IIFM has been entrusted with the following three important roles :

  As a leader in the field of Forestry, Environment and Natural Resource Management Education, be concerned with pushing the frontiers of knowledge for development of the sector.

  As a prime mover of knowledge in its field, interpret and adjust world's knowledge to the Indian context, experiment and create an indigenous body of knowledge.

  As an Apex Institute, to provide effectively trained teachers to other educational institutions in the field with which it is concerned.

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