The Council has the following mission statement:

The Australia-India Council promotes Australia's interests in India by
initiating and supporting activities designed to enhance awareness and
understanding between the peoples and institutions of both countries.

In carrying out its mission, the Council aims:

• to broaden awareness and understanding in Australia and India of each
  country's culture, society and areas of excellence
• to encourage activities that promote economic relations between
  Australia and India
• to establish new areas of contact between Australia and India
• to develop lasting links involving a wide range of people in both
  countries.

To achieve these aims, the Council has the following objectives:

• to initiate and support, among influential persons and groups in
  Australia and India, activities that encourage the development of
  relations between the two countries, including economic and commercial
  relations
• to initiate and support exchanges that demonstrate to Indians Australian
  excellence in the arts, science and technology, sport and other fields and
  which promote knowledge in India of Australian cultural and social
  attributes
• to encourage Australians to take a greater interest in developments in
  India through Council-supported activities that increase the level and
  quality of public awareness, and broaden community knowledge and
  understanding, of India in Australia
• to publicise important developments in the various areas of the
  relationship between Australia and India
• to seek maximum publicity for the Council's activities as a means of
  encouraging wider public appreciation of, and support for, the Council's
  objectives
• to seek community involvement in, and private sector support for, the
  Council's activities.