CASFOS Burnihat SFS 2022-24 batch

On April 03 afternoon, all 48 of us State Forest Service Officer Trainees left for a month long tour of Eastern India by Saraighat Express. From CASFOS Hostel at around 10 a.m. we boarded the academy bus to the railway station and at 12:20 boarded the Saraighat Express to Calcutta.  The fatigue of almost 17 hours of train journey went away as soon as we landed at Kolkata's Howrah Junction. Howrah railway station is the oldest and largest railway complex in India. Also, Howrah Railway Station is the busiest railway station in India.  The impression I had about the city of Calcutta was that it was a very congested and haphazardly populated city, but within a short journey from the time we left the station to the time we reached our hotel, my view of the city changed completely. Kolkata is a city of colonial architecture, museums, art galleries, traditional food, temples, music and theatre. It is a mix of traditional and modern After resting for some time at the hotel, we left fo...

ACF’s undergo training in Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS). The training is similar to training IFS officers undergo. The duration of training is 2 years. They undergo both academic training and also field training in the forests. Total number of days dedicated for tours are 145.Our first and introductory tour of five tours across the course took place from 07 February 2023 to 22 February 2023 in the North East region of India. The memories of the lush green hills of the North East, dew drenched meadows, colorful birds, pristine lakes, warmth hospitality of the people will cherish forever. These long journeys are some of the most enjoyable road rides in our life which will stay forever in memory.  In this tour we had the privilege of seeing some very beautiful places of Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. We spent the first four days of this tour in Nagaland. During this, we got a chance to see the tribal culture of Nagaland closely in India's first green v...

It is a custom to celebrate the birthday of every officer trainee at CASFOS Burnihat. A separate fund has been created for this in which every officer trainee deposits a fixed amount every month.  Yogesh has the first roll number in our batch of 48 people. Every Officer Trainee in the academy has to act as Duty Officer for a week according to his roll number. Being the first roll number, Yogesh was the first duty officer of this batch. Some fellow people also call bubbly Yogesh by the name of "Yogi". The process of congratulating him through WhatsApp started from morning itself, which continued in the evening. The cake cutting ceremony continued till 7:30 pm. Each and every process of training in CASFOS is so excellent that the officer trainee continues to get training on one or the other chapter of whole training module through each process. Celebrating birthday is also a process which is working to strengthen the trainee's interpersonal skills sometimes called people sk...