Ajeeta Longjam

Name	Ajeeta Longjam
Designation	Associate Professor
Service and year of allotment	Indian Forest Service, 2012
Cadre	Manipur

Qualification

Zoology (Honours) from Miranda House, Delhi University
Masters in Zoology from Delhi University
Qualified for CSIR-UGC NET with JRF, twice
AIGNFA Diploma/Masters equivalent in Forestry
PG Diploma in Wildlife Management from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

Experience Prior to IGNFA

Ajeeta Longjam is a 2012 Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officer from Manipur. She completed her graduation in Zoology (Honours) from Miranda House, Delhi University and her name was listed in the Miranda House Annual Roll of Honour (2007-08). She then obtained her Masters in Zoology from Delhi University after which she qualified for CSIR-UGC NET with JRF, twice. She is a gold medalist from the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, and is also the recipient of the ‘Spirit of 1982’ for exhibiting Best Communication Skills from the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun.

Having served in various capacities under the State Government of Manipur, which included DCF (Administration & Planning), Director (Manipur Zoological Garden) and DCF (Parks & Sanctuary - Keibul Lamjao National Park), she is currently under Central deputation to the Government of India, where she had earlier worked as Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Forests (2020-2021) at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) under National CAMPA and the National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board (NAEB). She was later posted under the Ministry of Education as Joint Commissioner (Administration I) in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) between 2021 to 2024. She joined IGNFA under MoEF&CC during October, 2024 and was serving as Associate Professor (Administration) till Oct, 2025.

She is presently assigned as the Course Director of the IFS (P) 2025-27 Batch (Professional Training of the Indian Forest Service Probationers– the 57th RR).