To provide an international forum to enable the development, conduct, and critical evaluation of communication research.To assure quality of incubation and innovation processes from nook and corner of the world.To sustain a program of high-quality scholarly publication and knowledge exchangeTo facilitate inclusiveness and debate among scholars from diverse national and cultural backgrounds and from multi-disciplinary perspectives on communication-related issues.To promote a wider public interest in, and visibility of, the theories, methods, findings and applications generated by research in communication and allied fields.