- To undertake various activities, projects, programs, schemes, etc. on its own or in collaboration with government agencies, semi-government agencies, private organisations, etc. for the purposes which are conducive to its objects.
- To serve as the apex institute for the collection and dissemination of information regarding research on social, educational and economic development of various communities of the Target Groups.
- To carry on operational and policy-oriented research, to evolve ideas and concepts appropriate to the local, State and national environment, and to formulate and suggest policy alternatives for social, educational and economic development of the Target Groups.
- To establish a Centre of Excellence for coordination of research, extension/dissemination and training in the field of agriculture including allied fields such as cooperative initiatives, processing, storage, value addition, branding, forward and backward linkages, branding, marketing, export etc. of agricultural products; soil, water and gene agriculture crops’ gene pool & biodiversity conservation, and other fields related to the development of the Target Groups.
- To award fellowships for higher studies including M.Phil., Ph.D. and PostDoctoral studies to the candidates of the Target Groups.
- To establish, award and administer Rajarshi Shahu Overseas Fellowships to encourage meritorious and brilliant students of the Target Groups for higher learning and research abroad.
- To promote, undertake, sponsor various projects, programs, activities, psychological tests, aptitude tests etc. for tutorials and coaching, etc. for various competitive examinations, professional courses, entrance tests, foreign courses, etc. for the members of the Target Groups and to undertake such projects, programs, activities, etc. specially for the girl candidates from the Target Groups
- To organize trainings, discussions, workshops, seminars, awareness programs, etc. for all the stakeholders on “The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989” and to conduct research on various aspects including implementation of this Act.
- To evolve and prescribe standards for evaluation and monitoring of various schemes and to conduct concurrent evaluations and other type of evaluations of various projects & schemes being implemented for the development of the Target Groups and to undertake evaluation of various schemes of government / semi-government / non-government organizations on consultancy basis.
- To evolve and develop social, educational and economic development index of various communities and, for that purpose, take up various survey and research projects and to provide consultation services to Maharashtra Backward Class Commission.
- To foster, assist and support individuals, government, semi-government, nongovernment organizations / institutions, etc., in the fields and activities of interest to the Company.
- To institute, offer and grant prizes, awards, fellowships, scholarships, stipends, etc. and other form of monetary or material assistance, etc. for outstanding project works, surveys and research work or any other professional activity by the students, scholars, organizations, etc. to be associated with the Company for the fulfillment of the objects of the Company.
- To foster academic contacts within India as well as other countries through exchange of personnel of the Target Groups and research materials.
- To undertake research and documentation projects of the forts used by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and other places of historical importance.
- To organize, undertake, conduct, encourage, promote, sponsor studies and research on the life and work of Sant Tukaram, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, Jotirao Phule, Sant Gadge Baba, Tarabai Shinde, Savitribai Phule, Sayajirao Gaikwad, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh 16 and other social reformers as well as important social and educational reform movements in Maharashtra and other States.