“Chintan Satra” the research road-map of ICFRE was organised on the 30th of June in the convocation hall of FRI, Dehradun.

Sh. Bharat Jyoti, IFS, Director Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun was the chief guest for the occasion and presided over the inaugural session and also delivered the key note address. Director, Forest Research Institute(FRI), Dr. Renu Singh, IFS delivered the welcome address on the occasion. She welcomed the Chief Guest Sh. Bharat Jyoti, Director General Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Sh. A.S. Rawat,IFS, Sh. Suneesh Bakshi, IFS, IG(RT), MoEF&CC, Principical Chief Conservators of Forests from different states, senior forest officers, senior scientists from ICAR,NBPGR,ICFRE and FRI, researchers from different universities, Ph. D scholars, progressive farmers and representatives of the press and media to this one day brainstorming session of ICFRE. She then called on Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education for the inaugural address. Sh. Rawat spoke at length about the importance of forests, and the services rendered by them as also about the competing pressures on the forests. He spoke about the need to brainstorm ideas to reorient the research to meet the emerging challenges in the field.