The Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics came into existence in the year 1964-65. Dr K C Chanda was the founder head of the department. A full-fledged Department of Physics came into existence in the year 1972 with Dr. S P Puri as the founder head of the department. The department offered Master’s degrees in Statistics, Physics and Ph.D. in Statistics. The Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics were again merged in 2001, in the process of reorganization of the university departments renaming it as Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics. The present faculty strength of the department is 10, comprising 4 Professors/equivalent, 6 Assistant Prof./Equivalent. Currently, the department offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses to other constituent colleges of the university. The department also caters to the research needs of other departments of the university.