The primary objective of NIT Mizoram is to provide education through research and training in undergraduate and graduate programs including PhD.

Classes began in 2010 at the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and shifted to Aizawl in 2011.

The foundation stone of the NIT Mizoram Lengpui Campus was laid by Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development on 13 October 2012.

[4] It was later moved to a site located near Lengpui Airport, close to Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram.

[5] The Project proposal for the construction of campus is still under approval from Ministry of Human Resource.