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Fuel and Mineral Engineering
WELCOME TO
DEPT. OF FUEL AND MINERAL ENGG.
INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES, DHANBAD
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…What makes us unique?
Excellent infrastructure,
world class faculty,
ground breaking research,
closer industry interaction.
So what really makes us unique?
The only department in India which exclusively caters the need of growing
Mineral Sector through its unique course structure and pragmatic
solutions. Brightest minds from all over the country selected through the
toughest entrance examination of the country.
The department being an integral part of Indian School of Mines, which is
regarded as one of the best Earth Sciences Institute of the world based on
the model of Royal School of Mines, London.
About the Department
The department of Fuel and Mineral Engineering at Indian School of Mines was established
in 1984. Over the last 21 years, it has blossomed into one of the pioneering centre for
innovation and research in the field of characterization, beneficiation and handling of ores,
minerals and coal. The students passing out from this department have traditionally
occupied topmost positions in the mineral industry, both in India and abroad.
FACULTY
Name [Designation] Specialization
Dr. T. Sharma [Head of the Department] Extractive Metallurgy, Coal Characterisation & gasification,
Agglomeration
Dr. R.Venugopal [Professor] Industrial Minerals Processing, Pelletisation, Froth Flotation,
Coal Preparation.
Dr. N. Suresh [Associate Professor] Coal preparation, Mineral Engineering, Centrifugal
Separations.
Dr. S. Bhattacharya [Associate Professor] Coal Preparation, Size Preparation, Flowsheet Development.
Dr. V. K. Saxena [Associate Professor] Coal Characterisation, Carbonisation and Combustion,
Rheology of Coal Slurries.
Dr. N. R. Mandre [Associate Professor] Hydrometallurgy, Surface Phenomena, Mineral Processing.
Dr. L. K. Verma [Research Officer] Surface Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry
ACHIEVEMENTS OF FACULTY
Our faculty members are heading or are active members of various international and national committees such
as expert committees of CSIR, DST, DOD, OSTC, Editorial Board of Coal Preparation - A Multinational Journal
and of the International Advisory Board of Minerals & Metallurgical Processing (AIME). They are also referees of
various international journals like Fuel Processing Technology, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy
Review and Colloid and Polymer Science. They are also recipients of various coveted awards such as National
Mineral Awards, IIME Coal Beneficiation Awards, Indranil Award for Metallurgy and R.P.Bhatnagar Award.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALUMNI
Our alumni are making the department proud by their achievements in mineral industry. They are occupying
prominent positions in major global MNC's like Rio-Tinto ,Metso Minerals (USA & India), BHP-Billton
(Australia), FFE Minerals, Nalco Chemicals, Bateman, Carpco and many more. They are also occupying
various research positions in top universities and institutes in the field of Earth Sciences .Every year the list of
students heading for premier foreign universities like Carnegie Mellon University, University of California,
University of Utah, JKMRC, Brisbane, Pennsylvania State University Southern Illyonis University Carbandole
etc for their post graduate degrees.
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
The Department has been playing an important role in updating the knowledge of practicing mineral engineers
of the country and has conducted off-campus Mineral Engineering courses for HCL, IBM, HZL, Tega (India) Ltd,
M/s Fomento-Goa, VSL Mining Company-Sandur, IREL, BCCL, NLC and the working engineers of TISCO
The Department has been offering short course in coal preparation on coking and non-coking coals every year,
since 1976, for imparting fundamental aspects along with practical implications of coal preparation to the
serving coal preparation engineers. Besides this the other fields in which the department has been offering
manpower trainings are:
• Simulation, optimization and control of coal/mineral beneficiation processes
• Iron ore beneficiation and agglomeration
• Mineral Beneficiation Principles, Developments and Plant Practices
• Processing of Beach Placer Minerals
COURSE STRUCTURE
B.TECH (4 YEAR UNDERGRADUATE COURSE IN MINERAL ENGINEERING)
BASIC SCIENCES
• Applied Physics I/II • Applied Chemistry • Engineering Mathematics I/II/III/IV
BASIC ENGINEERING
Programming
• Programming fundamentals with introduction to C/C++, FORTRAN
• Basics of Information technology
Technical English
• English for science and technology • Professional English (GD/Interviews/PHI)
Mechanical
• Engineering Graphics • Engineering Materials • Engineering Mechanics
• Fluid Mechanics • Material handling systems • Mechanics of Solids
Electrical
• Electrical Technology • Utilization of electrical energy
Geology
• General geology • Ore geology and economic occurrences of minerals
Electronics
• Basic electronics engineering
Management
• Managerial Economics
Mineral Engineering
• Analytical techniques in mineral processing • Beneficiation process control and instrumentation
• Coal preparation • Computational Techniques in Mineral Engineering
• Bio-Mineral Processing • Modeling and simulation of unit processes
• Particle technology • Pollution control and waste disposal
• Froth flotation practice • Elements of froth flotation
• Flow-sheet development and plant practices • Processing of industrial minerals
• Size reduction processes • Size separation processes
• Fuel Technology • Gravity and Magnetic Separation
• Mineral engineering economics • Dewatering and drying
• Process equipment selection and Plant design • Beneficiation Machinery
• Instrumentation & Control • Combustion and Energy Engineering
• Materials Technology • Maintenance Engineering
• Surface Phenomena
Metallurgy
• Principles of Extractive Metallurgy • Metallurgical thermodynamics and Kinetics
• Pyro-processing of minerals • Non-Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy
• Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy
Mining
• Mining Methods & Surveying