NDDB Chairman and IDF Director General exchange agreement to host World Dairy Summit 2027 in India
NDDB Chairman and IDF Director General exchange agreement to host World Dairy Summit 2027 in India
12, February 2026, New Delhi: Dr Meenesh Shah, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB); Board Member, International Dairy Federation (IDF) & Member Secretary, Indian National Committee of IDF (INC-IDF) and Ms. Laurence Rycken, Director General, IDF exchanged an agreement on 12th February 2026 in New Delhi to host the IDF World Dairy Summit 2027 in India in the gracious presence of Shri Chirag Paswan, Hon’ble Union Minister of Food Processing Industries and Prof SP Singh Baghel, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Panchayati Raj at the Indian Dairy Association’s 52nd Dairy Industry Conference. The Summit will be organised by the INC-IDF at Jio World Convention Centre (JWCC), Mumbai from 16 to 19 November 2027.
The agenda will include meetings of the IDF Board, the General Assembly and various technical committees. The event is expected to attract over 1,500 delegates from across the globe, representing a majority of the international dairy market. Attendees will include policymakers, dairy farmers, cooperatives, processors, researchers, financial institutions, start-ups and technology providers.
At the 118th General Assembly held on 14 October 2024 in Paris, members voted in favour of India hosting the World Dairy Summit 2027. India previously hosted the IDF WDS in 2022 in Delhi-NCR, which was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.
The IDF World Dairy Summit (WDS) is the flagship annual event of the IDF. It serves as a global platform for stakeholders to review the world dairy situation, discuss technical and policy issues and align on strategic directions for the sector. The IDF is an International Non-Governmental Organisation that has been uniting the global dairy community since its inception in 1903 with about 40 member nations.