Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (JNKV)

Address: Adharatal Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482004 , India Phone: (0761) 2681200, 2681608, 2353314, 2681706, 2681809 Mobile: 9425359690 Fax: (0761) 264163, 2681608, 2681389 Email:   Website: University Website

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About Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (JNKV)

Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (JNKV) is a tribal University situated at Amarkantak. It has been established by an Act of the Parliament of India and came into existence by the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Act, 2007 on July 8th, 2008. The University is fully funded by the Central Government through the University Grant Commission and its jurisdiction extended to the whole country. The University caters to the tribals’ long cherished dream of higher education. The tribal people are rich in cultural heritage and skill of art and craft but they are still marginalized in respect to higher education. Now in the present age of globalization the world has shrunk into a village as the society has advanced in technology. But the tribes are far behind in this race of advancement.

Regional Campus - The University has a regional campus located Manipur. The Manipur government has proposed a plot of 300 acres in Makhan village at the distance of 25 km from Imphal on Imphal-Dimapur National Highway No 39.

How to Reach the University - The place Amarkantak is situated 30 kms in the west of Pendra Road Railway Station (Chhattisgarh) on Katni-Bilaspur track of South West Central Railway. It can also be reached by bus from all directions as there is good frequency of buses available. Amarkantak can be approached by air through Jabalpur (M.P.) in the West and Raipur (Chattisgarh) in the East.

Nearest Airport

• Jabalpur - Distance 220 KM from Amarkantak
• Raipur - Distance 230 KM from Amarkantak

Nearest Railway Station

• Pendra Road - Distance 35 KM from Amarkantak
• Bilaspur- Distance 120 KM from Amarkantak

Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (JNKV) Faculties

• Faculty of Computronics
• Faculty of Commerce and Management
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Faculty of Social Science
• Faculty of Tribal Studies
• Faculty of Humanities and Philology
• Faculty of Education

Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (JNKV) Departments (existing)

• Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology
• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Botany
• Department of Business Management
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Economics
• Department of English and Foreign Languages
• Department of Environment Science
• Department of Geography and Regional Development
• Department of Hindi
• Department of History
• Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Political Science and Human Rights
• Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
• Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Hotel Management
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Folk History, Musicology and Traditional Medicine
• Department of Tribal Art, Folk Literature and Culture

Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (JNKV) Departments (Proposed)

• Department of Education
• Department of Forest Management
• Department of Geology and Mineralogy
• Department of Home Science and Nutrition
• Department of Information Technology
• Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Department of Law (Five Years Integrated Course)
• Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• Department of Meteorology
• Department of Pharmacy (D.Pharma. and B. Pharma.)
• Department of Physics
• Department of Physical Education
• Department of Social Work
• Department of Tribal Languages and Comparative linguistics