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IFS Indian Forest Service (IFS), offers a highly challenging and rewarding career. It offers an exciting opening where an IFS officer acts as custodian of forests under his area of responsibility.He is also instrumental in protecting and preserving the environment and wild life in his area. This offers a great satisfaction of protecting forests, environment and wild life.This job offers a lot of adventure also. Recruitment Procedure Recruitment to this service is done by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) through a competitive examination every year. The candidates selected for the service are allotted a State/Union Territory cadre and they serve in that particular State/Union Territory thereafter till superannuation, except for a few deputations to the Central Government in between. The service has inherent time-bound promotions and higher scales which are comparable to the best in government sector in the country. After completion of training, the IFS officers are usually posted as Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs)/Deputy Conservators of Forests (DCF) with the independent charge of a forest division with a large number of Forest Guards, Block Officers, Range Officers and Assistant Conservators of Forests working under them. After putting in a specified years of service as a DFO/DCF, the IFS Officers are promoted as Conservators of Forests with several DFOs/DCFs under their control. A direct recruit IFS Officer can hope to rise upto Chief Conservator of Forests or even upto the post of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, the Head of Forest Department in a State. Some of the State Governments have State Forest Development Corporations also and the IFS Officers can also be posted as Divisional Managers, General Managers, Executive Directors and Managing Directors in these Corporations. Thus IFS officers also get an exposure to the corporate functioning in the government sector, adding another dimension to their job. In addition, the IFS officers also enjoy certain powers of police officers in respect of several offences under the Indian Forest Act. Selection Process
The competitive examination for the IFS is usually held by the UPSC in the month of July every year. The advertisement for the examination normally appears in the month of December/Janaury in all leading newspapers as well as in the "Employment News". It carries details about the examination, subjects, etc. Eligibility The candidates applying for the IFS examination must fulfil the following conditions Age Factor They must have attained the age of 21 years but should be less than 26 years of age. Educational They must be graduates with atleast one of the following subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, Statistics and Geology; from a recognized university, or must have Bachelors Degree in Agriculture or Engineering or Forestry from a recognized university. Examination Pattern The scheme of examination has two stages: Written examination. All the eligible candidates first have to go through a written examination which consists of two compulsory and two optional subjects. The compulsory subjects are
Every candidate has to offer two optional subjects out of (1) Physics (2) Chemistry (3) Botany (4) Zoology (5) Forestry (6) Statistics (7) Mathematics (8) Geology (9) Agriculture (10) Civil Engineering (11) Agriculture Engineering (12) Mechanical Engineering (13) Chemical Engineering. The compulsory papers are designed to test the candidates command over the language, comprehension, analytical power and overall general awareness. The General English paper carries the questions on use of words of common parlance, passages, precis, comprehension, idioms etc. In addition the candidates are also required to write an essay out of a few given topics. The standard of this paper is such as is expected of an average science/engineering/forestry/agriculture graduate of an Indian University. The second compulsory paper on General Knowledge is aimed at testing the general awareness and knowledge of the candidates in subjects other than those studied by them in their academic curriculum. This paper also tests the knowledge of candidates on current events of national and international importance. There are a few questions on Indian Political System, Indian History, Economy, Geography and applied aspects of Science and Technology. The standard of this paper is again such as is expected of an average science/engineering/forestry/agriculture graduate. The questions in this paper are multiple choice objective-type in nature. For optional subjects list of subjects offers a vast choice. Every eligible candidate is usually expected to specialise in atleast one of the optional subjects which he/she would have offered during his/her academic degree. The choice of second subject can be taken as per your educational background. For a better prepration of the examination candidates should go through previous question papers before finally deciding on the optional subjects. The standard of optional subjects is that of degree level academic examination. Further details regarding syllabi of all optional subjects are available in the instructions received alongwith the application form supplied by the UPSC. Personal Interview The written examination is followed by a personality test of the candidates in the form of personal interview. The interviews are held by the UPSC soon after the result of written test is declared. The objective of personality test is to judge the suitability of candidates as officers of Indian Forest Service. The personality test aims at testing leadership qualities, mental alertness, initiative, balance of judgement, analytical capabilities and variety of interests. The candidates appearing in the interview must be prepared to face questions on common day-to-day observations and current affairs of importance. Questions on Indian Polity, Planning Process, Budgeting and Economic Geography may also be expected. Final merit list is prepared by adding the marks obtained in written test and mark in personal interview. Preparation and Coaching For Written Test The IFS being among the most prestigious services of the country, the competition for examination is quite tough and needs very good preparation. So far as optional subjects are concerned, most of the students are expected to have good command over their subjects. It is the command of candidates in compulsory subjects which makes the real difference because it is comman for all. The candidate who scores well in optional subjects in the compulsories can expect to qualify the examination. To do so it systematic planned study with added emphasis on both the compulsory subjects and optional subjects. To have a sound base in the General Knowledge paper the candidates must refer general knowledge books like "General Knowledge Refresher" by O.P. Khanna, Manorama Year Book.which is supported by "The Competition Master", "Pratiyogita Darpan". This would keep the candidates posted upto date as far as general knowledge and current affairs are concerned. For optional subjects you must go through in depth prepration of your subjects as per the graduation standard. For Personal Interview It requires an exhaustive preparation. Only passing the written examination can not lead a candidate to be an IFS. Personality test being the final test of suitability of the candidates for the service, thus have more importance. Indepth study of all important aspects of general interest as well as of optional subjects offered in the written examination is required. There are certain private institutions/agencies imparting coaching and guidance for IFS examination as well as personal interview. By taking coaching from a reputed institution will go a long way to help the fresh candidates to do well in this examination. |