NISER has its own mordernised auditorium and five big lecture halls. The Auditorium has been named as "PATHANI SAMANTA AUDITORIUM" after the renowned odia astronomer Mahamahopadhyaya Chandrasekhara Singha Harichandana Mahapatra Samanta (ମହାମହୋପାଧ୍ୟାୟ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରଶେଖର ସିଂହ ହରିଚନ୍ଦନ ମହାପାତ୍ର ସାମନ୍ତ), better known as Pathāni Sāmanta.
