In order to fulfill its mission, the Institute moves with the following goals:

• Promote the establishment of a National Media Training and Research Centre in Nepal, capable of responding to the human resource development needs in the media sector;
• Promote and undertake quality training and research programs in the print and audio-visual media; radio and internet services
• Create awareness through media to improve the condition of disadvantaged, marginalized and deprived classes of the society;
• Focus on observance of ethics and standards through training, research, publication and counseling services in journalism and mass communications;
• Monitor and make timely upgrading in the programs to account for developments in the media;
• Combine training activities with research, publication and audio-visual production for sale and/or use as reference material by trainees as well as practicing journalists;
• Design and implement programs to provide developmental support to community media and participatory communication initiatives at the community level.
• Extend support to training requirements and establishment of community-owned FM radio stations, to be run and managed by the community itself.