The University of Forestry for which an Act was promulgated in the Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council on Tuesday, will be the first of its kind in the whole country and the third in the world, a statement from the Forest department informed.
The only other two countries which have forest universities are Russia and China, which makes India the third.
The Forest College & Research Institute (FCRI) will be upgraded into a university by way of the legislation, in order to nurture it as a world class institution for Forestry Education, Research, Extension and Outreach.
