Vision
- To help in spreading a feeling of national pride in our documentary cultural heritage and ensuring its preservation for posterity.
Mission
- To encourage the scientific management, administration and conservation of records all over the country.
- To foster close relations between archivists' and archival institutions, both at the national and international levels.
- To encourage greater liberalization of access to archival holdings.
- To help in developing greater professionalism and a scientific temper among creators, custodians and users of records for proper care and use of our documentary heritage.