The aim and functions of the Media and Communication Department is to facilitate the media and publication work of the National Council of YMCAs of India and to produce literatures on YMCA mission and on subjects having a bearing on current socio-economic realities as reference point for YMCA intervention and activism. It is also tasked with the responsibility to liaison with like-minded volags, NGOs, church bodies and various agencies and departments of the Government and the bureaucracy. The department is also entrusted with acting as a Clearing House of all YMCA informations and to perform general publicity and external relations work of the National Council. The department holds seminars/conferences/workshops on issues and concerns of national importance which impact on YMCAs in general and the Christian community in particular.