Conservation Training Institute, Byrnihat

Conservation Training Institute

The Conservation Training Institute is a premier Institute in the North East which provides long term and short term training courses in Soil and Water Conservation, Forestry and other Allied Subjects to sponsored candidates of various Government Departments /Public Undertaking /Private Organizations /District Councils of the State and the other North Eastern States. 1178 trainees have been trained in different courses in the Institute upto 2013.

Location of the Institute

The Conservation Training Institute is located at Byrnihat, Meghalaya along the Shillong- Guwahati National Highway No.40. It is 18 kms from the Guwahati railway and bus stations, 35 kms from the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi airport and 75 kms from Shillong. Situated at an altitude of 100m above mean sea level (msl), the Institute enjoys a warm summer about 34° C and moderate winter of about 18° C.

Courses Provided

• 1. Field Assistant Training Course:

  - The Field Assistant Training Programme is designed for Field Executives in the Rank of Soil & Water Conservation Demonstrator Junior-I and equivalent. This 11-month training course on basics of Soil and Water Conservation, Forestry and related subjects. The subjects covered in this course are Soil Science, Agronomy, Surveying and Levelling, Botany, Silviculture, Forest Mensuration, Wild life, Forest law, Forest Utilization, Forest Engineering, Accounts and Procedures and Soil and Water Conservation Engineering.

• 2. Middle Level Technician Training Programme:

  - This is a 5 1/2-month advanced course on the techniques, planning, designing and project formulation of Soil and Water Conservation Programmes for those having minimum qualification of P.U. Science or equivalent or in- service Soil Conservation Ranger/ Forest Ranger/Agriculture Extension Officer/ Overseer/Draftsman Grade I/ Surveyor Grade I or equivalent. The subjects covered are Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, Soil Science, Agronomy and Forestry. Emphasis is laid on the preparation of project reports for Watershed Management works.

• 3. Short term courses:

  - The Short term courses provided in CTI are:
  1. Participatory rural appraisal of 3 to 10 days duration.
  2. Soil Survey Course of 30 days duration.
  3. Surveying and Leveling Course of 30 days duration.
  4. Plantation Crops Development course of 45 days duration.
  5. Watershed Management Course of 25 Days duration.
  6. Plantation Crops Development course for lower level functionaries of 10 days duration.