VISIT TO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND BUDHA GARDEN FOR BSc AGRICULTURE AND BSc FORESTRY FRESHERS
22nd September 2022
An excursion program was organized for Fresher students of B.Sc Agriculture and B.Sc Forestry to promote experiential learning and have a glimpse about rich heritage of Dehradun city on 22nd September, 2022. Students visited FRI located at heart of Dehradun which is one of the oldest institutions of its kind and acclaimed the world over. The Institute’s history is virtually synonymous with the evolution and development of scientific forestry, not only in India, but over the entire sub –continent. The FRI is also home to museums such as the Pathology Museum, Social Forestry Museum, Silviculture Museum, Timbra Museum, Non-Wood Forest Products Museum and the Entomology Museum. Our student learnt about various aspects of Forestry.
Students also visited a beautiful Buddhist Monastery situated at clement town, Dehradun. Buddha Temple is a Tibetan monestary, also called as Mindrolling Monastery and was build in 1965 by his eminence the Kochen Rinpoche and few other monks for the promotion and protection of religious & cultural understanding of Buddhism.