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Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) was founded in 1987 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.
The main aim of the Academy is to impart knowledge and skills to the professional foresters and help them to develop competence for managing the forest and wildlife resources on a sustainable basis.
IFS Probationers' Training Course
Training of the IFS Probationers is designed to address the following requirements.
Capacity building by imparting technical knowledge and skills required in forestry sector
Enhancing management skills
The personality development as a member of Indian Forest Service.
Skill Upgradation Training Programme
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun also provides skill upgradation program for the State Forest Services to be subsequently recruited to IFS. This is done to give an All India perspective of the service and update the knowledge and skill of the officers. The Academy has already conducted 18 such training courses.