Rain Forest Research Institute

Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI)^[2] is a research institute situated in Jorhat in Assam. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)^[3] of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.^[4]

ICFRE-Rain Forest Research Institute (ICFRE-RFRI)

Main entrance of ICFRE-Rain Forest Research Institute
Type	Education and Research institute
Established	1988 (36 years ago) (1988)
Parent institution	ICFRE
Director	Dr. Nitin Kulkarni[1]
Location	P.O. Box No-136, A.T.Road (East) Jorhat , Assam , India 26.782412°N 94.294161°E / 26.782412; 94.294161
Campus	Rural
Acronym	ICFRE-RFRI
Website	rfri.icfre.gov.in

As of January 2022, there are a total of 51 members in this research institute, at present, there are three departments here, that are, the Department of Biotechnology, the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Entomology.

Some recent publications include:-

• Microbial Fuel Cells for Wastewater Treatment^[5]
• Recent Advances in Direct C−H Trifluoromethylation of N‐Heterocycles^[6]
• The comparative soil fertility in traditional and alder-based shifting cultivation of varied fallow lengths in Eastern Indian Himalayas^[7]
• Satellite-based integrated approaches to modelling spatial carbon stock and carbon sequestration potential of different land use of Northeast India^[8]
• Predicting Soil Cation Exchange Capacity in Entisols with Divergent Textural Classes: The Case of Northern Sudan Soils^[9]
• Biomass and vegetation carbon stock in mangrove forests of the Andaman Islands, India^[10][11]

The North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) has collaborated with Rain Forest Research Institute for the research and development of forestry in the Northeastern parts of India.^[12]

See also

• Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
• List of Environment and Forest Research Institutes in India
• Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK) Forest Science Centres

References

1. "DIRECTORY". rfri.icfre.gov.in. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
2. "Welcome to the Rain Forest Research Institution, Jorhat Assam". rfri.icfre.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
3. "ICFRE home page". Archived from the original on 11 August 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
4. "The Official Website of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India". moef.gov.in. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
5. Ranjan, Prem; Maithani, Damini; Suyal, Deep Chandra; Singh, Anup; Giri, Dr. Krishna; Sharma, Vijay; Soni, Ravindra (1 January 2022), Microbial Fuel Cells for Wastewater Treatment, pp. 53–74, ISBN 978-3-030-86168-1, retrieved 28 January 2022
6. Baishya, Gakul; Dutta, Nibedita (20 December 2021). "Recent Advances in Direct C−H Trifluoromethylation of N‐Heterocycles". ChemistrySelect. 6 (47): 13384–13408. doi:10.1002/slct.202103407. S2CID 245224891.
7. Sagolshem, Kalidas; Thakuria, Dwipendra; Puyam, Anita; Bora, Indrani; Changkija, Sapu; Singh, Kh.Lenin (20 December 2021). "The comparative soil fertility in traditional and alder-based shifting cultivation of varied fallow lengths in Eastern Indian Himalayas". Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 67 (6): 681–692. doi:10.1080/00380768.2021.2009741. S2CID 245362766.
8. Bordoloi, Reetashree; Das, Biswajit; Tripathi, Om; Sahoo, U.; Nath, Arun; Deb, Sourabh; Das, D.J.; Gupta, A.; Devi, N.; Chaturvedi, Shiva; Tiwari, B. (1 December 2021). "Satellite based integrated approaches to modelling spatial carbon stock and carbon sequestration potential of different land uses of Northeast India". Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 13: 100166. doi:10.1016/j.indic.2021.100166. S2CID 245345939.
9. Adam, Mutwakil; Ibrahim, Ibrahim; Sulieman, Magboul; Zeraatpisheh, Mojtaba; Mishra, Gaurav; Brevik, Eric; Karimi, Alireza (30 November 2021). "Predicting Soil Cation Exchange Capacity in Entisols with Divergent Textural Classes: The Case of Northern Sudan Soils". Air, Soil and Water Research. 14: 1–14. doi:10.1177/11786221211042381. S2CID 245447972.
10. Pandisamy, Ragavan; Kumar, Sanjeev; Kandasamy, Kathiresan; Jayaraj, Rsc; Mohan, P.M.; RAVICHANDRAN, K.; Rana, Tikam (1 November 2021). "Biomass and vegetation carbon stock in mangrove forests of the Andaman Islands, India". Hydrobiologia. 848 (20): 4673–4693. doi:10.1007/s10750-021-04651-5. S2CID 237698102.
11. "Rain Forest Research Institute | Jorhāt, India | RFRI". ResearchGate. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
12. Anup Dutta (28 October 2020). "NEIST, RFRI join hands to develop NE forests | Guwahati News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2022.