Sl. No.	Discipline (Subject of study)	Qualification for admission in Doctoral programme
1.	Silviculture	Post-graduate degree in Forestry, Agriculture or Botany
2.	Forest Seed Tech.	Post-graduate degree in Forestry, Agriculture or Botany
3.	Forest Genetics	Post-graduate degree in Botany, Agriculture or Forestry with specialization in Genetics
4.	Forest Botany	Post-graduate degree in Botany with specialization in Systematic Botany or Plant Physiology or Wood Anatomy Post-graduate degree in Agriculture with specialization in Plant Physiology
5.	Forest Pathology	Post-graduate degree in Botany, Forestry, Wood Science & Technology or Agriculture with specialization in Plant Pathology/Microbiology.
6.	Forest Entomology	Post-graduate degree in Forestry, Zoology with specialization in Entomology or Agriculture with specialization in Entomology
7.	Soil Science	Post-graduate degree in Chemistry, Microbiology Geology, Soil Science or Agriculture (with specialization in Agricultural Chemistry, Soil Science)
8.	Forest Ecology & Environment	Post-graduate degree in Biological/Life Science/Wildlife Science, Environment Management/Science or Forestry or Chemistry or M. Tech Environment Engineering
9.	Forest Management	Post-graduate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Application, Agriculture Forestry, Forestry
10.	Wood Science & Tech.	Post graduate degree in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering or Botany with specialization in Wood Anatomy or Post Graduate Degree in Wood Science & Technology.
11.	Chemistry of Forest Products	Post-graduate degree in Organic Chemistry, Bio-Chemistry or Agricultural Chemistry, MD in Pharmacology or equivalent in Indian System of Medicine, Post Graduate degree in Pharmacology, Industrial Chemistry
12.	Pulp & Paper Technology	Post-graduate degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Paper Technology
13.	Forestry Extension	Post-graduate degree in Agriculture Extension, Forestry
14.	Non Wood Forest Products (NWFP)	Post Graduate degree in Botany/Forestry, Organic Chemistry, Agriculture with specialization in cultivation of medicinal plants, MD in Pharmacology or equivalent in Indian System of Medicine.
15.	Forest Biotechnology	Post Graduate degree in Biotechnology, Post  graduate degree in Life sciences with specialization in Biotechnology/ Post  Graduate degree in Biochemistry/Molecular biology/ Microbiology
16.	Forest Bio informatics	Post Graduate degree in Bio informatics or Post graduate degree in Forestry/Botany with minimum one year PG Diploma in Bio informatics from a recognized institution
17.	Environment Management	Post Graduate degree in Environment Management, Environmental Science, M.Tech. Environmental Engineering or Post Graduate degree in Chemistry with specialization in Environmental Chemistry.
18.	Wildlife Science	Post-graduate degree in Forestry/Wildlife Science/Zoology/Botany/Environmental Management or Postgraduate degree in any science subjects with recognized Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management.
19.	Forest Geo-informatics	M. Tech in Remote Sensing & GIS or Post Graduate Degree in any science subject with Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing/GIS from IIRS, Dehra Dun or Postgraduate degree in Geo-informatics.
20.	Forest Hydrology	Post Graduate Engineering Degree in Hydrology/Water Resource Engineering/Civil Engineering, Post Graduate Degree in Forestry, and Environment Management /Sciences with specialization in GIS/Remote Sensing/Watershed Management
21.	Plant Physiology	Post Graduate Degree in Plant Physiology, Post Graduate Degree in Botany with specialization in Plant Physiology.
22.	Application of Information Technology in Forestry	Post Graduate Degree in Forestry with at least one year P.G Diploma in Information Technology/Computer Science from recognized institution.
(Amended vide resolution no. 2 of Academic Council meeting held on 11.11.2005)