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COURSE CALENDAR

COURSE CALENDAR

1. Sandalwood: Farming and Management of its Healthg

Course Director: Dr. Narashimamurthy

Date: 21 – 25 April, 2025 (5 days)

Contact: : 080-22190151, 99945897100, murthyn@icfre.org

Fees: Rs. 15,000 /- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST, Rs. 10,000 /- (Without boarding and lodging facility) + 18% GST

Course content: Sandalwood nursery technology; Seed/nursery technology and practical: Management of insect pest in sandalwood nursery and plantations; utilization and assessment of oil content and demonstration of oil extraction; Cloning of sandalwood using tissue culture methods; Management of diseases in sandalwood nursery and plantations.

2. Micro propagation of Bamboo (Basic training)

Course Director: Ms. Tresa Hamalton

Contact: 080-22190137, 9360473165, tresa@icfre.org

Date: 21 – 25 April 2025 (5 days))

Fees: s. 15,000 /- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST, Rs. 12,000 /- (Without boarding and lodging facility) + 18% GST

Course content:Preparation of media; Aseptic techniques & Instrumentation; Explant collection, processing, surface sterilization and inoculation techniques; In vitro shoot initiation and multiplication; In vitro and ex vitro rooting; Clonal fidelity testing; Potting mixture preparation & hardening of rooted plants.

3. Testing of Formaldehyde Content as per IS: 13745

Course Director : Dr. Sadhu Charan Sahoo

Date : 19 – 23 May, 2025 (5 days)

Contact : 033- 2498 3120, 9007286360, sahoosc@icfre.org, oicfsk@icfre.or

Fees : Rs. 18,000/- + 18% GST

Course content: Sample preparation; Moisture and density determination; Extraction process; Testing of formaldehyde by both perforator and titration method as per IS: 13745.

4. Resin Manufacturing Technology

Course Director : Dr. Sadhu Charan Sahoo

Contact : 033- 2498 3120, 9007286360, sahoosc@icfre.org, oicfsk@icfre.org

Date : 10 – 12 June, 2025 (3 days)

Fees : Rs. 12,000/- + 18% GST

Course content: Manufacturing of resin, UF, PF, MUF and MPF.

Testing of Plywood and Block Board as Per IS: 303, IS: 710, IS: 1328, IS: 4990 & IS: 1659

Course Director : Mr. Kiran M. C.

Contact : 080-30534012, 9620196858, mckiran@icfre.org

Date : 16 – 20 June, 2025 (5 days))

Fees : Rs. 18,000/- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST, Rs. 13,000/- (Without boarding and lodging) + 18% GST

Course content: Testing and evaluation of Plywood and Block board as per relevant Indian Standards IS 1734; General purpose plywood - IS 303; Marine Plywood - IS 710; Shuttering Plywood - IS 4990; Block Board - IS 1659

6. One day training on Sandalwood Nursery Techniques

Course Director : Dr. N. Ravi

Contact : 080-2290155, 9435524070, nravi@icfre.org

Date :: 17 June, 2025 (1 day)

Fees : Rs. 3,000/- + 18% GST

Course content :Collection of sandalwood fruits and processing of seeds; Nursery techniques on raising of sandalwood seedlings and hardening of seedlings; Management of seedlings in the nursery and growing of healthy seedlings for planting.

7. Sandalwood based Agroforestry Models - Establishment and Plantation Management

Course Director : Dr. N. Ravi

Contact : 080-2290155, 9435524070, nravi@icfre.org

Date : 18-20, June, 2025 (3 days)

Fees : Rs. 9,000/- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST; Rs. 6,000/- (Without boarding and lodging facility) + 18% GST

Course content: Raising of Sandalwood Plantation; Management of plantation; Agroforestry using Sandalwood, Heartwood formation in Sandalwood; Harvest and marketing; Sandalwood Policy; One day field trip to Sandalwood plantation

8. Saw Doctoring

Course Director : Mr. V. Prakash

Contact : 080-30534009, 9886202680, vijayp@icfre.org

Date : 07 –09 July, 2025 (3 days)

Fees : Rs. 12,000 /- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST; Rs. 9,000/- (Without boarding and lodging facility) + 18% GST

Course content: Peeling knife grinding.; Knife dismantling from peeling lathe; Knife mounting; Knife grinding and honing operation; Knife grinder maintenance; Introduction to grinding wheels and grinding wheel specifications; Dressing and cleaning operation.

9. Low Formaldehyde Amino Resin for Panel Products

Course Director : Dr. Mamatha B. S.

Date : 16 – 18 July, 2025 (3 days))

Contact : 080-30534039, 8971160881, sheshagirimb@icfre.org

Fees : Rs. 18,000/- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST ; Rs. 15,000/- (Without boarding and lodging facility) + 18% GST

Course Content : Safe and judicious use of formaldehyde for the synthesize of resin manufacturing and process parameters to be applied for panel product.

10. Plywood Manufacturing Technology

Course Director : Dr. Sadhu Charan Sahoo

Date : (i) 05 August – 05 September, 2025 (1 month)
(ii) 04 November– 04 December, 2025 (1 month)
(iii) 02 March – 02 April, 2026 (1 month)

Contact : 033- 2498 3120, 9007286360, sahoosc@icfre.org, oicfsk@icfre.org

Fees : Rs. 24,000/- + 18% GST

Course content : Wood chemistry; Raw materials for resin manufacturing (UF, MUF and PF); Plywood manufacturing; Testing of plywood, block board and flush door; Preparation of preservative solution; Testing of retention of preservative chemical; Plywood finishing etc.

11. Testing of Formaldehyde Content and Emission by Perforator and Desiccator Method

Course Director : Dr. Mamatha. B.S

Contact : 080-30534039, 8971160881, sheshagirimb@icfre.org

Date : 20 – 22 August, 2025 (3 days)

Fees : Rs. 18,000/- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST; Rs. 15,000/- (Without boarding and lodging facility) + 18% GST

Course content: Analytical procedure involved in estimation of formalin purity; Estimation of formaldehyde content by perforator method IS 13745 /EN120; Estimation of formaldehyde emission by desiccator method JIS 1460 A

12. Testing of Plywood, Block Board and Flush Doors

Course Director :Mr. Amitava Sil

Contact : 033- 2498 3120, 9874219758, sila@icfre.org, oicfsk@icfre.orgg

Date : Course I 01 – 05 September, 2025 (5 days)
: Course II 05 – 09 January 2026 (5 days)

Fees : Rs. 18,000/- + 18% GST

Course content: Testing as per IS: 303, IS: 1659, IS: 710, IS: 5509, IS: 2202

13. Wood Processing

Course Director : Mr. Ritesh D. Ram and Ms. C. N. Vani

Contact : 080-22190178, 9449056230, riteshkumar.dram@ gov.in
080-22190174, 9448505140, cn.vani66@ gov.in

Date: 10 – 14 November, 2025 (5 days)

Fees : Rs. 15,000/- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST Rs. 10,000/- (Without boarding and lodging) + 18% GST

Course content: Introduction to wood - wood properties and uses; Basic concepts of wood seasoning; Methods of wood seasoning; Seasoning kilns; Seasoning schedules; Drying defects and their control. Basics of wood preservation; Biological agents of degradation, natural durability; Need for wood preservation; Types of wood preservatives, Methods of preservative treatment; Treatment of green bamboo & dry bamboo and safety measures in handling wood preservatives. Wood protection via chemical modification; Thermal modification; wood working and finishing.

14. Preliminary Bamboo Processingg

Course Director : Mr. Amitava Sil

Contact : 033- 2498 3120, 9874219758, sila@icfre.orgoicfsk@icfre.org

Date : 10 – 12 November, 2025 (3 days)

Fees : Rs. 12,000/- + 18% GST

Course content: Processing of bamboo.

15. Field Identification of Important Timbers

Course Director : Dr. Anil Kumar Sethy and Ms. S. Shashikala

Contact : 080-22190172, 8971074462
080-22190215, 9964534875, s.shashikala@ gov.in

Date : 02 – 06 February 2026 (5 days)

Fees : Rs. 15,000/- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST; Rs. 10,000/- (Without boarding and lodging facility) + 18% GST

Course content: Classifications of wood, physical features of wood, basics of wood structure, important commercial timbers and their adulterants, anatomical features of hardwood and soft wood, methods of identification and description of important timbers.

Customized Training

1. Bamboo Composites

Course Director : Dr. Vipin Chawla

Contact : 080-3054006, 9342890100, vipinkumarchawla@icfre.org;

Date : 11 – 13 August, 2024 (3 days)

Fees : Rs. 12,000 /- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST Rs. 7,500/- (Without boarding and lodging) + 18% GST

Course content: Introduction to Bamboo Composites; Laboratory-scale Resin Preparation; Mat Board Moulded Product Development; Bamboo Mat Board and Strip-based Laminates; Bamboo Incense Stick Manufacturing for Quality Production and Residual Utilization

2. Bamboo Housing

Course Director : Mr. Amitava Sil

Contact : 033- 2498 3120, 9874219758, sila@icfre.org, oicfsk@icfre.orgg

Date : 15 – 19 September, 2025 (5 days)

21 – 25 October, 2024 (5 days)

Fees : Rs. 18,000/- + 18% GST

Course content: Low cost bamboo housing system

3. Veneering

Course Director : Mr. Uday D. Nagammanavar

Contact : 080-30534011, 9845616385, udaydn@icfre.org

Date : 24 – 26 February, 2026 (3 days)

Fees :Rs 14,000/- (With boarding and lodging) + 18% GST Rs. 10,800/- (Without boarding and lodging) + 18% GST

Course content:Log storage (Need for storage, dry storage, wet storage, precautions in storage); Preparation of logs for peeling (Cross cutting, debarking and cleaning); Log centering (Purpose and economic importance of centering, centering errors and their influence on veneer yield, methods of centering); Veneer peeling lathe (Machine parts, cutting action, undesirable movement of wood on lathe, play in lathe machine parts, spindle overhanging, dynamic equilibrium and slackness. Peeling lathe settings- setting of knife, setting of pressure bar, setting of the gap); Rotary cutting of veneer (Lathe settings and veneer quality, mechanism of veneer formation, type A and B veneer, effect of pressure bar compression and temperature on veneer yield. Peeling defects, their cause and control - thickness variation, roughness, loose veneer corrugation, raised grain, torn grain, bump formation, wooliness, knife and pressure bar marks); Veneer Clipping (Functions, types, clipping efficiency, clipping allowance, veneer yield, dry clipping); Veneer drying (Purpose, drying variables, moisture movement in veneers during drying, special measures for controlling Final moisture content, drying defects and their control, types of dryers); Knife grinding machine and grinding wheels (Knives, grinding machines, composition, abrasives, grain size, grade, structure, bond, wheel selection, grinding head, grinding bed, coolant, grinding procedures, maintenance. Jointing and splicing of veneers.

Note: The above courses can be customized and scheduled to any mutually convenient period on request based on number of participants.

Registration: The application/nomination letter should be sent to the respective Course Director, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, 18thCross, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560 003 at least 15 days before the commencement of the respective course. The requisite course fee can be paid either in cash or through Demand Draft drawn in favour of “The Director, IWST-Training” payable at Bangalore. The fee can also be remitted by online transfer to the following bank account.

The Director, IWST training
Bank Name : Union Bank of India, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru
Account Name : 392002010007384
IFSC Code : UBINO539201

Note: Participants are advised to commence their journey for the training only after receiving confirmation about the course. If adequate response for a particular course is not received, the same is liable to be cancelled. In that case, the course fee will be refunded to the concerned.

Facilities: The Institute has well equipped laboratories, wood processing machineries, timber seasoningandpreservationplant,nurseryforraisingseedlingsandmistchamberforclonal propagation, xylarium, woods museum and interpretation centre, library, computer center, woodworking workshops etc .It also has nurseries and experimental field stations for conducting wood science and forestry research as well as training. A Scientists' Hostel and a Guest House within the campus can accommodate the trainees well.

Faculty: The Institute has qualified and trained scientists with national and international exposure. Apart from the scientists of the Institute, renowned experts from other reputed institutions/universities are also engaged as resource persons/guest faculty

About Institute: The Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), Bengaluru, under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) was formed in 1988 on reorganization of forestry research in the country. The IWST is mandated to conduct research on Wood Science and Technology as national objective and focuses its research activities to important forestry research needs of the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Goa at regional level. Taking into consideration the expertise available and contribution made by the Institute, the ICFRE has recognized IWST as Centre of Advanced Studies in the areas of a) Improved utilization of wood, and b) Research on sandal. The Institute maintains three field stations for forestry research in Karnataka state. The thrust areas of research of the Institute are wood properties and uses, wood processing, wood composites, chemistry of forest products, forest protection and silviculture and forest management

For Details, Please contact
Head Extension Division
Institute of Wood Science and Technology,
18th Cross, Malleshwaram,
Bangalore 560 003
Phone : 080-22190198; 080-22190201;
Fax : 080-23340529
E-mail : extension_iwst@icfre.org ; dir_iwst@icfre.org