National Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences (NISWASS), Bhubaneswar was established in 1971.

Its Affiliated with Utkal University.

The college is managed by Dr. Radhakant Nayak, former Secretary to Government of India.

The Institute has been registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act 1860 with the objective of supplementing the efforts of governments in helping communities that are struggling to come up on their own.

NISWASS is a product of an open space and provides an open agenda for dialogues, discussions and interactions among all individuals, groups and communities belonging to diverse classes and compositions, who have been in the helm of its affairs, in its management structure and other leading roles in the academia and in the administration.