The Department of Mathematics and Statistics was established in the year 1946. The founder Vice-Chancellor Sir Dr. Harisingh Gour, himself had appointed Mr. R B Rabugunday to be the founder head of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. The founder head himself was an outstanding mathematician, a wrangler of Cambridge tradition. From the very foundation day of the department, teaching and research went together. The teachers of the Department have been receiving national and international recognition and financial support for their high quality research. The Department has made notable research contributions in the areas of Geometry, Relativity, Optimization, Mathematical Programming, Topology, Numerical Methods, Functional Analysis, Inventory Methods, Stochastic process, Mathematical Modelling and Fixed point theory .
The department has produced the maximum number of Ph. D. scholars in whole of the Madhya Pradesh including Chattishgarh. The students who studied here served the country in the capacities of professors, teachers, civil servants, defense officers, research officers, law officers, principals, managers etc. This is to be pointed out that this department has been the oldest one in this region which has always catered the needs of the society to their satisfaction.