• To carry our system-based research in distance education in Indi, the Asian Region and beyond;

  • To conduct workshops, seminars and training programmes on the evolving trends in Distance Education;

  • To collaborate with institutions and agencies to undertake research in Distance Education in India and abroad for undertaking research inn distance education and its systems, methodologies and practices;

  • To undertake consultancy services and commission projects related to the distance education systems to generate income;

  • To promote and coordinate funding and sponsoring research projects in the areas of distance education;

  • To disseminate knowledge through publication of research studies and other works in the field of Distance Education 

  • To establish, maintain and preserve all the important data, studies, research works in the form of data bank, electronic media etc.,  in the field of Distance Education and making accessible to the researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders;

  • To organize exchange fellowships among Distance Education Institutions in the world; and

  • To conduct education studies on academic and operational aspects of teaching programmes and study materials and on the systems of evaluation of student performance of the University.

In view of the new guidelines the objectives of GRRCR&D were redefined as follows:

  • Creation of organizational structure, role based to formulate research policy of the University, identify thrust areas of research and form discipline-wise or related cluster groups.
  • To create adequate autonomy for principal investigators with regard to financial autonomy and to disseminate research outcomes to stakeholders and public.
  • To identify collaboration with other industry, research and academic organizations that can cooperate and form synergetic relationships in research.
  • To liaise between researchers and relevant research funding agencies, extend guidance in preparation of project proposals and to see that the selected projects adhere to timelines.
  • To coordinate the University-Industry inter-linkage, for incubation, innovation and entrepreneurship development of intellectual property rights.
  • To develop a good research informational system for preparing the database of in-house research activity.
  • To act as a nodal center for ideation and conceptualization of research topics by organizing workshops and training programmes.
  • To utilize the services of superannuated faculty, if required, for research capacity building.