Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth is an agricultural university at Dapoli in Ratnagiri district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was established on May 18, 1972 as Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, and got its present name on February 12, 2001. Its research centre at Karjat has developed some patented varieties of rice. Its major focus areas are rice, horticulture and fisheries. In 1997, it received the Best Institute Award of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. The College of Agriculture in the main campus was established in 1965. College of Forestry, Dapoli, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra (India) In main campus of Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth the College of Forestry was established on 1 August 2005. It offers the B. Sc. Forestry Degree. B. Sc. Forestry is a four-year degree course. There are only Two Forestry College in Maharashtra State, one in Dapoli and another located at Akola, the College of Forestry, Akola (Dr.Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapith, Akola, Maharashtra, India) Student Profile: The student from this college prefer to do M.Sc. Forestry and Ph.D. Forestry from Indian as well as foreign universities.