Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) was constituted in the year 1987 by renaming the erstwhile Indian Forest College, which was originally established in 1938 for training senior forest officers.

Organisation Chart



Training Programmes

-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 endeavor to provide a platform for sharing experiences and new learnings in the field of forest management.


Faculty

Dr. Shashi Kumar, Director

Dr. Alok Saxena, Additional Director

Dr. Mohit Gera, Professor

Shri Ganga Singh, Professor

Dr. Praveen Jha, Additional Professor

Shri Deepak Mishra, Additional Professor

Dr. S. Senthil Kumar, Additional Professor

Shri Uttam Kumar Sharma, Additional Professor

Dr. B. Balaji, Associate Professor

Dr. S. P. Anandh Kumar, Associate Professor

Dr. P. Viswakannan, Associate Professor

Shri K. Kannan, Associate Professor


Contact Details:
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
FRI and College Area, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006
Phone: 0135 275 7316