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.


It is a government run institution that has been spread across 1100 acres of land covered with natural forest and dense experimental plantations. The academy is bounded by the river Tons in the north and Chakrata Road on the south.

The campus also houses the renowned Forest Research Institute.


The Academy is located in the beautiful New Forest campus which is about 5 kilometers west of the city centre of Dehradun.

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.

Address :

Indira Ghandhi National Forest Academy,
New Forest,
Dehradun - 248006,
Uttarakhand.

Phone No: +91-0135-2754647, 2757316, 2754715
Fax No : +91-0135- 2757314

Email Id:director@ignfa.gov.in