The organization also promotes and encourages schemes for related adventure activities and environment-protection work in the Indian Himalayas.

[1][2][3][4] IMF has organized many expeditions to the high peaks in the Himalayas including Mount Everest.

The foundation was registered on 3 November 1961 and the new building was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi in 1980, then Prime Minister of India.

[8] The film festival takes place at the campus of Indian Mountaineering Foundation in New Delhi, India.

The festival is directed by Maninder Kohli, son of the legendary Himalayan mountaineer, Capt.