The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) is an engineering college located in the town of Berhmpur, Odisha. It was started in 1996 by a few NRIs, some of whom were native to Odisha. NIST was set up and is operated by the SM Charitable Educational Trust with the aim of promoting higher technical education. The college was the first its kind under Berhampur University, which is now affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology.