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Hornbill Institute
Shaping The Forester

Hornbill Institute

If it is a Forest Service Examination, it is Hornbill

A dedicated institute for Forest Service and allied exams. Classes run both online and offline at our Gwalior centre.

237+ UPSC IFoS selections  |  250+ MPPSC State Forest Service Selections

Exams we prepare you for

  • UPSC IFoS
  • State Forest Services (16 states): MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar
  • NTA–ICAR JRF/SRF and ICAR–ASRB NET
  • ICFRE Scientist-B

Subjects

Forestry · Agricultural Engineering · Zoology · Environmental Science · IFoS/General Studies · IFoS/English · History · Geography · Indian Polity · Janjati (Tribal Studies) · Physics · Chemistry · Biology · ICT

Good to know

Forestry:

Our core programme. All our IFoS and SFS selections come from here.

Agricultural Engineering:

Launched for IFoS 2026. Results will be shared after the official declaration.

Zoology:

Free study content in 2026. The full course launches in 2027.

Teachers & faculty

The people who teach and mentor our students.

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Anup Singh Gurjar

Head & Faculty, Forestry Optional
14 years of teaching | 12,000+ students taught | UPSC IFoS Interview 2017

He holds a B.Sc. in Forestry from Dr. PDKV, Akola, and an M.Sc. in Agroforestry from G.B. Pant University, Pantnagar. He secured AIR 9 in ICAR-JRF (2012, General Category) and has served as Associate Professor of Silviculture and Agroforestry at Dolphin (PG) College, Dehradun. He has been in the Forestry field since 2008.

He reached the UPSC IFoS interview in 2017 and has a strong understanding of both UPSC and State PSC exams.

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Prateek Prabhakar Rao

Faculty, Agricultural Engineering
6 years of teaching | 8 years of content development | M.Tech (CEM)

A Civil Engineer by training, he holds an M.Tech in Construction Engineering and Management. His focus is on concept-based teaching, quality study material, and making tough technical topics easy to understand.

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Shubhendra Singh Gurjar

Faculty, Janjati Adhyayan (Tribal Studies) – MPPSC
Head, Forestry Optional Test Series – UPSC (IFoS), UKPSC, UPPSC, JPSC, MHPSC and OPSC
8 years of teaching | 6,000+ students taught in Tribal Studies | 1,000+ aspirants guided for UPSC & State Forest Service interviews (CIGP).

An M.Tech in Communication, Control and Networking, he has appeared in the MPPSC Civil Services Mains three times (2019, 2020, 2021) and reached the MP State Forest Service interview in 2020. This first-hand experience helps him guide aspirants on what the Mains and Interview stages actually demand.

He has been teaching Janjati Adhyayan since 2017. At Hornbill Classes, he heads the Forestry Test Series and the CIGP (Comprehensive Interview Guidance Programme).

Shivam Tiwari

Faculty, History
6 Years of Experience | 800+ Students Mentored

M.A. in History from Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal, with expertise in Ancient, Medieval, Modern Indian History and MP History.

Associated with Hornbill Institute since 2022, he specialises in PYQ-based teaching, exam-oriented content and conceptual clarity. Having appeared in two MPPSC interviews—State Civil Services and State Forest Service.

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Kapil Sharma

Faculty, Indian Polity
2 Years of Teaching

He holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering and an M.A. in Political Science. He has appeared in the MPPSC State Civil Services Mains twice (2019 and 2021) and the MPPSC State Forest Service Mains (2023).