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The Department of Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology was started in 1956, with the approval of the Planning Commission and the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). The first batch of twenty B. Tech students graduated in 1961 and currently the sanctioned strength of the undergraduate program is 78 B. Tech students. The department has introduced a modern Mining Engineering curriculum in India, taking full advantage of the well-developed infrastructure for technical education at the institute. Over the years, the department has pioneered the offering of courses such as rock and geo-mechanics, mineral processing, numerical methods, geostatistics, GIS & remote sensing, GPS, reliability and quality engineering, safety engineering, environmental science and technology, industrial management, operations research, computer programming and network applications. The faculty is actively involved in sponsored research and industrial consultancy to maintain close relationships with the industry and to develop solutions for industrial problems. A number of continuing education programs for industry executives and teachers are offered on a regular basis. Facilities for research have been created over the years in the areas of fire and explosions, subsurface aerodynamics, experimental geomechanics, environmental quality assessment, mineral processing and numerical modeling. The tradition of inter-departmental research cooperation at IIT, Kharagpur significantly enriches the M. Tech. and Ph.D. programs of the department. This department has awarded more doctoral degrees in mining engineering than any other Institution in India. Quality facilities exist for computer-based investigations, and the students have access to a wide variety of engineering software, testing facilities, and analytical equipment available throughout the institute. The department strives to remain in the forefront of science and technology related to mining and natural resources engineering. ?
Prof. Biswajit Samanta
Head of the
Department
Contact (Head)
Phone: +91-3222-282282
Fax: +91-3222-282700
Email : hod_mining@iitkgp.ac.in
Raw materials demand for the welfare and subsistence needs of mankind is ever increasing with the advancement of science and technology. However, the mineral market often faces challenges due to uniqueness of mineral resources. This puts the mining and mineral resource engineers under challenge to find new ways of production, beneficiation and marketing of coal, different ores and petroleum. To this end as an important stakeholder of the mineral industry, the mining academics at IIT Kharagpur have been trying their best to produce quality manpower to serve the mining and allied industries. The skills learned herein enable the graduates to develop opportunities to play their in wide ranging fields, including in the finance and digital sectors. No doubt these who join mining industry excel when they continue. It is expected in the days to come, the Indian mining industry will retain some of our best graduates to serve the country’s mineral exploitation needs.?
National Mineral Sciences Award - Dr. Debashis Deb
SME Student Design Competition ?
National Geo Science Award 2014 to Prof. Khanindra Pathak
Independent Director in the Board of CIL from 2015-Prof Khanindra Pathak Independent Director in the Board of UCIL from 2016-Prof. K. U. M . Rao
