To undertake:
(i) Fundamental research and development of Carbon Fibre, Aramid Fibre, Nylon Fibre, UHMWPE and their Composites,
(ii) Application based research in Agro-textiles, Geo-textiles, Medical textiles, Mobile textiles and Sports textiles including development of Bio-degradable and Sustainable technical textiles.

Improve the Penetration level of technical textiles in the country and upgrade the skills sets of the workforce.

Promote usage of technical textiles in various flagship mission, programmes including strategic sectors in India.

Develop indigenous machineries and process equipment for technical textiles to promote "Make in India" and enable competitiveness of the industry.

Promotion of innovation amongst young engineering/ technology/ science standards and graduates; along with creation of innovation and incubation centres and promotion of "start-ups" and "ventures".