Following are the objectives of International Nathiagali Summer College:

• Breaking the intellectual isolation of the scientist in the developing countries
• Keeping pace with the rapid progress in science and contemporary needs by promoting higher science education
• Placing due emphasis on the interaction of modern trends in physics and their applications in current technological development with special reference to the needs of the countries of the third world
• Promoting a scientific dialogue, provide opportunity and open avenues for cooperation and joint research programs
• Broaden the outlook of the participants, to re-orient their scientific activities
• Indicate the areas where research could be carried out with limited facilities of developing countries

For countries scientifically and geographically remote from active centres of learning, the acute feeling of isolation by the scientists of these nations can be alleviated to a major extent by organizing the meetings and conferences where experts and eminent scientists from advanced countries could share their knowledge and experience with them. The institution of International Nathiagali Summer College (INSC) emerged out of this vital need for communication and envisaged major objective of breaking intellectual isolation of scientists in developing counties.

INSC covers a wide range of topics on science & technology and emphasizes their application to contemporary needs of the society. It is in fact the only one of its kind to be organized in a developing country and has continued with unfailing regularity. Over the years, the College has served as a window to the latest developments in science and technology and has proved particularly useful for universities and other centres of higher learning. An opportunity, unique in the Third World, has thus been provided for establishing and reviewing contacts with world-renowned scientists as well as with the younger group of active scientists of both the advanced and the developing countries, leading to enhance South-South cooperation and North-South understanding.