ICFRE FRI Multi Post Forestry Recruitment 2026

ICFRE FRI Multi Post Forestry Recruitment 2026: Overview

Forest Research Institute (FRI), under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), is recruiting project staff through walk-in interviews at Dehradun. The work brings together Delhi tree census activities, plantation monitoring, forest-fire research and a mangrove microbiome project. These are temporary project engagements, with different research and field needs under the same notice.

Posts and Disciplines

• Research Associate III: linked to the Tree Census in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, within Silviculture and Forest Management.
• Junior Project Fellows: separate assignments cover the Delhi tree census, monitoring Delhi Development Authority plantations, and restoration of fire-affected areas.
• Database Manager: attached to the national forest-fire programme and its web portal for managing data and sharing knowledge.
• Junior Research Fellow or Junior Project Fellow: separate positions support the forest-fire knowledge network and research into future climate effects on forest-fire vulnerability.
• Project Scientist I: attached to the climate-change and forest-fire vulnerability component.
• Project Scientist III or II and Research Associate: attached to the restoration and rehabilitation component for fire-affected areas.
• Junior Research Fellow: based in the Forest Protection Division for the project on mangrove microbiome-based bioformulations for climate-resilient crop production.
• Field Assistant: linked to the forest-fire restoration component.
• Project Assistants: attached to the Delhi tree census assignment.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Project appointment: the notice describes these engagements as temporary. You should choose the particular project entry that matches your background, since similarly named fellowships belong to different assignments.
• Delhi census tenure: the Research Associate III, Junior Project Fellow and Project Assistant entries give a project duration of six months.
• Plantation-monitoring tenure: the Junior Project Fellow assignment funded by the Delhi Development Authority gives a duration of twelve months.
• Alternative fellowship: for the forest-fire knowledge-network and climate-vulnerability entries, FRI may select a Junior Project Fellow if a NET-qualified Junior Research Fellow is unavailable.
• Alternative scientist level: the restoration entry allows consideration at Project Scientist II level if a suitable Project Scientist III candidate is unavailable. These are alternative levels for the same opening.
• Travel costs: FRI will not pay TA/DA for attending the interview. You need to make your own arrangements for reaching the venue.

Application Submission Notes

The walk-in venue is the Board Room, FRI Main Building, P.O. New Forest, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun 248006. Registration runs from 9:00 AM to 10:15 AM on the interview day assigned to your project entry.

No separate interview letter will be issued. The notice directs applicants to provide their material to the office of the Group Coordinator (Research), FRI, P.O. New Forest, Dehradun at the walk-in.