Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) was established in the year 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 (NH-72),five kilometers from Dehradun town. IGNFA is currently functioning as a Staff College for the officers of the Indian Forest Service (IFS).
TheIGNFA souvenir shop was formed to preserve and promote the unique identity of the Indian Forest Service(IFS) and to promote camaraderie among the officers.