Indian School of Mines
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| Motto | Uttishthata Jagrata Prapya Varanni Bodhata - Katha Upanishad(1.3.14)(Awake, arise, strive for the highest and be in light) |
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| Established | 1926 |
| Type | University |
| Director | Prof. T. Kumar |
| Staff | 110 |
| Students | 1200 |
| Location | Dhanbad, India |
| Campus | Urban, 208 acres |
| Website | [1] |
Indian School of Mines (ISM) is a fully residential co-educational public university located in the mineral-rich belt of India in the town of Dhanbad. It was established in 1926 on the lines of Royal School of Mines London. Today, it is a multidisciplinary institute catering to a wide range of engineering disciplines.
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[edit] History
After the enactment of Indian Mines Act of 1901, need for a government college of Mining Engineering was felt by the Indian Government. The Indian National Congress in its Calcutta session of 1901 also endorsed this idea. A committee of experts under the chairmanship of MacPherson, then Chief Secretary of Bihar and Orissa was formed to study the system of mining education in Europe, especially England. On basis of the report of the committee, in 1920, Indian Government decided to establish an All India Institution, fully funded by Central Government to be setup in Dhanbad.
Indian School of Mines was set up by the government of India and formally opened by His Excellency the Viceroy of India Lord Irwin on 9th December 1926 as the first Mineral Technology Institute in the country on the model of the Royal School of Mines. The Indian School of Mines (ISM) is the only institute of its kind in India and holds the privilege of being an Institute of National Importance in India. From the very day of its inception, ISM has had an All India character and outlook.
The institute initially offered courses in Mining Engineering and Applied Geology and was known as Indian School of Mines & Applied Geology. In 1957 the institute began offering additional courses such as Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics.The institute was granted university status in 1967. Later courses in Mining Machinery Engineering and Mineral Engineering were started in 1975 and 1983.
In 1997 the institute began admitting students through the Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) conducted jointly by the Indian Institutes of Technology, the Institute of Technology - BHU and the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. In 1998 courses for Electronics Engineering and Computer Science were introduced and in 1999 Mechanical Engineering.
In 2006 ISM started to offer as many as 14 new courses, prominent being Electrical Engineering and a unique course in Environmental Engineering in undergraduate curriculum. ISM also started integrated Graduate engineering and management courses in Mining, Mineral and Petroleum engineering, anticipating a growing need for such graduates. This was the first such course offering by any technical institution in India.
ISM is rapidly expanding and is in the process of acquiring new land adjacent to the present campus, which will nearly double the size of the existing one.
[edit] Departments, Centers and Facilities
ISM has the following departments and centers:
- Applied Chemistry
- Applied Geology
- Applied Geophysics
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics & Instrumentation
- Engineering & Mining Machinery
- Environmental Engineering
- Fuel and Mineral Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Management Studies
- Mechanical Engineering
- Royal Mining Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Center of Mining Environment
- Center of Longwall Mine Mechanization.
In addition to these the institute has a completely automated Central Library, a campus-wide fiber optic network (ATM backbone switch) connecting all the departments, libraries and hostels, a longwall mine gallery (unique for an educational institute in India), a seismic observatory with data processing laboratory and remote sensing laboratory. ISM also has an extensive geological museum, again a unique feature.
[edit] Academic Programmes
ISM offers a wide variety of courses of study in engineering, pure sciences, management and humanities with a primary focus on engineering. The programmes and courses offered at ISM have the flexibility to evolve and change, and to respond to new challenges as ISM is evolving into a full fledged engineering university from the earlier focus on mining and earth sciences.
The Institute conducts educational programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Master of Science (MSc.), Master of Science-Technology (MSc. Tech.), Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Philosophy (MPhil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in the following areas:
| Degree | Specialization |
| Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) | Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mineral Engineering, Mining Machinery Engineering, Mining Engineering and Petroleum Engineering. |
| Master of Technology (M. Tech.) | Computer Application, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Engineering Geology, Environmental Science & Engg, Fuel Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Management, Longwall Mine Mechanisation, Maintenance Engineering & Tribology, [Mineral Engineering], Mineral Exploration, Mining Engineering, Mining Machinery Engineering, Open Cast Mining, Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Exploration. |
| Master of Science (MSc) | Applied Geology, Mathematics & Computing. |
| Master of Science-Technology (MSc. Tech) | Applied Geophysics, Applied Geology. |
| Master of Philosophy (MPhil) | Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, App. Mathematics. |
| Master of Business Administration (MBA) | General Management |
| Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | All engineering disciplines, all areas of management studies, science disciplines and the humanities and social sciences. |
The undergraduate students at ISM are selected through the Joint Entrance Examination of the IITs. At a given time, the campus is home to more than 1500 people, comprising of students, faculty and non academic staff.
[edit] Prominent Alumni
- Dr Akhil Dutta-Gupta Professor and LeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management, Texas A&M University
- Dr Sanjay Srinivasan Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
- Prof Pradeep Talwani Professor of Geophysics, University of South Carolina and Director, South Carolina Seismic Network
- Prof Raja V. Ramani Professor Emeritus, Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
- Prof. Mrinal Sen Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin and Research Professor, UTIG
- Prof. Santanu Khataniar Professor of Petroleum Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Dr. Alakendra Roychoudhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Dr. Someshwar Kesh, Harmon College of Business Administration, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, New York
- Dr. Kumar Ramachandran, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
- Probir Roy, Associate Professor Quantitative Analysis and Information Systems, University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA
- Prof. Chandra S. Rai, Mewborne Chair Professor, Mewborne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
- Prof. Murli H. Manghnani, Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
- Dr. Utpal DuttaResearch Associate, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, USA
- Dr. Amit AcharyaAssociate Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh,USA
- Dr. Biswajit Banerjee Research Assistant Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah,Salt Lake City,USA
- Dr. V.P. Dimri Director, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India
- Dr. S S S Kumar Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India
- Prof. Shri Krishna Singh Department head, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Dr. Indranil R Bardhan Assistant Professor, School of Management, University of Texas, Dallas, USA
- Mr.S.N.Sharma Chairman and Managing Director, SURSEZ (Surat Special Economic Zone). SURSEZ is the First Privately Operating Zone in India
- Mr. PJ Singh, CEO, Bay Area Systems, Silicon Valley entrepreneuer. His new company was on the Q1 2005 stealth deals list in BusinessWeek.
- Mr. Dorji Wangda, Director, Department of Geology and Mines (DGM), Bhutan
- Mr. Yeshi Dorji, Head of Geological Survey of Bhutan (GSB)
- Mr R.P.Ritolia,Chairman cum Managing Director,Central Coalfields Limited,Ranchi.
- Ragula Bhaskar,founder president and CEO FatPipe Networks™(the inventor of router clustering devices for reliable, redundant and fast Internet/Wide Area Network (WANs) connections), also the co-Chairman of the Review Committee of Utah States Boards and Commissions for the Huntsman Gubernatorial Transition Team.
[edit] Life at ISM
ISM has a very active student life, including the annual Musical Night, DJ nights, week-long Indian Classical Music festival named Virasat(Traditions), Pratibimb (Reflections), the inter-departmental cultural competition, and Srijan (Creativity), the annual inter-university technical and cultural festival.
ISM also holds an annual two-day-long sports competition and Muqabla (Encounter), the inter-university cricket and football competitions. ISM has university football, cricket and athletics teams.
Within a few hours distance from the ISM campus are located great spots for trekking, outings and picnics. The popular spots among the students are the Parasnath Hill, Maithon Dam and Deoghar, all within one or two hours from the campus and waterfalls like Johna, Dassam and Hundru near Ranchi, just over 160 Km from Dhanbad. Other nearby scenic sites are the Rajmahal Hills and forests like Saranda near Palamu.
Being fully residential campus, ISM provides housing to all its students. The hostels in ISM are:
- Diamond Hostel
- Emerald Hostel
- Opal Hostel
- Topaz Hostel
- Sapphire Hostel
- Ruby Hostel (for girl students)
Student clubs in ISM include CSLS, Cyber Society, Music Society, Photographic Society and Chayanika Sangh(Hindi). ISM also has student branches of international technical organizations like IEEE, ACM, SAE and SPE.
Other activities include bringing out the student magazine Mailer Daemon and the voluntary effort by the students to teach and provide for education of under privileged children of nearby areas under the name of Kartavya(Duty).
