The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), is situated in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India. The University has been established by an Act of the Parliament of India. It came into existence by the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Act, 2007. The jurisdiction of the University extends to the whole country and it is fully funded by the Central Government through the University Grant Commission. The university caters to the tribals’ long cherished dream of higher education.
Departments:
A. Running Departments
1. Department of Ancient Indian history, Culture & Archaeology
2. Department of Biotechnology
3. Department of Botany.
4. Department of Business Management.
5. Department of Chemistry.
6. Department of Computer Science.
7. Department of Commerce
8. Department of Economics
9. Department of English and Foreign Languages
10. Department of Environment Science.
11. Department of Geography and Regional Development
12. Department of Hindi.
13. Department of History.
14. Department of Philosophy.
15. Department of Political Science and Human Rights
16. Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
17. Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Hotel Management.
18. Department of Zoology.
19. Department of Psychology.
20. Department of Folk History, Museology and Traditional Medicine.
21. Department of Tribal Art, Folk Literature and Culture.
B. Departments for Next Session
1. Department of Education.
2. Department of Forest Management
3. Department of Geology and Mineralogy
4. Department of Home Science and Nutrition
5. Department of Information Technology.
6. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
7. Department of Law ( Five Years Integrated Course)
8. Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
9. Department of Meteorology.
10. Department of Pharmacy (D.Pharma and B. Pharma)
11. Department of Physics.
12. Department of Physical Education
13. Department of Social Work
14. Department of Tribal Languages and Comparative linguistics.
Courses Offered:
Undergraduate courses are offered by the University. The courses offered are:-
1. Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)
2. Bachelor of Business Administration(Hons)
3. Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.)
4. Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA Hons)
5. Bachelor of Science (Information Technology)
6. Bachelor of Science (Hons.)
7. Bachelor of Tourism Management(Hons)
How to Reach:
Amarkantak is situated 30 kms in the west of Pendra Road Railway Station (Chattisgarh) on Katni-Bilaspur track of South West Central Railway. Almost all the trains plying on this track stop here. It can be reached by bus from all directions as there are good frequency of buses on Jabalpur, Raipur, Bilaspur, Allahabad, Rewa, Shahdol, Dindori and Anuppur routes. Amarkantak can be approached by air through Jabalpur (M.P.) in the West and Raipur (Chattisgarh) in the East.
Contact Us:
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
Amarkantak, Kapil Dhara Road
Mekal Sadan Amarkantak
Dist-Anuppur(M.P.)
Pin- 484886
Fax- 07629 269432
Phone-07629 269640
Website: www.igntu.nic.in