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ii) Thesis Research
FRM 699
Doctoral Research
0+75
*Compulsory Core Courses

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Forestry–Forest Resource Management
691
Course Contents
Ph.D. (Forestry) in Forest Resource Management
I. Course Title
: Forest Management
II. Course Code
: FRM 601
III. Credit Hours
: 2+1
IV. Aim of the course
To provide the recent knowledge on management of Indian forests, different methods
of yield regulation in regular and irregular forests and forest evaluation and
appraisal in regulated forests.
V. Theory
Unit I
Evolution of Indian forest management system and current approaches of forest
management. Goal-Dimension matrix in forest management and its application to
natural forest and plantations. Case studies in relation of even and uneven aged
stands. Project planning, classical approaches to yield regulation in forest
management,salient feature and strategies.
Unit II
Operational research methods in forest management and application; use of
operational research methods in forest planning models; emphasis on algorithms,
problem formulation and interpretation of results.
Unit III
Simulation modeling of forest operations processing facilities; principles and
methodology for performing simulation experiments; emphasis on building, running
and analyzing simulation based models applicable to forest operations and wood
products processing. Application of programming-linear and dynamic, network
analysis, PERT (program evaluation and review technique) and CPM (Critical path
method), inventory models.
Unit IV
Working plans and working schemes, their role in nature conservation, biodiversity
and other dimensions and control.
VI. Practical
• Application of above techniques through a case analysis using forest inventories;
• Application and use of operational research methods in forest planning models;
• Simulation modeling of forest operations and processing facilities.