The Post Graduate Diploma in Forest Management (PGDFM) will subsequently be renamed to Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and depending on the specializations that students choose, they would be awarded PGDM-Environmental Management (PGDM-EM), PGDM-Developmental Management (PGDM-DM) and PGDM-Forest Management (PGDM-FM) degrees, the institute’s Director Prof DK Bandopadhyaya informed PaGaLGuY.com today.

The institute is also looking at a possible change of name to Indian Institute of Environment and Forest Management, though it is not confirmed yet.

The first year would be common to all 60 students in the PGDM and the option to choose a specialization would be given in the second year, Prof Bandopadhyaya further said. The specializations would be freely available and would not be subject to merit, he added.

“PGDM-EM will be for students looking to join the Clean Development Mechanism, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Accounting, Waste Management and Corporate Social Responsibility sectors. Those looking for jobs in the Rural Sector in microfinance, marketing, products or processes would take up the PGDM-DM specialization while the PGDM-FM specialization would be targeted towars jobs in the Forestry sector,” he explained.

The program increased its intake to 60 students in the batch admitted in 2007. Further expansion would depend on whether the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota is implemented, said Prof Bandopadhyaya.