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{{Short description|College in Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Institute of Forest Management
| native_name = भारतीय वन प्रबंधन संस्थान
| image_name = Indian_Institute_of_Forest_Management.svg
| image_size = 120px
| established = {{start date and age|1982}}
| type = [[Natural Resource|Natural Resources Service]] Training Institute
| budget = {{INRConvert|10.30|c}} <small>(2025{{ndash}}26)</small><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Feb 2025 |title=DEMAND NO. 28, Demands for Grants, 2025-2026, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE |url=https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/sbe28.pdf |access-date=1 Feb 2025 |website=IndiaBudget.gov.in |pages=5 |publication-place=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>
| staff =
| president =
| provost =
| director = Dr. K. Ravichandran, [[Indian Forest Service|IFS]]
| rector =
| chancellor =
| vice_chancellor =
| head_label =
| head =
| students = >385<ref name="NIRF 2020 Data">{{cite web|title=IIFM Data for NIRF'2020'|url=http://iifm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/NIRF-2020.pdf|publisher=Indian Institute of Forest Management Feb 13, 2020|access-date=16 July 2020|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413123909/http://iifm.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/NIRF-2020.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| postgrad = >385<ref name="NIRF 2020 Data"/>
| profess =
| city = [[Bhopal]]
| state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| country = [[India]]
| coor = {{Coord|23.2084|77.3844|region:IN_type:edu|display=inline, title}}
| campus = {{convert|217|acre|km2}}
| affiliations = [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change| Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India]]
| website = [http://www.iifm.ac.in/ Official Website] [https://www.iifmalumni.com IIFM Alumni Website]
}}
{{Wildlife of India}}
The '''Indian Institute of Forest Management''' ('''IIFM'''), founded 1982, is an [[autonomous]], [[Natural Resource|Natural Resource Service]] training institute of [[Forestry]] located in [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]], established by the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change|MoEFCC]], [[Government of India]] with financial assistance from the [[Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency|SIDA]] and course assistance from the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIM Ahmedabad]] for mid career training of [[Indian Forest Service|IFS]] cadre and all '''State Forest Service''' cadre in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iifm.ac.in/about/history.html |title=History of Indian Institute of Forest Management |publisher=Iifm.ac.in |access-date=2012-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020052407/http://www.iifm.ac.in/about/history.html |archive-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The institute's objective is to fulfill the growing need for the managerial human resource in the area of [[Forest]], [[Natural environment|Environment]], and [[Natural resources]] [[Management]] and allied sectors. The institute is headed by a director selected and appointed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.

IIFM is engaged in [[education]], [[research]], [[training]] and [[consultancy]] in the area of Forest, Environment and Natural Resources Management and allied sectors. The institute was ranked 8th overall in the country by the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|MHRD]], [[Government of India|GoI]] in the management institutions category under the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|NIRF]] in its India Rankings 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/index.html#p=17 |title=National Institutional Ranking Framework |access-date=28 September 2016 |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124143932/https://www.nirfindia.org/index.html#p=17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a campus, IIFM is famous for its rich [[flora]] and [[fauna]] with sightings of various wild mammals and birds within the campus.

==Campus==
[[File:Iifm.jpg|thumb|right|200px|IIFM Bhopal]]
[[File:IIFM, Bhopal entrance gate.jpg|thumb|IIFM, Bhopal entrance gate]]
[[File:IIFM arc.jpg|thumb|right|150px|IIFM 'Arc']]
The institute is located in the southwestern corner of the city of [[Bhopal]] in the Nehru Nagar locality. It is on a hill that overlooks the Bhadbhada barrage. The barrage controls the overflow of the [[Upper Lake (Bhopal)|upper lake]] or Bada Talab of [[Bhopal]]. The spillway for Bhadbhada tails around the IIFM hill, giving it a scenic location surrounded by water on three sides like a peninsula during good monsoons. The location is 3.5 km south of T.T. Nagar and just off the road to [[Kerwa Dam]].

The institute's buildings are designed by [[Anant Raje]]. The architecture of the campus is inspired by the historical town of [[Mandu, Madhya Pradesh|Mandu]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Academics==
===Academic programmes===
IIFM conducts following courses:
# MBA in Forestry Management (MBA-FM)
# MBA in Sustainability Management (MBA-SM)
# MBA in Sustainability Development (MBA-SD)
# MBA in Development and Sustainability Finance (MBA-DSF)
# Fellow Program in Management (FPM) equivalent to [[Ph.D.]],
# Ph.D. Programme of FRI Deemed University
# Certificate Course on Chartered Foresters (C3F)

The MBA-FM (earlier PGDFM / PFM) course is the flagship course of IIFM and is one of its kind in Asia.

In addition to the above courses, it conducts Management Development programmes.

====Masters of Business Administration in Forestry Management (MBA-FM)====
The MBA-FM (earlier PGDFM / PFM) course was started in 1988. It is a two-year residential course. The first batch of MBA-FM students graduated in 1990.

IIFM uses the scores of [[Common Admission Test]] (CAT) conducted by [[Indian Institutes of Management]] and the [[Xavier Aptitude Test]] (XAT) conducted by the [[XLRI]] to shortlist the candidates for the Written Aptitude Test and the Personal Interview. The shortlisted candidates are required to submit a Statement of Purpose (SOP) on why they want to pursue the MBA course at IIFM. After conducting the Written Aptitude Test and the Personal Interview the institute announces the final list of candidates provisionally selected for the course.<ref name="iifm.ac.in">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iifm.ac.in/pgdfm|title=IIFM Bhopal Admission 2021, PGDFM – Post Graduate Diploma in Forest Management}}</ref>

===Placement===
Most of the job placements at IIFM are with the environment, consulting, development sector and with [[NGO]]s, though recently a number of banks and microfinance institutions have participated in campus placements. Apart from it corporate also participate in IIFM placements and profiles are offered in sales and marketing, market research, banking and finance, environment, health and safety, environment management system, operations etc.<ref name="iifm.ac.in"/>

IIFM and its [[alumni]] work closely with [[nation]]al and international [[civil society]], [[governments]], academia and [[Private industry|industry]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://iifmight.com/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=IIFMight |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Arid Forest Research Institute]] (AFRI)
*[[Indian Forest Service]] (IFS)
*[[Wildlife Institute of India]] (WII)
*[[List of Environment and Forest Research Institutes in India]]
*[[Forest Research Institute (India)]]
*[[Forest Survey of India]]
*[[Van Vigyan Kendra|Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK)]] Forest Science Centres

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Bhopal]]
[[Category:Business schools in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Forestry education in India]]
[[Category:Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Environmental studies institutions in India]]

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Gaurav at 19:06, 18 February 2026