XXXII ADVANCED POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
SEPTEMBER 01, 2010 TO JUNE 30, 2011
WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA
The Institute was set up in 1982 as a nodal national agency to meet the urgent capacity building needs for scientific planning, management and research in the field of wildlife conservation.
COURSE BACKGROUND
The conservation of biological diversity through the establishment and management of Protected Areas (PAs) is now globally recognized. Conservation today is not only important in such PAs but also significant in adjoining managed forests and habitations. Forestry is certainly an appropriate professional background for managing national parks and sanctuaries yet this background alone is not sufficient. Management of PAs requires personnel with appropriate knowledge and skills in all aspects of wildlife and PA management. Hence, a Postgraduate Diploma Course in Wildlife Management was started in the year 1977 and 31 such courses have been completed. In response to the felt need of providing more field based inputs and also to cover the emerging issues in wildlife management, the course has been restructured and the advanced Postgraduate Diploma will now be of 10 month duration.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Provide a foundation of modern concepts in wildlife science.
- Provide an understanding of the relevant global, regional, national and state level
- conservation policies and legislations and their enforcement.
- Provide knowledge and first-hand experience of conservation issues and practices under
- varied ecological, socio-economic, political and administrative situations in the field including the vulnerability of species of wild plants and animals and their protection.
- Provide hands-on experience in using modern scientific methods, techniques and tools
- that are essential contributors to conservation practices in the field. Develop skills of writing scientific documents and making persuasive presentations.
- Develop skills for preparation of an integrated scientific wildlife management plan.
- Prepare the participant for addressing various conservation challenges in the field.
ELIGIBILITY
The course is meant for in-service Indian Forest Service and State Forest Service Officers of the rank of Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF)/Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) and equivalent. Candidates should possess a background of Forestry with a minimum of Bachelor’s degree in any of the natural sciences.
Foreign nationals with forestry background at equivalent levels are also eligible for admission to the course, provided they have adequate knowledge of English.
Both Indian and Foreign candidates should not be more than 45 years on September 1, 2010. They should be physically fit to withstand the arduous outdoor training programme.
Admission to the course for Indian as well as foreign candidates will be on a “first-come-first serve” basis. The total intake for the course will be 20 participants including 05 foreign nationals.
NOMINATION
The nomination process starts with the Institute inviting nominations of eligible candidates from the State Forest Depts./Foreign Governments/Agencies. The curriculum-vitae along with passport details of both Indian and foreign nationals are required to be filled in the prescribed form attached herewith and sent to Institute with the endorsement of the eligible Sponsoring Agency along with the training cost, wherever applicable.
For the SAARC Wildlife Management Fellowship, the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India as well as this Institute sends request to the counterpart Ministries/Departments in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries for sponsoring candidates for the course.
The Institute also accepts nominations of foreign nationals sponsored by Global Tiger Forum (GTF), New Delhi or any other sponsoring agency.
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