On 2nd December 2023, the Forum of South East Academic Doctors (FOSAD) was founded by two avant garde individuals: Dr. Uzor Ngoladi and Dr. Stephen Nwala. The vision germinated through a phone conversation about protecting and defending the interest of the South East geopolitical zone by PhD holders both at home and in the diaspora by the duo. That same day, a WhatsApp Group was created and a pool of about 200 PhD holders of South East extraction was added to the group. FOSAD grew rapidly because of the zeal and determination of doctorate degree holders to contribute their intellectual and innovative proficiencies for the development of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States.