Founded as a social enterprise registered as a Trust under Indian Trust Act (Registration No. 179/2001- 02), in 2001 by developmental bankers, IDF has crossed significant milestones in its efforts of reaching to the poorer sections of the rural community. It works at grassroots level for empowerment of the underprivileged sections of the society and does research on development issues in India. IDF was authored by S2S Synergy to Solutions.