North East Center for Research and Development (NECRD) was conceived and operationalized to be a think-tank dedicated to North East India.  It is committed to exploration and utilization of the vast resource based in North East India through capacity building, dissemination, implementation and innovation of Research and Development in and on North East India. It also seeks to participate in and contribute to debate, dialogues and decision making in democratic governance and policy implementation by institutionalizing a strong foundation for research