka

Programme Coordinator (Forest Ecology & Conservation, Forest Botany, Wildlife Biology)

Forest Ecology & Conservation

Dr. K. Swarupanandan
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Forest Ecology, Taxonomy, Biodiversity Conservation

Forest Botany

Dr. C. Renuka

Taxonomy, Morphology, Biodiversity Conservation, Palms, Conservation and Utilisation of Plant Wealth

Dr. M.S. Muktesh Kumar
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Morphology and Taxonomy, Biodiversity Conservation

Dr. K. Yesodharan

Mycology and Plant Taxonomy

Wildlife Biology

Dr. K.K. Ramachandran
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Wildlife Biology

Dr. E.A. Jayson

Vertebrate Ecology

Shri. P. Padmanabhan

Bee-keeping, Small Mammals

Forest Protection

Dr. George Mathew
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Programme Coordinator (in-Charge) (Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology)

Forest Entomology

Dr. George Mathew
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Forest Insect Ecology, Systematics (Lepidoptera), Butterfly Gardening

Dr. V.V. Sudheendrakumar

Biocontrol of Forest Pests, Insect Pathology, Insect Systematics

Dr. K. Mohanadas

Insect Population Dynamics, Insect Pest Management

Dr. T.V. Sajeev

Insect Population Dynamics, Pesticide Application Techniques

Forest Pathology

Dr. C. Mohanan
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Tropical Forest Pathology

Forestry and Human Dimensions

Dr. P.K. Muraleedharan

Programme Coordinator (in-Charge) (Forest Economics, Agroforestry)

Agroforestry

Dr. S. Sankar

Soil Science, EIA, Participatory Forest Management, Agroforestry

Forest Economics

Dr. P.K. Muraleedharan

Economics of Biodiversity, Conservation, NWFP

Dr. C.N. Krishnankutty

Demand, Supply and Price of Forest Produce, Agroforestry

Dr. Mammen Chundamannil

Economics of Forest Plantations, Participatory Forest Management

Dr. V. Anitha

Gender and Tribal Economics, Conservation of PA's

Forest Information Management System

Dr. K. Jayaraman

Programme Coordinator (Statistics, Experimental Design & Analysis, Forest Management Information, GIS, Remote Sensing)

Statistics, Experimental Design & Analysis

Dr. K. Jayaraman

Forest Biometrics

Dr.P.Rugmini

Forest Biometrics

Dr. M. Sivaram

Forest Biometrics, Statistical Techniques in Wildlife Research and Management, Exploratory Data Analysis

Forest Management Information, GIS

Dr. P.V.K. Nair
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

GIS, Wild-life Management

Remote Sensing

Dr. A.R. Ramachandra Menon

Remote Sensing, Forest Ecology

Forest Utilization

Dr. K. M. Bhat

Programme Coordinator (Wood Science & Technology, Non-Wood Forest Products)

Wood Science & Technology

Dr. R. Gnanaharan

Wood Preservation, Wood Science and Technology

Dr. K. M. Bhat

Wood Technology (Anatomy/Wood Quality)

Dr. K.V. Bhat
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Wood Science and Utilization

Dr. T.K. Dhamodaran

Wood Science, Wood Preservation

Shri. P.K. Thulasidas

Wood Anatomy, Wood Utilization

Non-Wood Forest Products

Dr. N. Sasidharan
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Forest Flora of Kerala, Ethnobotany, NWFP

Extension, Training and Seed Centre

Dr. K.C. Chacko

Programme Coordinator (Extension, Training and Seed Centre)

Seed Center

Dr. R.C. Pandalai

Seed Science, Nursery Technology, Plantation Forestry

Extension & Publicity

Dr. K.C. Chacko

(Silviculture, Seed Technology)

Dr. K.V.Mohammed Kunhi

Forestry Education and Extension, Limnology, Fisheries

Training Center

Dr. E.J. Maria Florence

Forest Pathology, Wood Biodegradation, Soil Microbiology, Clonal Propagation

Shri. V.P. Raveendran

Nursery Technology, Bamboo Cultivation

Library and Information

Shri. A.R. Rajan

Programme Coordinator (in-Charge) (Library, Information Science & Information Networking Unit (LAN)

Library, Information Science

Smt. N. Sarojam
Librarian-in-Charge

Information Science

Shri. K.H. Hussain

Information Science

Shri. KF.Geroge

Information Science

Information Networking Unit (LAN)

Shri. A.R. Rajan
Scientist-in-Charge (Facilities)

Computer Science, Network Administration

Instrumentation

Dr. M. Balagopalan

Programme Coordinator (in-Charge)

Sub Center Nilambur

Dr. U.M. Chandrashekara
Scientist-in-Charge

Forest Regeneration, Ecology, Agroforestry System Analysis

Mrs. Sani Lookose

Museum Curator

Field Station, Velupadam

Shri. K.K. Unni
(Officer-in-Charge)

Nursery Technology, Botany