Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI), at Jorhat, central Assam, is one of the constituent institutes under Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), an autonomous council under Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. The Institute was established in 1988 to extend knowledge on forestry related issues through research, education and extension in general and to support forestry research of northeastern states viz., Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, in particular.