INSTITUTIONS
Some important institutions are located in
Dehradun that provide research facilities and elaborate libraries with
some of the best museums. A list of such institutions is given
below :
Forest Research
Institute |
Indian Miltary Academy
| Wadia Institute of Himalayan
Geology
|
Zoological Survey Of India
| Anthropological Survey of
India
|
Archeological Survey of India |
Botanical Survey Of India | Central Soil and Water Conservation Research &
Training Institute
|
Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory
(DEAL)
| Indian Institute of Petroleum |
Instrument Research and Development Establishment
(IRDE)
| National Institute of Visually Handicapped
(NIVH)
| Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
Ltd.
| Keshava Deva Malviya Institute of Petroleum
Exploration
|
Rastriya Indian Military
College
| Survey Of
India | Wildlife Institute of India
| Indian Institute of Remote
Sensing
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
Administration
|
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
(IGNFA)
| Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
(ICFRE)
Forest Research
Institute
Established in 1906, the Forest Research
Institute, Dehradun is one of the oldest institu
tions of
its kind and acclaimed the world over. The Institute’s history is
virtually synonymous with the evolution and development of scientific
forestry, not only in India, but over the entire sub-continent. Set in a
lush green estate spread over 450 hactares, with the outer Himalaya
forming its back drop, the institute’s main building is an impressive
edifice, marrying Greco-Roman and Colonial styles of architecture, with a
plinth area of 2.5 hactares. The Institute has a developed infrastructure
of all equipped laboratories, library, herbarium, arboreta, printing press
and experimental field areas for conducting forestry research, quite in
keeping with the best of its kind anywhere in the world. It is 7 Kms from
Clock Tower, on the Dehradun-Chakrata motorable road and is of the biggest
forest based training institute in India. Most of the forest officers are
a product of this institute. The F.R.I. with its majestic building also
houses a Botanical Museum for the attraction of
tourists.
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Indian Military Academy
Indian Military Academy
became functional from 01st October 1932. It is Situated 8 Kms on Dehradun-Chakrata road and 3 kms beyond
F.R.I., Dehradun. It is a premier training institute for Army Officers.
The academy has the following places of tourist
interest:
Museum, Library, War Memorial, Arms and ammunition,
Shooting demonstration room, FRIMS Golf Course(18
holes).
For more details visit :-
www.indianarmy.nic.in/arimamain.htm
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Wadia Institute of Himalyan
Geology
The Wadia Institute Of
Himalyan Geology is an autonomous research Institute of the Department
of Science & Technology, Government of India. The Institute was
shifted to Dehradun from Delhi in 1976. It is named after the late
Prof. D.N.Wadia (founder of the institute). It is situated at 33,
General Mahadev Singh Road, 5 Kms uphill from the Clock Tower. The
institute carries out research in Himalayan Geology and related
fields.
For more
details visit :- www.himgeology.com
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Zoological Survey Of India
Founded in 1916, the Zoological
Survey of India, 5 kms away on Kaulagarh road, a department
under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, is a premier National
Institute exploring the faunal diversity of the country. It undertakes
surveys in all the biogeographic zones to collect, identify, collate and
inventories faunal diversity of our country. The museum of this institute
has a variety of Himalayan faunal diversity.
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Central Soil and Water
Conservation Research & Training
Institute
Central Soil and
Water Conservation Reasearch and Training Institute was established in
1974 at 218, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun (Uttarakhand). The institute
undertakes many programmes like Erosion control, Waste/degraded land
development, Rain water management, Watershed management, Training in
soil and water conservation and watershed management etc.
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Defence Electronics Applications
Laboratory (DEAL)
DEAL was
founded in 1965 in Mussoorie (Uttarakhand); it was then known as the
Himalayan Radio Propagation Unit. In 1968, the lab was shifted from
Mussoorie to Dehradun (Uttarakhand) and in 1976 renamed as the Defense
Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL). Since then, DEAL has
expanded into a "major system laboratory" of the Defense Research
& Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defense.
For more details
visit :- www.drdo.org
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Indian Institute of
Petroleum
Indian
Institute of Petroleum is situated at Mohkampur, Dehradun. Its major
activities involves developing processes and Products for petroleum
refining and petrochemical industries, to provide technical services,
to carry out R&D work, training of personnel in oil and
petrochemical industries, assisting in formulation of standards for
petroleum products.
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Instrument Research and
Development Establishment
(IRDE)
The origin of IRDE goes back
to 1939 when Inspectorate of Scientific Stores was established at Rawalpindi
(Now in Pakistan). This underwent many organisational and site changes until
it took the shape of Technical Development Establishment (Instruments and
Electronics) covering both R&D and AHSP functions in the fields of
instruments and electronics and was located at Dehradun. The Establishment,
during the subsequent years, shed some of its R&D and AHSP
responsibilities and came into existence, in its present form, in February
1960.
Instrument Reasearch & Development Establisment (IRDE),
Dehradun, is a institution devoted to research, design, development
and technology transfer in the fields of sophisticated optical and
electro-optical instrumentation of vital interest to the Defence
Services Instruments Research
& Development Establishment.
For more
details visit :- www.drdo.org
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National Institute of
Visually Handicapped (NIVH)
National Institute Of
Visually Handicapped (NIVH) is located in an area of about 43 acres on
Mussoorie-Dehradun Highway. It is an autonomous body under the
Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government Of India.
Institute is training centre for blind. It is also engaged in
production of Braille literature, Aids and Appliances for
Visually handicapped
.
For more
details visit :- www.nivh.in
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Oil
& Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
In the year 1956, ONGC has
established its Head Quarters in the famous Building, TelBhawan(Patiala
House), at Dehradun. ONGC is the premier exploration and production
company in India and accounts for 90% of the exploration effort,
established reserves and production of oil and gas in the country. ONGC
have built an organization with fiscal, technical and managerial strength
to match any large oil company in the world. It is thus obvious that ONGC
would continue to be a major force in the Indian oil industry in the
foreseeable future.
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Keshava Deva Malviya
Institute of Petroleum Exploration
KDMIPE a unit of ONGC was first set up in
1962 as a research and training institute with assistance from United
Nations Development Programme, it evolved into Institute of Petroleum
Exploration in 1974. The Institute was christened as Keshava Deva Malviya
Institiute of Petroleum Exploration in the year 1981 in memory of first
Minister of Petroleum Shri Keshava Deva Malviya. KDMIPE caters to
the research needs of ONGC’s operating regions in the field of Geosciences
for hydrocarbon exploration/exploitation and development of alternative
source of energy, besides undertaking large number of need based essential
and research projects directed at testing new methodologies, technology
upgradation, development of new and novel ideas, generation and updating
of geoscientific data and computer
applications.
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Rastriya Indian Military College
The Rastriya Indian Military College(RIMC) was
inaugurated on 13th March 1922. The College is spread over an area of
138 acres in Dehradun Cantonment.The College is administered by the
Union Ministry Of Defence through Directorate General of Military
Training , Army Headquarters, New Delhi. The main purpose of the
college is to train suitable candidates for admission to NDA.
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Survey Of India
Survey Of
India, The National Survey and Mapping Organization of the
country under the Department of Science & Technology,
is the Oldest scientific department of the Government Of India.
It was set up in 1767 .The Survey of India acts as
adviser to the Government of India on all survey matters, viz Geodesy,
Photogrammetry, Mapping & Map Reproduction.
For more
details visit :- www.surveyofindia.gov.in
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Wildlife Institute of
India
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) was setup
at Chandrabani, Dehra Dun in 1982 with a mandate to train government
and non-government personnel, carry out research, and advise on
matters of conservation and management of wildlife resources. WII was accorded autonomy in
April 1986.
For more
details visit :-www.wii.gov.in
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Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
(IIRS) was established at Dehradun in collaboration with the
government of Netherland. It is under National Remote Sensing Agency,
Department of Space, Govt. of India. It is one of the premier
Training and Educational Institute set up for developing trained
professionals in the field of Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics and GPS
Technology for Natural Resources and Disaster Management. The main
area of the function of the Institute is capacity building through
technology transfer among user community, education at post graduation
level in the application of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics for
Natural Resource Management and promote Research in Remote Sensing and
Geoinformatics.
For more
details visit :-www.iirs-nrsa.gov.in
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Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of
Administration
LBSNAA was set up in 1959 at
Mussoorie for imparting training to members of All India Services and
Central Services(Group A) through common Foundation Course and to provide
professional training to the regular recruits to the Indian Administrative
Service(IAS). The academy also conducts in service training courses for
middle to senior ranking members of the Indian Administrative Srevice as
well as for officers selected for or promoted to the Indian Administrative
Service from various State Civil Services. Courses on training of trainers
in decentralized planning, training methodology etc are also regularly
conducted. In addition, workshops and seminars are conducted in specific
subject areas.
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Indira Gandhi
National Forest Academy (IGNFA)
The Indian Forest College was
instituted in 1938 to impart professional forestry training to newly
recruited forest officers. It was started as a constituent of FRI and
colleges and was renamed as Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
(IGNFA) in 1987.IGNFA) is located in the New
Forest Campus 5km west of the city centre of Dehradun. The
Academy is conducting training for the Indian Forest service
(IFS) cadre.
For more
details visit :-www.envfor.nic.in/ignfa
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Indian Council of Forestry
Research and Education (ICFRE)
The Indian Council of Forestry Research and
Education (ICFRE) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of
Environment and Forests, Government of India. The Council is the apex
body in the national forestry research system to develop holistic
forestry research through planning, promoting, conducting and
coordinating research, education and extension on all aspects of
forestry for ensuring scientific management of forest, tree
improvement, forestry productivity through scientific and
biotechnological research, bioremediation of degraded land, efficient
utilization of forest produce, forest based value addition,
conservation of biodiversity, effective agro forestry models for
various agro ecological zones , policy research, environmental impact
assessment and integrated pest management and disease. The Council has the following
eight Institutes and three Centres situated under different agro
ecological regions of the country:
1.
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
2.
Himalayan Forest Research Institute,
Shimla
3.
Tropical Forest Research Institute,
Jabalpur
4.
Institute of Wood Science and Technology,
Bangalore
5.
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding,
Coimbatore
6.
Arid Forest Research Institute,
Jodhpur
7.
Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
8.
Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
9.
Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation,
Allahabad
10.
Centre for Resource Development,
Chhindwara
11.
Forest Research Centre, Hyderabad
For More details visit :- www.icfre.org
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