[1] This city hosts the Head Office of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), the NDDB of India,the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Vidya Dairy and the Anand Agricultural University.

Another famous educational hub is Vallabh Vidhyanagar, an educational suburb of Anand which has institutes like BVM (Birla Vishvkarma Mahavidhyalaya), which is the first engineering college of Gujarat, GCET (G. H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology), ADIT(A.D Patel Institute Of Technology)and MBIT (M B Patel Institute of Technology).

It is a railway Junction and a broad gauge line from here runs to Godhra, covering Dakor, a major Hindu pilgrimage en route.

[4] Economy of the Anand is very vibrant which ranges from farming to big scale industries.

[7] Vitthal Udhyog Nagar, a very big industrial belt is located on the outskirts of the city.

[citation needed] The first Aerospace company in Gujarat BC Instruments India Pvt Ltd, started operating in year 2004 and has prestigious AS9100 and NADCAP approvals.

The city has produced many notable individuals, including H M Patel, former Finance Minister of India;[8] Verghese Kurien, the man who made the milk revolution possible;[9] Harish Dave, a renowned Gujarati poet; Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a prominent freedom fighter and the first home minister of India, was also born in the Karamsad suburb of Anand.Vishvesh Parmar, a Bollywood singer was also born in Anand.

USA National Cricket Team Captain Monank Patel was born and brought up in the city of Anand before moving to the US in 2010.