NIFS Fire & Safety Training Centers: Chennai, Vijayawada, Guntur & Bhubaneswar

NIFS India runs fire and industrial safety training centers in 21 states, and four of them sit in one of the country's busiest industrial corridors: Chennai, Vijayawada, Guntur, and Bhubaneswar. The local industries around each one are different, which matters when you're picking where to enroll.

This guide covers all four centers in one place: addresses and how to decide which one fits your career plans.

What's the same at every NIFS center

Before the city-specific detail, the basics that don't change from center to center:

• Course fees: Ask the center for the current fee of your course, in writing.
• Eligibility: It depends on the course. See the course pages on nifsindia.net.
• Recognition: NSDC-approved and ISO 9001:2015 certified. The degree courses give a UGC-recognised degree via Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU).
• Placement support: NIFS has a placement cell and 45,000+ alumni.

What differs city to city is the industry around the center, which is worth reading before you pick one.

Chennai

Address: New No. 483, Old No. 283, P.H. Road, Aminjikarai, Chennai – 600029
Phone: +91-9283-762-538

Chennai's center sits close to the city's automotive manufacturing belt and the SIPCOT industrial corridors, alongside petrochemical plants and export processing zones.

If your goal is a safety role in automotive manufacturing or a large industrial plant in Tamil Nadu, Chennai is where those industries are.

Vijayawada

Address: Door No. 26-9-38, 2nd Floor, Yerneni Mansion, Gandhinagar, Vijayawada – 520003, Andhra Pradesh
Phone: +91-9550-539-202

Vijayawada's center is positioned for Andhra Pradesh's steel and coastal port operations, pharmaceutical formulation clusters, and thermal power projects.

It's the practical choice if you're targeting pharma-sector EHS roles or port/steel-plant safety jobs in Andhra Pradesh.

Guntur

Address: Dept. of Fire and Industrial Safety, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur – 522510, Andhra Pradesh
Phone: +91-7842-911-536

Guntur is the one center on this list actually housed inside a university — the Department of Fire and Industrial Safety at Acharya Nagarjuna University. It is also close to the same steel, port, and pharma area that Vijayawada serves.

Bhubaneswar

Address: Room No. 7, 3rd Floor, B.M.C. Panchadeep Market Complex, Unit 4, Bhubaneswar – 751001, Dist. Khurda
Phone: +91-9238-150-809

Bhubaneswar's center trains for Odisha's heavy industry: mega steel plants, aluminum smelters, mineral export ports at Paradeep and Dhamra, and thermal power stations.

If your target industry is core heavy engineering (steel, mining, or power), Bhubaneswar is where those industries are.

Which center should you pick?

Center	Best for
Chennai	Automotive & export-zone manufacturing
Vijayawada	Pharma & port/steel operations
Guntur	Training inside Acharya Nagarjuna University, same AP corridor
Bhubaneswar	Steel, mining & power plants

In practice, most students pick the center nearest home for the training phase.