Department of Forestry was established at JNKVV, Jabalpur during the 6th five-year plan period under the Faculty of Agriculture on 4th November 1981. Financial assistance to the Department under the budget head, ‘Starting of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Department of Forestry’ in the VI five-year plan (i.e. 1982-83 to 1984-85) was provided by ICAR, New Delhi. The formal creation of the Department of Forestry was on 9th April 2001.The Department has set- M.Sc. Forestry (since 2009-10) in Silviculture and Agroforestry and Doctoral of Philosophy in 2013-14 in Silviculture & Agroforestry.