[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.

[6] Former union minister Arjun Singh tabled a bill in the parliament for setting up a 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.

The government of India on 7 July 2008, circulated the order of appointment of the founder vice-chancellor of the university.

The campus offers Masters in four disciplines and provides PhD in Political Science and Social Work.

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