List of ISM Dhanbad Alumni

Given below is the List of Prominent Alumni of Indian School of Mines.

Note- ISM's alumni have excelled mainly in the fields of earth sciences (such as Mining and Petroleum), for the simple reason that these were the only branches in ISM till around 1998. However, with the coming up of technology branches (such as Computer Science) subsequently, the alumni have started to excel in these.

Industry (Private sector)

• Dr. Rabi Bastia- Received Padma Shri in 2007. Discovered the Krishna Godavari Basin. Former Senior VP at Reliance Industries. Serves as Adjunct Professor at ISM Dhanbad. ^[1]

• Sharma Nand Sharma- Chairman of SEZ Developers Association of India. Owner of Surat SEZ. CMD of Diamond & Gem Development Corporation. ^[2]

• Vinay Kumar Dewan- Founder and Chairman of Bramco Group, Bahrain. Operates in Middle East, India, Germany, UK and USA.^[3]

• Dr. Ganesh Thakur- Vice President, Chevron Corporation , USA. 2012 International President, Society of Petroleum Engineers, USA ^[4]

• Dr. Mihir Sinha- Energy finance specialist. Former Vice President of J. P. Morgan, USA ^[5]

• Dr. Madan Singh- Director, Arizona Government's Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, USA ^[6]

• Dr. Ragula Bhaskar- Founder President FatPipe Networks, USA. Headed Governor-elect’s review panel in Utah, USA^[7]

• Goutam Ghosh- Vice President Exploration at BG Group

• S. K. Jha- Invited by United Nations IDO to assist the African Nations for their Industrial Development.^[8]

• Prabhakar Ram Tripathi- CMD of Minman Consultancy Services. Selected “Man of the Year 2002” by American Biographical Institute, USA ^[9]

• Dr. Ram G. Agarwal- Former Senior Technical Advisor, British Petroleum. Honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010 by SPE, USA^[10]

• Prof. A. K. Ghose- Former President of the Institution of Engineers (India).^[11]

• Chayan Chakrabarty- President & CEO at Bengal Energy Ltd, Canada ^[12]

• Dr. Hemanta Mukherjee- Founder, iPoint LLC, USA ^[13]

• Suresh Chugh- Founder, IFM Resources, USA ^[14]

• Atul Arya- Senior Vice President, IHS Inc., USA ^[15]

• Ananda Rakhit- Chief Information Officer and Vice President, NES Rentals Holdings, USA ^[16]

• Ramesh Gopalan- Head of Operations in India, Hinduja Global Solutions ^[17]

• Dibyendu Bose- Group Director, Investments & New Ventures, Tata Steel. ^[18]

Industry (Public sector)

• Waman Bapuji Metre- Received Padma Bhushan in 1968. Considered Pioneer of the Indian oil industry. Played a major role in establishment of ONGC. Belonged to 1st batch of ISM (1930).

• Gulshan Lal Tandon- Received Padma Bhushan in 1986. Former CMD of Coal India.^[19]

• Surinder Jit Sibal- Former DG, Directorate General of Mines Safety, Govt of India ^[20]

• Rahul Guha- DG, Directorate General of Mines Safety, Govt of India ^[21]

• B N Talukdar, Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH)

• Narendra K Verma, Managing Director, ONGC Videsh Limited

• Ramendra Gupta- CMD, Uranium Corporation of India Limited^[22]

• R S Sharma-Ex CMD, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)

• Nayan Mani Borah- Ex-CMD, Oil India Limited^[23]

• U. D. Choubey- CMD, Gail Authority of India Ltd.^[24]

• Atul Chandra, Ex-Managing Director, ONGC Videsh Limited

• Niladri Kumar Mitra- Chief Operating Officer (COO) of GSPC, and Former Board Member of ONGC Videsh Ltd.^[25]

• P R Tripathi, Ex-CMD, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)

• N C Jha, Ex-CMD, Coal India Limited (CIL)

Academics

• Dr. Harsh Gupta- Received Padma Shri in 2006. Renowned Earth Scientist. Former Member of NDMA -having rank of Union Minister of State, 2011-14. Former Secretary to Govt of India in Department of Ocean Development. Former Vice Chancellor, CUSAT. Former Director of NGRI Hyderabad ^[26][27]

• Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri- Received Padma Shri in 2010. Renowned Earth Scientist. Former President of Indian Geophysical Union. Former Director of NGRI.^[28]

• Prof. R.K. Khandal- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London . Former Vice Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh Technical University. Former President of WAITRO, Malaysia (World Association of Industrial & Technological Research Organizations).^[29]

• Prof. Akhil Datta Gupta- Endowed Chair Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, USA ^[30]

• Prof. Pradeep Talwani- Faculty Emeritus of Geophysics, University of South Carolina. Director, South Carolina Seismic Network, USA ^[31]

• Prof. Raja V. Ramani- Professor Emeritus of Mining Engineering, Penn State University, USA ^[32]

• Prof. Hemanta K Sarma- Chairman, Petroleum Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE ^[33]

• Prof. Amit Acharya- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA ^[34]

• Prof. Mrinal K. Sen- Former Director of NGRI Hyderabad. Professor of Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, USA ^[35]

• Prof. Sanjay Srinivasan- Professor of Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, USA ^[36]

• Prof. Indranil R. Bardhan- Professor of Information Systems, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, USA ^[37]

• Prof. Someswar Kesh- Professor of Information Systems, College of Business and Professional Studies, University of Central Missouri, USA ^[38]

• Prof. Santanu Khataniar- Professor of Petroleum Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA ^[39]

• Prof. Chandra S. Rai- Professor of Petrophysics, University of Oklahoma, USA ^[40]

• Prof. Aftab Alam Khan - Professor of Geology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh. ^[41]

Civil Service

• Sunil Kumar Barnwal, IAS- Secured All India Rank 1 in IAS Exam-1996 conducted by UPSC^[42]

• Kanhaiya Lal Gupta- Retd IPS of 1953 Batch. Former Director General of Police (top cop) of U.P.

• Randhir Kumar, IAS, 3rd Rank, Civil Services Examination-2005

• Nand Kumaram, IAS, 8th Rank, Civil Services Examination-2008

• K.A.P. Sinha, IAS, Presently Secretary, Science and Tech, Punjab

• Ajit Roy Bardhan, IAS, Secretary, PWD, West Bengal

• Asok Barnwal, IAS, PS to Minister of Surface Transport, Govt of India

• Rajat Bhargav, IAS, Resident Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh, New Delhi

• Mahesh Dinkar Pathak, IAS, Secretary, Government of Maharashtra

• T K Vinodkumar, IPS, DIG, former Commissioner of Police, Calicut

• Amresh Mishra, IPS, S.S.P., Founder of 'Kartavya' NGO

• Abdul Hamid , IPS, S.S.P. in Govt of U.P.

Miscellaneous

• Dr. Abhinav Kumar Shrivastava- Novelist and Graphologist (Handwriting Expert).^[43]

See also

• Indian Institutes of Technology
• Indian School of Mines
• ISM to IIT

External links

• ISM Alumni Association Website
• ISM Alumni Association North America Chapter
• ISM Website's Alumni Affairs Page

References