OMFED is one of the dairy cooperatives of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), situated at Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

, the state capital of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

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It is an apex level Dairy Cooperative Society in Orissa registered under Cooperative Society Act – 1962. Omfed was established in lines with AMUL

Amul

Amul , formed in 1946, is a dairy cooperative in India. It is a brand name managed by an apex cooperative organisation, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd...

, for promoting, production, procurement, processing and marketing of milk & milk products.

Management

The Orissa state Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Ltd. is controlled by a Board Of Directors which consists of Chairman of all affiliated Milk Unions, three nominees of Government of Orissa, a nominee from the National Dairy Development Board and Managing Director of the Omfed (Who is the ex-officio member). The Chairman of the BOD is elected amongst the members of the Board. The post of Chairman of the Federation is honorary.