North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology or NERIST is a science and technology oriented higher education institute in Nirjuli Itanagar in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh Established in it is a deemed-to-be-university autonomous fully funded and controlled by the Ministry of Education Government of India formally MHRD The institute is managed by a Board of Management comprising representatives of the Ministry of Education the eight beneficiary states of the North Eastern region AICTE and educationists The state governor of Arunachal Pradesh is the de facto head of the highest body NERIST Society which consists of education ministers of all North Eastern States The Board of Management is headed by the Chairman The under graduate programmes of Engineering are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation NBA Read More