In collaboration with the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)

The Export Facilitation Cell (EFC) was launched by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio on 17th November 2021 in Kohima, and an MoU was signed between the IDAN and IIFT. It is the first of its kind set up in the country, aside their New Delhi and Kolkata campuses. The EFC is set up at the IDAN in collaboration with North Eastern Council (NEC), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Centre for North East Studies (CeNEST) that will train the Entrepreneurs from all over the Nagaland, who will in-turn act as Master Trainers and train other entrepreneurs in their respective Districts.

The EFC can become a Centre of Excellence for Training, handholding and act as the Nodal point for linkage with corporate and export/import entities. The EFC is the first step towards institutionalizing a mechanism for the State to help the aspirational exporters establish partnerships, collaborations for export of local goods.

IIFT Kolkata Campus with the support of North Eastern Council (NEC) recently initiated CeNEST (Centre for North Eastern Studies) as a dedicated centre for the exclusive development of north-eastern States of India.