Dr. Jose Kallarakkal

Dr. Jose Kallarackal, Scientist-F and Programme Coordinator, Sustainable Forest Management Division superannuated from the Institute on 30 April 2009 after serving for 21 years and four months. His area of specialization was Ecophysiology and Tree Physiology. While in KFRI, he initiated several research projects dealing with the water use of exotic and indigenous tree species, especially, eucalypts and acacia. He also completed a study on the water use of 12 tree species in the tropical deciduous forests using modern techniques. His other interests in research included climate change with special reference to response of plants to elevated carbon dioxide. He initiated the collection and documentation of daily weather data in KFRI starting from 1989. Dr. Jose was also the Coordinator of a World Bank funded project which helped KFRI set up a well-accomplished Local Area Network and a Website as early as 1999. He equipped the Tree Physiology Division with very modern equipments for field studies. H