It is needless to underline the importance of mathematics amongst all learning disciplines. The following that is referred from Vedang Jyotish is enough to understand its significance.

यथा शिखा मयूराणां नागानां मणयो यथा । तद् वेदांगशास्त्राणां गणितं मूर्ध्नि वर्तते ॥

As crowning crest lies on the hood of Peacock and shining gem on the head of Cobra, likewise the mathematics is the supreme amongst all learning disciplines including organs of Vedas.

The vision of the department envisages preparing competent mathematicians, researchers and professionals in the fields of Mathematical Sciences, who can impart mathematical education and conduct the innovative researches at national and international levels.It also aims to promote and propagate mathematical thought and research among mathematical fraternity. In order to meet this vision, its mission is chalked out to ensure and provide congenial and cordial environment for teaching, learning and research; and to facilitate state-of-the-art infrastructure for developing skill of mathematical sciences including advanced computing that is a pressing need of the day. Also, it is bound to provide positive environment in order to imbibe the values of mathematics education and research.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics came into existence in 1985 which offers postgraduate program in Mathematics with specialization in statistics and research program in Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research. Prof. S.N. Singh was the founder head of the department (1985-2007). The department caters to the needs of knowledge based education to students and seeks to develop problem solving skills within the domain of mathematical spectrum, and suggests applications to other branches of applied sciences. Recently the department is concentrating to take up contemporary issues including inter-group and trans-disciplinary subjects for teaching, learning and research to cope up with interfacing thrust areas of mathematical sciences.

About more than two dozen students of the department have qualified JRF/NET/GATE examinations. The passed out students of the department have been contributing to the society and nation in their glorious capacities of different departments of banking and finance, civil services including coveted teaching and research institutions such as state and central universities, NITs, IITs and abroad.

Faculty members are internationally travelled and have esoteric exposure to their respective knowledge domains. Faculties have visited several countries for their academic pursuits that include Ethiopia, Switzerland, Romania, Germany, Thailand, China, Hungary, U.K., U.S.A., etc. Faculty members have received prestigious fellowships and awards from various national and international organizations including a coveted award of “Shikshak Shree” of State Govt. of U.P in the year 2019.

The department has produced around about 50 Ph.D. scholars. The faculty members have got published more than 300 research papers, 150 of them in international journals of high impact factors. Faculty members have also supervised several research projects funded by reputed scientific agencies and departments such as UGC, UPCST and NBHM, department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India. The department is also associated with National Board of Higher Mathematics, Government of India.

A galaxy of renowned mathematicians and statisticians including Prof R.S. Mishra (Padmshree, BHU, former V.C. of LU and Kanpur Univ.), Prof K.P.Singh (BHU), Prof R.P. Agarawal (LU, former V.C. of LU and Jaipur), Prof S.C. Khare (Allahabad Univ.), Prof. R.B. Misra (Former V.C. Avadh Univ.), Prof S.N. Lal (BHU), Prof A.K. Saxena (LU), Prof. H.D. Pandey (DDUGU), Prof. R.K. Saxena (Jodhpur Univ.), Prof. V.K. Katiyar (IITR), Prof. S.K.Tripathi (USA), Prof O.D. Makinde (South Africa), Prof R .K. Sharma IITD, Prof. Bindhyachal Rai (Allahabad Univ.), Prof. P.N. Pandey (Allahabad Univ, V.C. NGBU), Prof. K.N. Singh Yadav (BHU, V.C. Rewa Univ) and Prof. R.S. Singh (Pune), etc.

In addition, national conferences and lecture series have been the regular features of the department. Prof. Satish Kumar Tripathi, B.U. University, USA and Prof. Kamal Nayan Agarwal, Howard University, USA delivered lectures in the department on Dec 14, 2009 and 12 Aug. 2010 respectively. The department has organized a two-day national seminar sponsored by Department of Higher Education, Govt. of UP on latest advances of mathematical sciences in between March 27-28, 2011. The department was accorded as a centre of excellence by the Govt. of U.P. in the year 2011.

In the sequel, in order to inculcate and imbibe the moral values and national pride among students and teachers, the department has not left any stone unturned to organize such programmes. Most revered Swami Parrupanada Ji, Ram Krishna Math Lucknow conducted a workshop on Swami Vivekananda in on July 20, 2012 in the department and in the same sequence in the years 2014 and 2015, Vishwa Bandhutwa Divas were organized in collaboration with Kanyakumari Kendra, Shakha Faizabad on Sept. 11 each year. In the year 2018, an international conference of IAPS (CONIAPSXXII) during April 27-29 and National Workshop on R-Computing in the year 2019 were organized by the department during 13-14 Nov.

National Mathematics Day was celebrated on December 22, 2020 by the students and faculty members of the department in which two categories of students-one category of P.G. students and another category of research scholars participated in the lecture competition held on “contribution of Srinivas Ramanujan to Mathematics”. The first, second and third prizes were distributed by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ravi Shankar Singh. A convocation week lecture was organized on March 15, 2021 in which a lecture on Demograpy was delivered by Prof. Himanshu Pandey, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, DDU Gorakhpur University.

An international e-lecture series was organized by the department in which five international speakers from abroad delivered their lectures on relevant topics of mathematical sciences hailing from U.S.A., Singapore, Germany, Nepal etc during June 20, 2021 and July 20, 2021. In the year 2021, an International e-Conference on “Current Advances in Mathematical and Computational Sciences” was organized in between August 27-29 by Department of Mathematics and Statistics in which five speakers from foreign universities delivered their lectures. Prof Satish K Tripathi, President of Buffalo university, Newyork (USA) was a chief guest in the inaugural function of the conference.

Most revered Shankaracharya Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati delivered his lecture on “Scope of Vedic Mathematics” on Nov. 22, 2021 and a National Seminar was organized on Vedic Mathematics and Its Applications during Nov. 29-30, 2021 in which shri Atul Kothari, General Seceratary, Shiksha Shankriti Utthaan Nyas New Delhi was the Chief Guest. Convocation week lecture was organized on Nov. 11, 2021 in which Prof. R.S. Singh (Pune) delivered his talk on “Use of Mathematics in Daily”.