NCRD's Sterling Institute of Pharmacy is located in Nerul, the biggest residential node of Navi Mumbai. It is situated in a serene and peaceful environment. It is easily accessible by rail from the Seawoods- Darave railway station on the harbour line of Mumbai suburban railway in Nerul node and by road from the national highway-4 or the Palm Beach road.

The National Centre for Rural Development (NCRD) is a registered Public Charitable Trust, founded in 1991 with the aim of Rural Development. During the course of its various activities aimed at the rural youth, NCRD realized that true rural development is not possible without basic education for the rural folk, and hence NCRD entered the field of education.

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is driving product development and breaking new grounds in medicine research worldwide. As per the report of business standard 2014, the Indian pharmaceutical industry is one of the world's largest and most developed, ranking 4th in volume terms and 13th in value terms.

It is bound to have an ever growing demand of pharmacy professionals not only in the country, but even worldwide. Anticipating this demand the NCRD Trust put the wheels in motion that brought about the existence of Sterling Institute of Pharmacy.