๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก, ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ

๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก, ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ

Day 3 of the Tropical Forestry Conclave at KFRI was a deep dive into the cutting-edge technologies reshaping how we understand and conserve our forests. From space-borne sensors to genomic tools and AI, today's sessions on "Advanced Tools & Techniques in Forestry Research Management" were truly transformative!
Here are the highlights from today's sessions:
๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ: ๐†๐ˆ๐’ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ 
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž: ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐–๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ:
Lead Speakers:
Dr. C Sudhakar Reddy (Head (Forestry) & Scientist G, NRSC, Hyderabad)
Dr. L Chandrasekhar IFS (APCCF & CEO CAMPA, Govt. of Kerala)
Dr. S Gopakumar (Professor & Dean, College of Forestry, KAU)
Moderator: Dr. N Krishnakumar, IFS (Retd.) (Former PCCF and HoFF, Tamil Nadu)
๐Ÿงฌ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ: ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ-๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ 
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž: ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:
Lead Speakers:
Dr. Mathish Nambiar Veetil (Chief Scientist, ICFRE-IFGTB, Coimbatore)
Dr. Modhumita Dasgupta (Chief Scientist, ICFRE-IFGTB, Coimbatore)
Dr. Manju Elizabeth (Asst. Professor, College of Forestry, KAU)
Moderator: Prof. A V Santhosh Kumar (Professor & Head, College of Forestry, KAU)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
 We were honored to host Prof. Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford) for a fascinating talk on "An energy flow view of tropical forests," offering a unique perspective on ecosystem energetics.
๐Ÿค– ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‘: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ 
 ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž: ๐€๐ˆ/๐Œ๐‹, ๐ˆ๐จ๐“ & ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :
Lead Speakers:
Shri Shafeek P M (Technical Coordinator, ICFOSS)
Prof. Gireesh Gopinath (Dean & Head, KUFOS, Kochi)
Dr. Ani A Elias (Founder, HelixOmics Analytics)
Moderator: Dr. Magesh N S (Scientist B, CWRDM, Kozhikode)
A huge thank you to all our speakers for showcasing the future of forestry research



Published on: Thursday, December 18, 2025