The Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy was established in the year 1987. this academy is established by renaming the erstwhile Indian Forest College, which was originally established in 1938 for training senior forest officers.

It is situated in the New Forest campus of Forest Research Institute (FRI) on Chakrata Road (NH-72),five kilometers from Dehradun town.

IGNFA is currently functioning as a Staff College for the officers of the Indian Forest Service

Address:

Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
Post Office New Forest,
Dehradun - 248006 (Uttarakhand)
India
Phone +91-135-2757316
Fax +91-135-2757314

Training facility:

Probationers' Training
Inservice Training
Other Trainings

Training Programmes:

Professional Forestry training for IFS Probationers
Skill Upgradation Programme for State Forest Service (SFS) officers
Mid Career Training (MCT) programme for IFS officers
Training programmes and workshops for the three All India Services, members of Higher Judiciary, exposure to Officer Trainees