SPRERI is situated in Vallabh Vidyanagar, a township about 5 km from Anand, the milk capital of India. It has been named after Sardar Patel whose ancestral home and village is in nearby Karamsad. Well connected by road and rail, Vallabh Vidyanagar is 75 km from Ahmedabad and 40 km from Vadodara. Ahmedabad and Vadodara are the two linking airports.