Mission:

IDC Foundation endeavors to enable larger sections of society to benefit from the country's growth and development, by periodically conducting awareness programmes on topical issues and implementing educational and training programmes, particularly for the under-privileged sections.

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

International Development Centre Foundation, (IDC Foundation) was established in 1997. It is an autonomous, national level, non-profit organization which focuses on community development initiatives to fulfill manifold objectives in the areas of Information Technology, Management Services, Rural Development as well as R & D and Environment related issues. Currently, Shri Paritosh Tyagi ,Former Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board New Delhi, is the Chairman and Managing Trustee of the Foundation. Foundation’s policy is to empower the under-privileged section of the society through education, health and skill-based development.
The sphere of the Foundations activities include issues related to health, education, livelihood and environment. IDC Foundation is currently engaged in imparting training and consultancy in a number of areas of human endeavors. The Foundation has in the past, successfully organized several national level conferences and workshops on following subjects :
1. Hospital waste management,
2. Water quality,
3. Health and Environment
4. Air, water and noise pollution,
5. Climate change,
6. Energy conservation
7. Information technology.
8. Sociology
The Foundation aims at developing professional, entrepreneurial and management skills at all levels. For discharging these significantly seminal responsibilities, IDC Foundation has a group of public spirited resource persons and multi-disciplinary experts.
The IDC Foundation has also established a division viz. Advanced Society for Science and Technology, which is concerned with technology review, spread of technical education, training and R&D.

GOVERNING COUNCIL/ TRUSTEES

The members of the Governing Council (GC) And Academic Council (AC) are highly accomplished professionals from the industry and academia.

Prof. A.K. Maitra Former Director, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi. Chairman

Dr. V R Singh, Former Director-grade-scientist, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Co- Chairman

Dr B Sengupta, Former Member secretary, CPCB, New Delhi

Shri Y R Mehta, Former Executive Director, Gas Authority of India Ltd, GAIL

Prof Harsh Vardhan, Former Chief Engineer Doordrashan and All India Radio, AIR,

Shri Yogendra Dutt, Former Dir. (Projects) Ispat Karmet

Dr Jugal Kishor, Professor, Public Health, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

Dr. Arun P. Bali, Consultant Indian Council of Social Science Research.

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Prof T K Joshi, Project Director, COEH, Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi Chairman

Dr. V R Singh, Distinguished Professor (AICTE), NPL New Delhi

Dr B Ramaswamy, Director, Periyar Centre, MU, New Delhi

CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING TRUSTEE

Shri Paritosh C Tyagi

Former Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board, CPCB, New Delhi