1. EPRC is a young non-political, not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary research, education, training and networking non-government organization with a vision to redress sufferings of the poor through appropriate management/development of water, hygiene, wastes, sanitation, agriculture, energy, food, disaster risks, education, health, micro credit and social scopes in local, regional and global levels.

2. EPRC Mission: incorporate strategic research, training, technical service, laboratory analysis, information exchange/dissemination and networking for effective and sustainable achievements in respective targeted development programs.

3. EPRC is conducting the following research: safe water supply and water safety, community led arsenic mitigation water supply; environmental health, agricultural and social impacts of climate variability and its mitigation in coastal areas; integrated water bio-gas based small bore sewerage system, hygiene, and institutional capacity development in slums; safe school based environment and health improvement, basic women and children education; risks for indoor air pollution in rural and urban areas; women/small entrepreneur based preserved food production and marketing; education in environmental health for  local government members and female teachers; community/small NGO based water sanitation and hygiene management in disaster; environmental health improvement inside flood controlled-irrigation embankments; water quality monitoring and development based on  remote sensing observations; integrated water resource management through area water partnerships; point-of-use technology based water quality management and health impacts; environmental and social variables and their interactions with coral reefs; integrated environmental health and social risks management in disasters based on local institutions; development of arsenic removal technology; integrated water supply, irrigation, and income generation among rural poor; comparison of constructed and natural wet-land management for wastewater treatment and fisheries; development of quality rice seed, and other projects.

4. EPRC also has an agriculture research wing, which implements different types of agricultural projects such as development of quality rice seed through men & women, integrated water supply irrigation and income generation among rural poor; agricultural and social impacts of climate variability and its mitigation in coastal areas; women/small entrepreneur based preserved food production and marketing; integrated women-led quality rice and rice seed production, Women –led community based research on methods for rice and rice seed cleaning and storage;  processing and marketing of unutilized fruits by small entrepreneurs; income generation through seed production and marketing.

5. EPRC runs an environmental and food laboratory, which tests samples from its own projects as well as from other organizations. EPRC is also providing with higher educational guidance and placement of post-graduate students from Universities in Bangladesh and other countries in our projects.