In pursuit of realizing its vision to improve the quality of public governance in India by creating vibrant, informed and proactive citizen engagements with the state and its institutions, Public Affairs Centre's mission encompasses a multi pronged approach synthesizing a range of strategies and interventions. 

The pivotal points of PAC's mission, around which the activities of the Centre are organized are: public policy research and advocacy; participatory research on governance and social accountability including monitoring and evaluation of public services; citizen action support; civic education of children and youth; and capacity enhancement of both the civil society and the state for engaging constructively with each other in the endeavor of deepening democracy.