• To create awareness and promote the importance of mathematics in everyday life.
• To inspire students to pursue higher education in mathematics and related fields
• To recognize the contributions of great mathematicians like Ramanujan to the field of mathematics.
• To eradicate the phobia of Mathematics in the younger generation

TSCOST acts asa nodal agency and implementing NMD program every year in association with Universities, National R&D Laboratories, Institutes etc., under the following broad focus areas.

• Seminars, workshops, conferences, competitions, quiz, face to face meeting with experts, sessions on fun with mathematics, training programs, exhibitions, outreach programs, sessions on importance of mathematics/science in complex problem solving algorithm development etc.,
• To promote minor research programmes or to support for innovations in established and emerging technologies or Independent research activity which can lead to growth of knowledge/process in an area
• To encourage students to consider self-employment as a career option and provide training through Entrepreneurship Development Programs or short Term Research Studentship to encourage them to familiarize with research methodologies & techniques.
• Studies / surveys leading to identification of S&T interventions for modernization including awareness programs or to evaluate the status and performance of technology in selected sectors/areas.