Yes, you should, if you really want to build your career towards nature and sustainability. IIFM contributes a great education platform towards nature and the environment. IIFM provides proper training to work with corporate, policy-makers, and different civil society organizations.
The details about IIFM related to different programs and facilities provided below.
Programs:
IIFM offers various degree programs on forestry such as post-graduation, diploma, and MPhil. Some of the specialized programs are as follows.
PGDFM (postgraduate diploma in forest management), Duration: 2 years
PGDSM (postgraduate diploma in sustainable management), Duration: 2 years
FPM (Fellow program management), Duration: 3 years
Admission criteria:
For PG Diploma, M.Phil, FPM programs following are the information regarding admission:
PG Diploma:
The candidates need to have graduated with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks in any discipline.
A valid CAT or XAT score is needed to take admission for any specialized PG diploma program.
M.Phil & Ph.D.:
A candidate with 55% marks in post graduation/diploma or its equivalent degree in forestry/agriculture/environment/life sciences.
For a Ph.D. program, the candidate should have a NET CSIR/UGC or GATE fellowship.
FPM:
Minimum of 55% marks in graduation (CS/CA/ICWA) or 5.0 CGPA marks in PGDFM/PGDSM required for admission.
Infrastructure:
IIFM has a great infrastructure, providing an air conditioning library with a collection of 312 firms on forestry, management, environment, and conservation.
Sports facilities are available on campus such as football and basketball sports areas and many indoor games like table tennis, carrom, etc.
Also, hostels of IIFM are fully furnished for both boys and girls.
Faculty retention:
There are more than 30 teaching members who are skilled and experienced in various areas of forest management and the environment.
Placement statistics:
The institute has a record of 100% placement to the eligible students. Mock placement rounds are conducted by the authorities to prepare students before placement. Here is the placement report provided below.
The average salary package was provided by the recruiters was 7.5 LPA and the highest package was 13.2 LPA.
Recruiters from different sectors such as from the banking sector were HDFC & Axis bank and also came from other organizations like Sambodhi, BFIL, Techserve, etc.
So, yes, any graduate with Botani can be admitted into IIFM Bhopal for various programs to build a career towards nature and sustainability. But you should do your own research for which particular program you want to pick.