To be promotion and prevention oriented, community based, population and policy focused, and concerned with human rights and social justice.

• To develop competent workforce for public health services through teaching, training, and research in the relevant fields on a regular basis.

• To strive for solutions based on harmonious blend of capacity development, knowledge dissemination, and community engagement taking the best technological advances into consideration to improve community health and hence quality of life for all.

• To develop model centres for health services to community, ensuring universal coverage for primary health care.

To be a centre of excellence globally for Education, Training and Research in the field of Public Health.