Seventeen departments, nine divisions and a seed centre at Kerala's forestry institute

Background

Kerala's forests and its share of the Western Ghats have a dedicated State research institute behind them.
The Kerala Forest Research Institute is a multidisciplinary centre of excellence dedicated to research in tropical forests and forestry.
Established in 1975, KFRI entered its 50th year of service in 2025.
KFRI has 17 research Departments grouped under 9 Programme Divisions.
Each Programme Division is headed by a Programme Coordinator and each Department by a Head of the Department.
Beyond the departments it runs special facilities: a Research Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, a Central Instrumentation Unit and the Kerala Forest Seed Centre.
It is one of the research and development institutions of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment.