Dr. Chiranjeeva is an Assistant Professor of Silviculture in the department of Silviculture and Agroforestry. He is having more than 2 years of research and teaching experience at Forest College and Research Institute, Mulugu. He obtained his Doctorate in Forestry with specialization in Silviculture. He has got his master’s degree in forestry with specialization in Plantation technology.

He has obtained Junior Research Fellowship from Indian Council of Agricultural Research for the year 2010- 2012 and the recipient of Inspire Fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for the year 2013-2018. He has 13 Research articles, 1 book and few popular articles to his credit. He has participated and presented his research work in various National and International Conferences.

He is also a life member in Indian society of Agro forestry and Society for Advancement of Human and Nature. Climate change mitigation through forestry interventions, tropical agroforestry for sustainable development and commercial forestry are the areas of his interest.

Dr. Shivaputra Bammanahalli is an Assistant Professor of Agroforestry in the Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry. He completed Master of Science in Forestry from University of Agricultural Science Dharwad, Karnataka and Doctoral Degree in Agroforestry form Dr. Y.S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. He received merit scholarship from UAS, Dharwad during Master’s.

He was also recipient of INSPIRE fellowship from Government of India for a period of four years. He was also qualified ICAR NET for agroforestry in 2014. He has more than four years of experience in teaching and research. Served as associate co-ordinator for RAWE in UAS Raichur, Karnataka.

He has published more than 20 research papers in reputed peer reviewed Journals/ Magazines. He has also given radio talk in all India Radio regarding agroforestry trees. He has participated and presented many research papers in national and international conference/ seminars/symposium. He was awarded University blue in sports.

Dr. B. Harish Babu is an Assistant Professor of Agroforestry in the Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry. He completed Master of Science in Forestry from College of Forestry, Allahabad Agricultural University, his M.Sc. work was on “Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Growth Performance of stem cuttings of Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) and Terminalia chebula (Retz)”, on his research work he was awarded with best outstanding M.Sc.

Thesis Award Presented by Society for Agriculture Innovation & Development, Ranchi, for outstanding contribution in the field of Forestry. He pursued his Doctoral Degree in Forestry from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana where he worked on “Mapping and Monitoring of Agroforestry areas in Yamuna Nagar, Ambala and Panchkula districts of Haryana state using Geospatial Techniques”. He has qualified ICAR-NET in Forestry (Agroforestry) in 2018.

On his Research work he published Research Articles in most prominent journals like The Indian Forester, etc. and he also published Abstracts in National and International conferences. Totally he has 6 research publications, 4 book chapters and 10 popular articles to his credit.

Smt. Sailaja is an Assistant Professor in Entomology with 9 years of Research, Teaching and Extension experience in Indian Council of Agricultural Research Institutes and State Agricultural University. She worked with ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (Directorate of Rice Research), Hyderabad in estimation of temperature thresholds and thermal constants for development and survival of rice leaf folder, rice plant hoppers (BPH & WBPH) which could be used for development of phenology models for forecasting the pests.

She worked with ICAR-CRIDA where she prepared 114 District Agriculture Contingency Plans for different states in India to manage various weather aberrations such as droughts, floods, cyclones, hailstorms, heat and cold waves addressing different sectors of agriculture including horticulture, livestock, poultry and fisheries in NICRA Project. She has 20 Research articles, 4 books and few popular articles to her credit. She has participated and presented her research work in various National and International Conferences.

Her area of interest is in pest population dynamics and weather based forewarning models for integrated pest management. She has received Best Master Thesis Award, Best Poster Award in International conference organized at ICRISAT, Scientist Associate Award in the field of Entomology and Best Photo Winner Award. She delivered lectures as Resource Person at ICFRE-IFB & NIPHM.

Dr. Jagadeesh pursued his B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture degree in College of Horticulture, Mojerla, Dr. YSRHU, later he started his scientific career by studying Master's in Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka where he worked on “Management of block rot of Cabbage caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris”.

For his Doctoral degree, Jagadeesh joined in Gobind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology where he worked on “Epidemiology and Management of downy mildew caused on Vegetable Pea caused by Peronospora Viciae f. sp. pisi”. He has published Papers, Popular Articles, book chapters and book during his M.Sc. and Ph.D. research.

Dr. Sreekumar is a wildlife biologist and completed his B. Sc. (Hons.) Forestry, M. Sc. Forestry and Ph. D. Forestry from Kerala Agricultural University. He specialised in wildlife science during post-graduation. He was worked on the impact of climate change on the montane specialised endemic birds of the Western Ghats, India during Ph. D programme. He has been awarded the KSCSTE Research Fellowship by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment.

He qualified both UGC and ICAR National Eligibility Tests. His major focus on the ornithology, species distribution modelling, small carnivores and wildlife conservation. He also interested in GIS and data analysis using R application. He has published scientific articles in reputed journal like Current Science and Journal of Threatened Taxa.

Dr. Mamatha is Professor in Forest Botany at Forest College and Research Institute. She has worked as Assistant Professor in the Dept, of Botany, Telangana University, Nizamabad for 11 years and 10 years in Research Experience. She completed her M.Sc. (Botany) and Ph.D. from Osmania University, Hyd. She worked as Research Assistant in the Forest Department in Hyderabad and Research Associate in CSIR Project Dept. of Botany, Osmania University. She worked as a Lecturer in Botany in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar College, Hyderabad.

She Published 20 Research papers in National/International Journals and attended 20 National/International Conferences/seminars. She visited John Hopkins University Montgomery Country Campus Rockville, Mary land – USA and also visited Colombo University, Colombo, Sri Lanka and presented research papers.

She served as Administrative positions like NSS programming officer, Director, SC-ST Cell Coordinator, Coordinator for Network of Indian Universities on cultural and biological diversity (NIUCBD), Director of Women Cell, Vice-Principal of University College, Chairperson Board of Studies in Botany, Chairperson Board of Studies in Forestry, Coordinator for Sports and Games and also Served as Dy. Director, Directorate of Academic Audit and science, Coordinator of examination branch in Telangana University. She is the member of Various Committees constituted by the University. She is recognized as Ph.D. supervisor and 5 research scholars are working under her guidance. She has represented as a senior athlete in National and All India Inter Universities in cycling and Athletics.

Dr. Sreedhar is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry with more than 10 years of research and teaching experience in various universities/research institutes in India and abroad. Prior to joining FCRI, he worked as UGC-Assistant Professor under the Faculty Recharge Program) at the Department of Biochemistry, Kakatiya University, Warangal. He has taught Enzymology, Immunology, Plant and Animal Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics courses for M.Sc. Biochemistry students, besides active research in the area of cardiovascular biology.

His studies characterized zinc dys homeostasis during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury and the therapeutic effects of zinc pyrithione (ionophore), along with analysis of ZIP and ZNT expression in cardio myocytes. His research on endothelial dysfunction with cisplatin delineated the molecular signaling mechanisms, using silencing approach. He had earlier worked at KL University (Deemed to be), Vadde swaram as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology. He has designed, developed curriculum and taught Transgenic Technology and Molecular Expression Technology courses for B.Tech. Biotechnology students. He has also taught Medical Biotechnology for M.Tech. Biotechnology students.

His postdoctoral stint at the Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Alberta with Dr. Gavin Oudit focused on characterizing the role of ACE2 in hypertension and cardiomyopathy using transgenic animal models. His research at the Medical College of Wisconsin involved studies on eicosanoid (EETs and HETEs) signaling in endothelial cells and cardio myocytes and in vivo models of ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Ms. Perala Nikitha is an Assistant Professor of Agriculture Extension under the Department of Basic and Social Sciences at Forest College & Research Institute. She has completed her M.Sc. in Agriculture Extension at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), RajendraNagar. Currently pursuing PhD. in Agriculture Extension at PJTSAU, Hyderabad. She is specialized in Instructional Technology and has contributed in the development of learning style inventory for the farmers based on the suitability of extension teaching methods used by extension personnel which is of first of its kind.

She has also qualified ICAR ARS - NET in Agricultural Extension. She is the topper in post-graduation and the recipient of UGC National Fellowship during her PhD studies. She has published several research papers in various National and International Journals. She has participated& presented her work in various conferences, workshops, trainings she has also participated in various agricultural programmes like Chenu Kaburlu, Mana Telangana Mana Vyavasayam, Agricultural Exhibitions, Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan Diwas etc.

She is a life member in Society of Extension Education, Research Gate and International Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. Her field of interest is in the areas of Climate smart Extension, Community based Extension, Farmer Innovations and Participatory Extension Methodologies. She is represented as an NCC Cadet and received token of Appreciation and recognition as best social service volunteer by Lions Club International, Youth Outreach & National Cadet Corps (A.P Police Academy).

Mr. Sai Krishna working as an Assistant Professor in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), FCRI, Hyderabad @ Mulugu. He has 9 years of teaching and industry experience. He has Master's in Technology (M.Tech) with GATE qualified in CSE from CVSR, Engineering and Bachelors in Technology (B.Tech) in C.S.E. from TKR Engineering College. He is an expert in C, ICT, Networks, MySQL, Oracle, Windows XP, LINUX, Windows 8, Windows 10, HTML. He is well trained professional in PC hardware and Software applications.

He has handled subjects like C, JAVA, Agricultural Informatics, Operating System, Management Information System, and Storage area networks, Software Engineering, Data Base Management Systems (DBMS), C Lab, DBMS Lab and IT Lab, GIS Lab. He has published 5 papers on Cloud Computing, Internet of Things and Big Data in National and International Journals. He is also trained on Remote-sensing and GIS. Has a good knowledge of Arc GIS Arc Map 10.5

Her subjects of expertise include communication skills and mathematics. She has conducted various personality development and communication skills development classes and workshops at various places in Hyderabad. Has an experience of 5yrs in this field. Working as an IELTS trainer for fluent life. She conducted various activities for the NGO Sin the field of communication skills and personality development.

Have 1yr of experience prior to FCRI in the field of Mathematics.95% of the students trained under her for mathematics scored 80+ percentile in their boards and competitive exams. Gives training for working professionals and software engineers for business communication skills.

Dr. Kapil is an Assistant Professor of Wood Science and Technology with more than 3 years of research and teaching experience in various universities/research institutes in India. He possesses meritorious academic record in field of Wood Science and Technology. Prior to joining forest college and research institute, he worked as Assistant Professor in college of agricultural sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun. He has taught Wood Anatomy, Wood Products and Utilization, Wood Science and Technology (wood preservation, wood seasoning, wood sawing and finishing), Non-Timber Forest Products courses for B.Sc. Forestry students.

He has done B.Sc. Forestry from College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar (MPUAT Udaipur) and M.Sc. Wood Science and Technology from FRI, Dehradun. He has qualified Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-NET examination in 2013.His doctoral degree at FRI, Dehradun with Dr. Anil Negi focused study on the development of medium density fibre board from bamboo using needle punch technique. It was the unique work for the development of fibre board.

Dr. Sumit is an Assistant professor of Wood Science and Technology with more than 3 years of research and teaching experience in various universities in India and abroad. He received his Bachelor of Science (Forestry) from College of Forestry, Dapoli, Maharashtra and Master of Science (Wood Science and Technology) from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. He received his Ph.D. from University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. His doctoral research focused on the modification of nanoclay using transition metal ion and its effect on mechanical, physical, and thermal properties of Wood-plastic composites.

His Post-doctoral researcher tenure at Kyungpook National University, South Korea and University of Malaya, Malaysia with Professor Byung-Dae Park focused on effect of nanoclay modification on the performance of Urea-Formaldehyde resins adhesives. His research at University of Malaya involved the synthesis of nanocellulose from palm fiber and its reinforcement in wood polymer composites.

His research and teaching interest includes Wood adhesion (Synthesis and modification of thermosetting polymers and its application in wood panels), Wood composites (Reinforcement of nanofiller in wood composites/wood-plastic composites), Bio composites (Preparation of composites from weeds or other lignocellulosic materials/ Synthesis of nanocellulose from lignocellulosic materials and its application in bio composites).

Dr. Reeja is working as an Assistant Professor at Forest College and Research Institute, Telangana. She has 6 years of Teaching, Research and Extension experience. Her subjects of expertise include Tree Genetics, Tree Breeding and Improvement with special focus on clonal forestry and Conservation Biology. She has also worked extensively on the improvement of Bio-diesel crop Jatropha. She started her career in 2009 as SMS at KVK, Vriddhachalam, TNAU. Remote sensing is another area of interest to her with special focus on hyperspectral sensing and techniques.

She had done a short-term pilot project on “Estimation of Foliar Nitrogen using Hyperspectral satellite data from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing. She has 15 Research articles, 3 books and 3 book chapters to her credit. She has participated and presented her research work in various National and International Conferences.

Dr. Shalini is an Assistant Professor in the department of Tree Breeding and Improvement, Forest College and Research Institute, Hyderabad at Mulugu. She worked extensively on physiological, bio-chemical and molecular responses of potential biofuel plant Jatropha curcasto salt, drought and metal stress conditions. Her research work provides insights into detoxification of reactive carbonyl (methylglyoxal) and metals where she was successful in functional characterization of key genes including Aldo-keto reductase, glyoxalases and metallothionein.

In addition, her findings related to the transcriptome analysis of three imminent biofuel plants including Camelina, Jatropha and Pongamia received good citations. She is currently working in the areas of Plant Molecular Biology, Plant tissue culture towards the molecular characterization of medicinal, aromatic, essential oil and dye yielding plants through ‘Omics’ studies. In addition, she also intends to focus on Climate change and sustainable forest management.

Dr. Arjun has completed his BSc (Hons.) Forestry from Kerala Agricultural University, MSc (Forestry) in Forest Genetic Resources from University of Agricultural Sciences – Dharwad (Sirsi) and PhD (Forestry) Forest Biology and Tree Improvement from Kerala Agricultural University. A gold medalist in the Masters’ programme, he has been awarded the coveted INSPIRE Junior Research Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

His academic profile includes securing national-level competitive scholarships (UGC JRF in Environmental Science, GATE in Ecology and Evolution) and qualifying UGC and ICAR National Eligibility Tests multiple times. His prime research interests are tree breeding, molecular biology and conservation genetics. His formal research has been on genetic diversity assessment and domestication of an anti-cancer drug yielding plant found in the wilderness of peninsular India as scattered populations. He also nurtures a parallel interest in bird diversity and ecology. He has published in journals of repute such as Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution and Current Science.

Dr. Priya is an Assistant Professor of Forest Ecology in the department of Forest Ecology and Climate Science. Her M.Sc. work was “Vegetative propagation of Pittosporum floribundum through cuttings under mid hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh” and Ph.D. thesis work was on “Growth, regeneration and propagation studies of Olea glandulifera. She received merit scholarship for her master’s research as well as DST INSPIRE fellowship for her doctoral research. She has more than15 national and international publications.

She has co-authored one book. She has also done two years training course for Assistant conservator of forest at Dehradun with special medal in the subject of Ecology and Biodiversity. Before joining FCRI, she was working as a Sub- Divisional Forest Officer in Nawegaon National Park, NNTR, under Maharashtra Forest department. She has one-year experience of working in Wildlife, National Park and tiger Reserve. She did Aquatic habitat Restoration of Nawegaon lake, Meadow development works for herbivores, weed eradication, wildlife census etc. in NNTR.

Mrs. N.S. Srinidhi is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences in the department of Forest Ecology and Climate Science. She has completed her Post Graduation in Environmental Sciences from the Osmania University, Hyderabad. Presently she is pursuing her Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. She ranked second in her M.Sc. Examination at the University level.

She has more than three years of teaching experience as an Assistant Professor at Vidya Jyothi Institute of Science and Technology, where she taught Environmental Studies and Disaster Management. She also served as an NSS Programme Officer and faculty coordinator for the Student Social Services Club in the same college. She also has a work experience of three years in an environmental NGO (Council for Green Revolution) and an Educational NGO (Vanguards) based in Hyderabad.

She was awarded with UGC - JRF for the period of 2017 to 2019. She has also qualified UGC - NET (January 2017) and TS – SET (June - 2017). She has 13 Research articles, 1 book and few popular articles to her credit. She also received second prize as Young Scientist Award by the Utkal University, Orissa. She has presented and participated in various national and international conference, training and workshop. She is also trained in Remote-sensing and GIS and has a good knowledge on QGIS, Arc Pro and Arc Map 10.8.1.

Mr.M. Sampath Kumar works as a Librarian at Forest College and Research Institute, Mulugu. He has more than 3 years of experience as an Information Assistant. He had earlier worked as Information assistant at IIT Madras, Chennai and R.V.M. Medical College, Mulugu, Telangana State. He received his Master's of Library and Information Science from Kakatiya University and Postgraduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking (P.G.D.L.A.N) from University of Hyderabad.

Moreover, he is teaching Library and Information Services to the Postgraduate Students at Forest College & Research Institute. He has published two articles in journals on Digital Libraries and Total Quality Management.

Dr. K. Prabhu working as a Physical Director/Sports Officer FCRI, Hyderabad @ Mulugu. He has 12 years in Schools, 24 years in Junior/Degree & PG Colleges experience. Organizing Secretary – SGFI-19 period (2008-2009). Manager- SGFI A.P. and O U teams Member – Panel Inspection team for TSWRS & TWRS schools and Colleges – 2019-20.

Award of Excellence – commissioner of collegiate education, A.P. Hyderabad for organising games and sports under ‘Yuvatarangam’ - 2012. NSS STATE AWARD - ‘The Best Programme Officer’ for the year 2015-16 by The Higher Education Department, Telangana State. Best NSS Officer Award - for the year 2016-17 by The Commissioner of collegiate Education, Telangana State. Best Physical Director Award - for the year 2017-18 by The Commissioner of collegiate Education, Telangana State.

Mr. Anma Naresh working as a Physical Education Teacher Forest College and Research Institute, Hyderabad @ Mulugu. He has 2 years of Physical Education Teacher experience at Sri Venkateshwara B.P. ED College, Dubbak. He is well Trained at Ball badminton 64th – TS State level Championship Boys or Girls for Coach level at Warangal 2018. Osmania University 4th Zone medak District Inter College Sports of Games Volley ball winner in 2014-2015. His well performance at State level Volley ball Championship Participated 2013-2014 in Prakasham District.