Baif Development Research Foundation

Baif Development Research Foundation has been based here in Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar for quite a while now. We are right off National Highway No. 4 in the Warje area. Being near the highway means there is always a lot of traffic going past, but inside the gates, things feel a bit more focused on the research we do. It is a big campus with a lot of different departments. We have people working on livestock, some on farming techniques, and others looking at how to help rural families. It is not a slick city office. It feels more like a place where real work gets done. There are trees around the buildings and plenty of space for the different projects. We walk between the different sections a lot, talking to the technicians and the researchers. It is an old-fashioned kind of place in some ways, where people actually sit down and discuss things for a long time. The location in Warje is convenient for people coming in from the surrounding villages. We see a lot of visitors who want to learn something new or need help with their land. We just try to keep things organized and make sure the resources go where they are needed. It is a quiet kind of commitment. We don't do much advertising. The work mostly speaks for itself through the people we interact with every day on the ground. It is just a dedicated group of staff members doing what we can.