IIFM Technical Forestry Faculty Recruitment 2026

IIFM Faculty Recruitment 2026: Overview

The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, an autonomous institute of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, is filling faculty positions in Technical Forestry with serving Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers on deputation. IIFM teaches, trains, researches and consults in natural resource management, and these posts bring experienced forest officers into its classrooms.

This is a rolling advertisement — IIFM accepts applications throughout the year and processes them as vacancies and needs arise. It is open only to IFS officers; other candidates cannot apply.

Posts and Disciplines

• Assistant Professor Grade II: the entry faculty level, suited to officers in the early part of their IFS career.
• Assistant Professor Grade I: the next step up for officers with a few more years of service.
• Associate Professor: a mid-senior level for experienced officers.
• Professor: the senior faculty level for long-serving officers.

All four levels are in the faculty area of Technical Forestry, and the posts are shared across these levels rather than fixed per level. The level you qualify for depends on your length of IFS service, and IIFM may place a shortlisted officer at whichever suitable level it chooses.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Deputation tenure: Five years at first, extendable by two more years under Government of India norms.
• Cut-off dates: Age and length of service are counted as on 1 January and 1 July of the year.
• PhD preferred: Officers holding a Ph.D. get preference.
• Cooling-off: You must give details of your cooling-off period with the application.
• Faculty support: IIFM offers a research seed grant, conference travel support (one national conference every year and one international conference every three years) and a yearly faculty development allowance, plus a liberal consultancy policy.
• Campus life: Most faculty live on the Vanika residential campus at Nehru Nagar, Bhopal, which has a bank, ATM, a visiting doctor four days a week, a gym and sports grounds.
• Shortlisting: Meeting the minimum service and qualification does not guarantee an interview call.

Application Submission Notes

Fill the prescribed application format attached to the advertisement and send it through proper channel to The Director, Indian Institute of Forest Management, P.B. No. (01)357, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal 462003. Write the post you are applying for on top of the application.