Sri. B. VENKATESWAR RAO, ACF.

Joint Director, FCRI

Qualification: M.Sc. (Botany), B.Ed., & LLB from Osmania University.

• Joined as Forest Range Officer in the year 1993, trained at Forest Rangers College Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh.

• Worked in State Silviculturist Hyderabad for 13 years as Research Range Officer, established 50 herbal gardens in combined Andhra Pradesh, including Rashtrapathi Nilayam at Bollaram, Secunderabad, and at Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad.

• Promoted as ACF, in the year 2011, worked as Deputy Director in Telangana State Forest Academy, 2020-2024

• Worked as District Forest Officer, Jagital.