| Motto: | विद्यया विन्दते ऽखिलम् |
| Indira Gandhi National Tribal University | |
| Native Name: | इंदिरा गांधी राष्ट्रीय जनजातीय विश्वविद्यालय |
| Endowment: | 63.2 crore |
| Budget: | 78 crore |
| Chairman: | Prof. Shri Prakash Mani Tripathi |
| Chancellor: | Dr. Mukul Shah |
| Vice Chancellor: | Prof. Shri Prakash Mani Tripathi |
| City: | Amarkantak Tahamzam |
| State: | Madhya Pradesh Manipur |
| Rector: | Vacant |
| Academic Staff: | 177 |
| Coordinates: | 22.806°N 81.75°W |
| Campus Type: | rural |
| Campus Size: | |
| Language: | English, Hindi |
| Website: | http://www.igntu.ac.in/ |
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), is a Central University located in Madhya Pradesh, India established in 2007[1] and named after former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.The university started its operations in 2008 from a temporary campus in Amarkantak and later shifted to its own campus in Lalpur, 23 kilometers away. The university was established to promote education in the backward tribal regions of India. IGNTU opened a regional campus in Manipur in 2009.[2] [3] A regional campus of the university was sanctioned in 2010 to be in Kalahandi district but it did not materialize.[4] Later in 2023 a Team consisting of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and IGNTU officials conducted a survey in Mayurbhanj district for setting up of the university's third campus.[5] The University was ranked 11th best in India by IIRF in 2024.[6]
Former minister Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician) tabled a bill in the parliament for setting up an tribal university after scrutiny by other MP's an Act was passed in Indian parliament which was published in the Gazette of India, Part II, section I, on 20 December 2007 by the virtue of which Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Act, 52, 2007.[7] The then M.H.R.D. minister, Arjun Singh laid the foundation stone on 19 April 2008 at Amarkantak. The government of India on 7 July 2008, circulated the order of appointment of the founder vice-chancellor of the university. In compliance of this order, Prof. Chandra Deo Singh took the post on 08.07.2008.[8] To provide higher education in other tribal regions of India Regional campus in Manipur(2009) and Kalahandi(2010) were finalized and sanctioned, but only the regional center at Manipur came into existence and an alternative to Kalahandi is currently being searched.
Departments of Main Campus :
| 1. Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology[9] | |
| 2. Department of Psychology[10] | |
| 3. Department of Biotechnology | |
| 4. Department of Botany | |
| 5. Department of Business Management | |
| 6. Department of Chemistry | |
| 7. Department of Commerce | |
| 8. Department of Computer Science | |
| 9. Department of Economics | |
| 10. Department of Education | |
| 11. Department of English and Foreign Languages | |
| 12. Department of Environment Science | |
| 13. Department of Geography and Regional Development | |
| 14. Department of Geology | |
| 15. Department of Hindi | |
| 16. Department of History | |
| 17. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication | |
| 18. Department of Linguistics and Contrastive Study of Tribal Languages | |
| 19. Department of Mathematics | |
| 20. Department of Museology | |
| 21. Department of Pharmacy | |
| 22. Department of Philosophy | |
| 23. Department of Physics | |
| 24. Department of Political Science and Human Rights | |
| 25. Department of Physical Education | |
| 26. Department of Sanskrit | |
| 27. Department of Social Work | |
| 28. Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology | |
| 29. Department of Statistics | |
| 30. Department of Tourism Management | |
| 31. Department of Tribal Studies, Art, Culture & Folk Literature | |
| 32. Department of Vocational Education | |
| 33. Department of Yoga | |
| 34. Department of Zoology | |
| 35. Department of Music | |
| 36. Department of Home Science | |
| 37. Department of Nursing [11] |
| 1. Department of Political Science | |
| 2. Department of Sociology | |
| 3. Department of Social Work | |
| 4. Department of Tribal Studies |
The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Regional Campus Manipur (IGNTU-RCM) was established in 2009 as a Regional Centre of IGNTU, Amarkantak.[12] The regional campus started functioning from Adimjati Shiksha Ashram, Imphal.[13] The university now operates from its permanent campus in Makhan, Manipur. Government of Manipur allocated 301 acres of land to the university where the construction is ongoing. The campus offers Masters in four disciplines and provides PhD in Political science and Social work.[14]