Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal was established in 1982 as an autonomous institution by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

IIFM is a sectoral management institute, which constantly endeavors to evolve knowledge useful for the managers in the area of Forest, Environment and Natural Resources Management and allied sectors. It disseminates such knowledge in ways that promote its application by individuals and organizations.

The Indian Institute of Forest Management is a sectoral management institute, which constantly endeavors to evolve knowledge useful for the managers in the area of Forest, Environment and Natural Resources Management and allied sectors. It disseminates such knowledge in ways that promote its application by individuals and organizations.

IIFM has been establisehed with the following objectives:

Provide training in management and related subjects for persons from the Indian Forest Service, Forest Departments, Forest Development Corporation and Forest related industries with a view to equip them to practice the art and profession of management of forestry development.

Inculcate an appreciation in those selected for training, that conservation is of overriding importance in the management of living natural resources and that the primary role of forests is the vital ecological andd environmental purpose they serve.

Select and prepare outstanding and talented young perons for careers leading to management responsibility in foresty and the forest-related system.

Meet the need of Indian foresty and forest-related industry and commerce in respect of upto-date information on forestry management through research, consulting and  publication.

Assist, institute and carry out research in matters concering the use of management and allied techniques and methods conducive to the development of forestry in the country.

Institute awards, scholarships, fellowships, prizes and medals in accordance with the rules and bye-laws.

Create patronships, affiliations & other classes of professional or honorary membership or office, as the society may consider necessary.