The Academic Staff of the NIT is composed with a combination of permanent and visiting lecturers. Naval personnel with the requisite academic background are the permanent staff, while the requirement of visiting lecturers has been filled by personnel from reputed State Universities and Technology Institutes.
Commander (E) RS DE Zoysa, MSc (D &SS), PG Dip in DM, B Tech (Mech Eng), CEng (India), MIE (I), AMIE (SL)
Commander (E) DP Ferdinandus
Lieutenant Commander KAB Ajantha
Lieutenant Commander (L) ELA Maduranga
Lieutenant Commander(E) KKLM Dharshana
Lieutenant Commander (N) EKD DE Soysa
Lieutenant Commander(E) RA Singalaxana
Lieutenant(HE)Th Kandewaththa
Lieutenant(S) WMNSB Wijayathunga