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Dear Friends,
I am studying M.Com. I want to become a Forest Officer. Please tell me how can I get job in Forest Department? Waiting for your response.

Anyone wishing to become a Forest Officer should appear for UPSC IFS exam.

UPSC conduct IFS (Indian Forestry Services) exam for recruitment in forests of India.

The eligibility criteria to join IFS are as under :-

-The candidate must be an Indian.

-The candidate must posses a graduation degree from a recognized university with at least one of the subjects namely, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture or Forestry or Engineering or equivalent.

-Candidates in the final year of their degree course can also appear in the preliminary exam.

-The candidate age limit should be in between 21 years to 30 years. There is age relaxation for OBC candidate by 3 years, SC/ST candidates by 5 years and upto a maximum of ten years for PWD candidates.

-IFS Exam Pattern

Paper I - General English-300 Marks

Paper II - General Knowledge-300 Marks

Paper III, IV, V & VI - Any two subjects to be selected from the list of optional subjects. Each subject will have two papers of 200 Marks for each paper.

Total marks for written examination is 1400 Marks.

Interview for Personality Test -300 Marks

No, you are not eligible to join Indian Forest Service after qualifying in examination conducted by UPSC.


The eligibility to appear for examination is candidate must have passed bachelor's degree from recognised university in Botany, Chemistry, Zoology, Mathematics and Animal Husbandary or Agriculture.

So, you are not eligible to appear for examination and hence, not eligible for recruitment in Indian Forest Service. For more information about examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Dear Friends,
I am studying M.Com. I want to become a Forest Officer. Please tell me how can I get job in Forest Department? Waiting for your response.

Sorry, it is not possible to become a Forest Officer being an M.Com graduate. The eligibility to become a Forest Officer (Indian Forest Services) is a pass in Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology, Agriculture, Forestry, Agricultural Engineering, Forestry Engineering. The age limit should be 21 to 30. The examination is conducted by UPSC, the website link is http://www.upsc.gov.in/

The posts of Forest Officers are filled up through the Indian Forest Services (IFoS) examination conducted by the UPSC.

According to the eligibility criteria released by the UPSC :

* The candidate should be a citizen of India.

* The candidate should have completed graduation through any stream under the scheme of 10+2+3 at least form a recognized university.

* The candidate should be of 21 years at least at the time of application.

* The candidate should be physically and medically fit.

So, no matter which graduation degree you pursue, you will be eligible for the IFoS.

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Indian forest services ( IFS ) Civil service examination conducted by ( UPSC) Union Public service commission.
IFS is one of the three all India services.
Education qualification:- must graduate in at least one of the subjects: veterinary, animal husbandry, science, geology, zoology, physics, chemistry, statistics, mathematics, botany, agriculture and forestry.
Bachelor's in engineering of recognized University.
Commerce students can't appear for IFS.