ICFRE Director General inaugurates workshop on human resource management

 Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) Director General Dr Ashwani Kumar inaugurated a week long training workshop on human resource management for State forest service course 1986-88 and in-service SFS officers from across the country at the Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFoS) here on Monday.

 The course is aimed at developing human resource management skills for achieving best performances and to seek an insight in HR management issues before the Forest Departments. A total of 26 forest officers from the states of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are participating in the workshop.

The Director General (DG) of ICFRE, Dehradun, Ashwani Kumar, Dehradun who inaugurated the workshop was the Chief Guest on the occasion. In his speech he deliberated on the challenges faced by forest officers with regard to human resource management.The week long programme will highlight subjects like significance of context of Human Resource scenario in Forest department, leadership, HRD for managing forests for multiple functions, group dynamics, capacity building for Human Resource Development  in forestry, personality/positive attitude development, decision making, counseling and mentoring skills.