Indian Forest Service

Frederick Walter Champion is considered the 'Father of Camera Trap Photography'. Conservationists today use this method to calculate tiger census and monitor their movements.

Sarojini Mohanta from Odisha nurtured each of the saplings in a patch of the Bonai Forest Division as her own. Today, this forestland is named ‘Sarojini Vana’ in her honour.

SP Shahi’s contributions to the protection of wolves, and his role in bringing them back from the brink of extinction, are largely forgotten today. The forest officer was behind India’s only wolf sanctuary, Mahuadanr, in Jharkhand.

Frederick Walter Champion is considered the 'Father of Camera Trap Photography'. Conservationists today use this method to calculate tiger census and monitor their movements.

Swetha Boddu, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officer from the 2018 batch, lists eight reasons why women should join this service.

From picking the right optional subjects for Mains to planning your preparation strategy, IFS officer Saurabh Kumar shares crucial tips to help you crack UPSC CSE and IFS

Kajal Jawla and Ankit Kumar, IAS and IFS officers respectively, share tips on how to pick the right optional paper and making an effective study schedule.

Kajal Jawla, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who bagged the All India Rank (AIR) of 28 and Ankit Kumar, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer with an AIR of 31, share tips to study for the UPSC CSE during the pandemic.

Boosting ecotourism, the Sessa Orchid Sanctuary is home to more than 236 species of orchids as well as a wealthy diversity of mushrooms and other medicinal plants.

“In these parts, a forest officer is considered a big deal and often seen as unapproachable to the common people. But DFO Dhammshil would walk and cycle into the jungle, meet people there, explain government schemes to them and emphasise that this jungle belongs to them, and not the government.”