The centre aims at digitizing ancient and modern pieces of Tamil literature that have been painstakingly collected and treasured through ages. The research centre is also aiming at providing world-class higher education in Tamil research, documenting the researches that have been made so far and conducting short term Tamil courses. Being a treasure trove of information for future researches, the institution will also direct to obtain grants for researches into Tamil language and literature. Being a central point for Tamil research, the institution is on the pursuit to collect information under the six divisions - Geology, Archaeology, Anthropology, Linguistics, Art, and Modernism. Moreover, the research centre will take up the mission of carrying Tamil literature to new horizons and bringing commendable pieces of world literature to Tamil through quality translations.