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The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) is a research institution in Jatani (Khordha) Odisha, India. The Prime Minister of India laid the foundation stone on August 28, 2006, establishing the institute along the lines of the IISc in Bangalore, and its six sister institutions, the IISERs, established at Pune, Mohali, Kolkata, Bhopal, Tirupati and Thiruvananthapuram in India.

Unlike the IISERs, which will be governed by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, government of India, NISER operates under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). The government of India has earmarked an initial outlay of 823.19 crore (US$120 million) during the first seven years of this project, starting from September 2007.

The then Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has stated that NISER will compare with the best institutions in the country in terms of facilities and faculty.This move will help elevate the standard of research and education in Odisha.

On 7 February 2016 the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi dedicated the institute to the nation. In his address at NISER, he had called to make NISER the greenest academic campus in the country.