In 2017 the Institute has started its Science Program under the banner of School of Sciences with M.Sc program under Berhampur University. In 2018 it also got the affiliation for B. Sc. courses.

With a conspicuous beginning in the Core building, the new laboratories, class rooms, and library were designed by the visionary faculty team. The research activities gradually increased, and the department attained formidable reputation for the effort of its teacher and its finest teaching in the state of Odisha.

The Department of Mathematics is as old as NIST. It started with the engineering courses and presently it is a full fledged Department. Currently, in this Department 14 faculty members are there. All the faculties are Doctorate and Post Doctorate degree holders from various reputed and prestigious Institutes/Universities of India as well across the Globe. Up to 2016, the Department was fully dedicated for the skill development of under graduate as well as post graduate engineering students. In the year 2017, NIST started the new chapter by introducing M.Sc in Mathematics with it’s young and energetic faculty members. As an integral part of M.Sc program, B.Sc (Mathematics Honours) is started in 2018. The Department of Mathematics is well known for its excellence in teaching and research. Apart from the teaching, the faculty members actively engaged in research and guiding the Ph.D., M. Sc. students. As the consequence many faculties of our department as quite good number of publications in various journals of National and International reputes. Many faculties are doing the collaborator work with the member of other Institutes/Universities. Some faculties got the research project grant from different organization of Government of India like SERB(DST), NBHM(DAE).

Vision:

1. The vision of the Department of Mathematics is well known for its excellence in teaching and research.
2. The faculty members of the department are engaged in state of the art research as well as guiding the Ph.D., M. Sc. Students..

Mission:

1. The department has made great strides by conducting regular seminar and conferences and the students have exposed of writing scientific journal paper, Project and also develop communication skill.
2. Collaborative research programmes with many research laboratories and research institutes in India and abroad are also operating very successfully with mutual benefit.

To explore and extend high standards in teaching pedagogy. A variety of objectives are designed such as:

1. To develop the sprit of enquiry.
2. To assimilate education and research by incorporating recent discoveries, modern techniques into the curriculum.
3. To encourage inter-disciplinary thinking by providing students with educational and research opportunities.