Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy

Forestry training institute in India

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Indira Gandhi National Forest AcademyType| Natural Resource Service training institute

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Established|

* 1938 as Indian Forest College

* 1987 as IGNFA

Location|

Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Campus| Dehradun
Affiliations| Government of India
Website| www.ignfa.gov.in

Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) is a forestry training institute under the Ministry of Environment and Forests of India, which was originally as Indian Forest College, established in 1938 for training senior forest officers. It is situated in the New Forest campus of Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun. IGNFA is currently functioning as a staff college for the officers of the Indian Forest Service (IFS).

The primary mandate of the academy is to impart knowledge and skills to the professional foresters and help them to develop competence for managing the country's forest and wildlife resources on a sustainable basis. In the academy training is provided at different levels of seniority in the Indian Forest Service besides training the new entrants to the service.

## History[edit]

The academy was constituted in the year 1987 by renaming the Indian Forest College, which was established in 1938 for training senior forest officers.

## Training programmes[edit]

* Professional Forestry training for IFS Probationers through a series of class room sessions, tours, excursions and specialized modules. It nurtures young foresters capable of making difference in the management of ecological assets of our country besides inculcating human values and professional ethics amongst them.
* Skill Upgradation Programme for State Forest Service (SFS) officers inducted into IFS to sensitize and orient them to the ethos and functioning of All India Services and to keep them abreast with the rapidly changing scenario of forest management, development and administration.
* Mid Career Training (MCT) programme for IFS officers in three phases of the service viz III, IV and V meant for the seniority 7 to 9, 16 to 18 and 26 to 28 years respectively. It aims to provide best training opportunities to the officers by roping in some of the leading training institutions in the country and abroad. The officers get a chance to interact with the experts of respective fields and also get exposure to best management practices of natural resources in the foreign countries.
* Training programmes and workshops for the three All India Services, members of Higher Judiciary, exposure to Officer Trainees of other services with an endeavour to provide a platform for sharing experiences and new learnings in the field of forest management.

## Location[edit]

It is situated in the New Forest campus of Forest Research Institute (FRI) on Chakrata Road (NH-72),five kilometers from Dehradun town. The 1100 acres campus is bounded by the river Tons in the north and Chakrata road on the south. Large parts of the campus are still covered with natural forest and dense experimental plantations. The campus is situated at an altitude of 670 m. above mean sea level and receives over 200 cm of rainfall annually. It can be best approached from Dehradun city through Chakrata road.

The hostels, guest house, auditorium and playgrounds of the academy are also located in the campus, whereas the housing colony for the faculty and staff is located on Chakrata road opposite the New Forest campus.

## See also[edit]

* Forest Research Institute (India)
* Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
* Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK) Forest Science Centres
* Indian Forest Service
* Head of Forest Forces

## Official Links[edit]

* Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
* Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

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Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (India)

Authorities|

* Central Zoo Authority of India
* National Biodiversity Authority
* National Tiger Conservation Authority

Subordinate offices|

* Andaman & Nicobar Islands Forest and Plantation Development Corporation
* Animal Welfare Board of India
* Botanical Survey of India
* Central Pollution Control Board
* Environmental Information System
* Odisha State Pollution Control Board
* Delhi Pollution Control Committee
* Directorate of Forest Education
* Forest Survey of India
* Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
* National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board
* National Board of Wildlife
* National Institute of Animal Welfare
* National Museum of Natural History
* National Zoological Park
* Zoological Survey of India
* Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

Institutions|

* Centre for Environment Education
* C. P. R. Environmental Education Centre, Chennai
* Centre for Animals and Environment, Bangalore
* Centre of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai
* Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions
* Centre for Ecological Sciences, Bangalore
* Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi
* Centre for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
* Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
* Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
* National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management

Autonomous Institutions|

* G. B.Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora
* Indian Institute of Forest Management
* Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bengaluru
* Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
* Wildlife Institute of India

Tribunal|

* National Green Tribunal

Secretaries|

* CK Mishra (incumbent)

Ministers|

* Rajiv Gandhi
* Bhajan Lal
* Ziaur Rahman Ansari(As MoS, IC till 25 June 1988)
* V. P. Singh
* Nilamani Routray
* Maneka Gandhi(MoS, IC)
* Kamal Nath (MoS, IC)
* Rajesh Pilot (MoS, IC)
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Jai Narain Prasad Nishad
* Saifuddin Soz
* H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
* Suresh Prabhu
* T. R. Baalu
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Ramesh Bais
* A. Raja
* Manmohan Singh
* Jairam Ramesh(MoS, IC)
* Jayanthi Natarajan(MoS, IC)
* M. Veerappa Moily
* Prakash Javdekar(MoS, IC)
* Anil Madhav Dave(MoS, IC)
* Dr. Harsh Vardhan
* Prakash Javdekar (incumbent)

MoS|

* Mahesh Sharma
* Babul Supriyo (incumbent)

Legislations|

* National Green Tribunal Act

Civil Service|

* Indian Forest Service

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Dehradun

Education|

| Academies|

* Doon Sarla Academy
* Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy

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Boarding Schools|

* The Aryan School
* Colonel Brown Cambridge School
* The Doon School
* Ecole Globale International Girls' School
* Marshall School
* The Royal College
* SelaQui International School
* St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun
* The Asian School
* Tula's International School
* Unison World School
* Welham Boys' School
* Welham Girls' School

Military Schools|

* Indian Military Academy
* Rashtriya Indian Military College

Private Schools|

* Brightlands School
* Cambrian Hall
* St. Thomas' College

Universities|

* DIT University
* Dev Bhoomi Group of Institutions
* Doon University
* Forest Research Institute
* FRI and College Area
* Himgiri Zee University
* Himalayan Institute of Technology
* ICFAI University
* IMS Unison University
* Indian Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
* Indian Institute of Petroleum
* Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
* Kelvin Institute of Technology
* Quantum University
* SYNTELations
* Tula’s Institute
* University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
* Uttarakhand Technical University
* Uttaranchal Dental & Medical Research Institute
* Uttaranchal University
* Wildlife Institute of India

| Religious Universities|

* Luther W. New Jr. Theological College

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Buildings|

* Asan Barrage
* Mahasu Devta Temple
* Mindrolling Monastery
* Raj Bhavan
* Tapkeshwar Temple
* Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib
* Dehradun canals

| Stadiums|

* Abhimanyu Cricket Academy
* Doon School Ground
* Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium

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Transportation|

| Airports|

* Dehradun Airport

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Railway Stations|

* Dehradun
* Motichur
* Raiwala Junction
* Rishikesh
* Yog Nagari Rishikesh

Cities and Towns|

* Chakrata
* Clement Town
* Dehradun Cantonment
* Doiwala
* Gayatri Vihar
* Herbertpur
* Kanwali
* Landour
* Mussoorie
* Pratitnagar
* Raipur
* Rishikesh
* Sahaspur
* Vikasnagar
* Virbhadra

Locations|

* Doon Valley
* Happy Valley
* Nag Tibba
* Song River
* Robber's Cave
* Kipling Trail

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

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