About Institute For Developing Food Industry-IDFI in A-603, Kanakia Park-I,Thakur Complex, Mumbai

Indian Food and allied Industry is currently facing opportunities as well as challenges as a result of the ongoing economic development and food inflation. Moreover, changing lifestyles in urban and rural India are changing the way Food industry approach their business. With consumer preference undergoing tremendous changes, they are literally on their toes to roll out products suiting the needs of the dynamic consumers preferences. Meeting the demands of the fast paced consumer lifestyles are single serve ,small size bakeries, RTE outlets leading to increased demand for fast food, bakery ,Snacks, Extruded products. There has also been a noticeable shift towards natural and healthy food products with emphasis on vitamins, whole grains and fibers. Private label products gained considerable importance in retailing strategy. In recent years however the food and allied industry has been facing difficulties with high costs of production and increased material costs.
‘Institute For Developing Food Industry’ (IDFI) has been organizing a number of Seminars on relevant themes pertaining to Food and alliedy sector. In this series, last Seminar was successfully organized in AMA-Ahmadabad on September 21st & 22nd 2013, December 21st & 22nd 2013, IHM-Bangalore 02nd March 2013, IHM-Shree Shakti Hyderabad on11th Oct.2012, Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth Parbhani Maharashtra on 17th July 2012, AAU- Anand, Gujarat on 05th March 2012 in association with ‘Anand School of Baking’ where more than 800 Delegates from the Food Industry participated. Further we had conducted few workshops cum seminars at Satara, Kolhapur, Navsari, IHM Goa, IHM Nasik on “Bakery & RTE Products” to show case latest in new technology and ingredients t which will feature on two broad areas, i.e., Education and Training and Food Safety and Regulations.
•New Technology Trends in Food and Allied Industry
•Ingredients and Raw materials
•Finance and Resource Procurement through various schemes available for
expansion of business
•Affordable techniques to improve the shelf life of food and allied product
•Nutritional value and recipe formulation
•Importance Of RTE(Ready To Eat)
•Role of Mechanization in Food and Allied Industry
•Non-Dairy Toppings
•Packaging & Labeling
•ERP and Software for creating a Brand Equity
•Extruded Food Products
Explore the new environment for creating new business ideas
Draft a growth-centric business plan
Learn to acquire angel funding for your business
Evaluate various cost-effective channels for business development
Use networking sites like linked in, twitter and Face book and blogging to generate leads
Establish contacts with peers to form alliances / Joint Ventures for increased sales
Understand legal tools to safeguard your business
Shift your role from ‘ acting ‘ to ‘ directing’ in a business
And many more….
The competitiveness of any economy depends on how efficiently all the resources in the process of production are utilized and how efficiently these are marketed, hence the entire chain of production and marketing has to be efficient. Many of the items produced in the small-scale sector are becoming redundant because of the change in tastes, preferences, and also due to emergence of new technology. Food processing has an important role to play in linking Indian agriculture to consumers in the domestic and international markets. The agriculture sector in India contributes one fourth of the country’s GDP and provides employment to approximately two third of the population. However, its potential has not been tapped due to under development of the food processing sector.
The Institute will cater to the needs of entrepreneurs, industry, exporters, Policy makers, the government and the existing institutions.
IDFI would work as -'Sector Promotion Organization' & 'Business Promotion Organization' of the food sector.
Major Objectives of IDFI are -
One Stop Solution Provider
Skill & Entrepreneurship Development
Facilitating business incubation services with its ultra modern pilot plant
Conducting Frontier Area Research
Developing world class managerial talent
knowledge repository
Upgradation of SME Clusters
Promoting cooperation and networking
Corporate Social Responsibility
IDFI integrates social responsibility with business objectives to make these initiatives an integral part of the institution's profitable growth. IDFI has developed a thoughtful approach and attempts to address critical areas of impact to society at large. The institution drives its CSR initiatives through a corporate body named ‘PREKSHA’. Led by Senior Management, this initiative is promoted throughout the institute. Towards its commitment to bring about a change in the critical areas, the institute has identified key focus areas, viz. Employability & Environment.

Employability
To train and provide employment opportunities for physically challenged individuals and rural women, has tied up with various institutions. Besides this, IDFI has a special "Knowledge Associate" initiative that opens up opportunities for individuals, who would otherwise be deprived of gainful employment opportunities.

The Knowledge Associate program provides employment opportunity to:
Women who are unable to attend regular jobs due to family priorities but still need to supplement the family income.
Individuals with physical disabilities, who are unable to commute for regular employment, can however deliver good quality work if allowed to work from home.
Individuals in remote rural areas who do not have good employment opportunities in their towns and villages and are hence, forced by circumstances to migrate in large numbers to the cities. Our Knowledge Associate program allows such individuals to work from their own homes.
Environment
Environment is another key focus area for IDFIs, whereby the institution endeavors to contribute towards the development of a sustainable society. At IDFI we understand the importance of reducing our carbon footprint. All of our people are committed and aligned to bring about change in their business practice and contribute in reduction of greenhouse emissions. Planting trees is the most effective way to reduce carbon emission. IDFI core mission is by planting a tree on their behalf.
As an organization, we also encourage recycling.