This is a List of forest research institutes in India.

Autonomous research institutes

Ministry of Environment and Forests

Institutes under India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change^[1][2]

• Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Almora^[3]
• Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
• Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bengaluru^[4]
• Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

Institutes under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education^[5] Headquartered in Dehradun

• Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Aizawl
• Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
• Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension (CFLE), Agartala
• Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development, Chhindwara
• Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation, Prayagraj
• Forest Research Institute (India), Dehradun
• Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla
• Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad
• Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
• Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
• Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bengaluru
• Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
• Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
• Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)

Other national institutes

Other research institutes under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Subordinate offices

• Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
• Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun
• Directorate of Forest Education, Dehradun
• Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata
• National Institute of Animal Welfare, Faridabad
• National Zoological Park, New Delhi
• National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
• Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
• Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)

Authorities

• Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi
• National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
• National Ganga River Basin Authority, New Delhi
• National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi

Centres of excellence

• Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
• C.P.R. Environmental Education Center, Chennai
• Centre for Animals and Environment, Bengaluru
• Centre of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai
• Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru
• Centre for Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru
• Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi
• Centre for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
• Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore
• Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute,^[6] Thiruvananthapuram

Under state governments

• Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
• Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam^[7]
• Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
• Gujarat Forest Research Centre, Rajpipla, Gujarat
• State Forest Department, Jammu
• State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
• State Forest Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu^[8]
• State Forest Research Institute, Ladhowal, District Ludhiana, Punjab
• State Forest Research Institute, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
• Karnataka Forest Academy, Dharwad, Karnataka