Dr. S Kedharnath

Dr. S Kedharnath laid down office as the Director of the Kerala Forest Research Institute on 31.03.1986 after a term of three and a half years. During this term he had brought into play all his versatility and wide experience in forestry research gained over a period of three decades. The Institute was just six years old with the basic infrastructural facilities when he joined and he helped it take off in a dynamic way to its avowed fields of basic and applied research in forestry. His contacts with a host of eminent scientists all over the world was a great asset from which this Institute gained national and international stature. Dr. S Kedharnath passed away in 2010.