Education Research & Development Foundation (ERDF) is registered as a charitable trust under the provision of Indian Trust Act 1882 and as per the provisions under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. The head office of the Foundation is located at ERDF Bhawan, Lalmati Road, Bhetapara, Guwahati. ERDF is the largest & fastest growing educational network in the north-eastern region, catering education from KG to PG to Ph.D. There are 9,000 students in the institutions of ERDF out of which 20% belong to underprivileged backward classes. At present, ERDF institutions have 63 courses, 36 Departments and 7 Research Journals. Nearly 20,000 students have graduated from different institutions of ERDF wherein more than 15,000 alumni are settled in various sectors across the country. ERDF has today emerged as the premier educational network of NE India.
Institutions promoted by ERDF :
Central Public School, Patharkandi is the first CBSE affiliated school of ERDF set up in Karimganj District in April 2008. In January 2010, Central Public School Badarpur, the 2nd CBSE affiliated school was set up in Umarpur, near the Badarpur town.
In 2015, ERDF set up Khairun Nessa Begum Women’s College at Badarpur which is affiliated to Assam University, Silchar.
Realizing the demand of Pharmaceutical Education in Greater Barak Valley, ERDF has established Allama TR College of Pharmacy at Srigouri, Badarpur, Karimganj from the Academic Session-2020. It is the 12th venture of ERDF and is affiliated to Srimanta Sankardeva University of Health Sciences, Guwahati and approved by Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi.
In 2021, 'Vision 50 Academy' was established by ERDF with highly experienced mentors of premier national level coaching institutes to impart quality coaching for NEET, JEE & Civil Services aspirants of the North East Region.
