- To carry out research in the selected frontier areas of basic and applied sciences
- To encourage and support sponsored research programmes by giving necessary infrastructure to them
- To encourage collaborations with industries for focused and application oriented research
- To promote collaborative research with scientists in academia in the country
- To produce PhDs of highest caliber and to make them highly competitive for their future career
- To provide a forum for scientific discussions on frontier scientific topics which are vital for the scientists of PPISR in particular and the institutes of the country in general
- To organize periodic summer and winter schools for the young undergraduate and graduate students
- To provide opportunities for talented young students to carry out short-term research projects
- To provide facilities to visiting scholars and faculty from all over India and abroad to work with the faculty of the institute
- To publish research articles in reputed national/ international journals of high impact
- To file patents on research findings of potential commercial applications
Recognized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India and Manipal University