Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy - Wikipedia Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy ( IGNFA ) is an organisation / subordinate office under the Ministry of Environment and Forests ( 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. Contents 1 History 2 Training Programmes 3 Location 4 See also 5 Official Links History 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. 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. Location 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 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 Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration Dehradun, Uttarakhand Education Academies Doon Sarla Academy Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy 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 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 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 Institute of Technology Uttaranchal University Wildlife Institute of India Religious Universities Luther W. 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Question: where is the headquarter of the india gandhi national forest academy
Answer: New Forest campus of Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun