The Department of Mathematics, Bankura Sammilani College, was established in the year 1959 by introducing General courses in Mathematics under the affiliation of The University of Burdwan. Later on, in 1963, Mathematics Honours course was started under the same university. Recently, in 2017, the department have been stated Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for Mathematics Honours and Programme courses under the affiliation of new born Bankura University.
The Mathematics Department has a good, sympathetic and supportive faculty, who are accessible to the students anytime during the college working hours. The department works in tandem, with mutual respect and fellow feeling, to generate an atmosphere conducive to higher learning. Special attention is paid to weak students from under-privileged background. A continuous counselling of students on academics, career and personal related matters is done. The Department boasts of a healthy student teacher relationship, with teachers being always accessible to students, and students reciprocating the attention by spontaneous love and respect.