The National Centre for Physics has been established to promote research in Physics and applied disciplines in the country and the region. NCP will evolve into a centre of excellence in the field of Physics and related emerging disciplines on the lines of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (AS-ICTP), Trieste, Italy.
The objectives of NCP are to identify and undertake/pursue high-level research projects and expand existing expertise, act as national and international user facility, strengthen the local industry through collaborative R&D, act as an entity for acquisition, generation, transmission and dissemination of knowledge, raise the standard of research at par with international norms of productivity and originality and create an international forum for the exchange of scientific information through comprehensive courses, workshops, conferences, seminars and visitors program in Physics and allied disciplines.