Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad


The Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad is a public technical and research university located in Dhanbad, India. It was formerly known as Indian School of Mines and before it was converted into an Indian Institute of Technology and It is an Institute of National Importance.'''
IIT is located in the mineral-rich region of India, in the city of Dhanbad. It is the third oldest institute which got converted into an IIT. It was established by British Indian Government on the lines of the Royal School of Mines - London, and was formally inaugurated on 9 December 1926 by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India. It started as an institution to impart education in mining and geology, and today, has grown into a technical institution with various academic departments. IIT admits its undergraduate students through Joint Entrance Examination, previously IIT-JEE.
IIT has 18 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and Management programs. On 25 May 2016, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Modi approved that a bill be introduced in Parliament for converting ISM Dhanbad into an Indian Institute of Technology. On 26 July 2016, the above-mentioned Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha. On 2 August 2016 the Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha. The Bill was eventually signed by the President of India on 10 August and notified in the Gazette of India.

History

The Indian National Congress at its XVII Session of December 1901 passed a resolution stating that:
The McPherson Committee formed by Government of British India, recommended the establishment of an institution for imparting education in the fields of mining and geology, whose report, submitted in 1920 and approach of Indian Mine Managers' of India in 1924,formed the main basis for establishment of the Indian School of Mines & Applied Geology at Dhanbad on 9 December 1926. From 1926 to 1946 it was led by Prof F. W. Sharpley.
The institute originally offered courses mainly in Mining Engineering and Applied Geology when it opened. In 1957, the institute began offering courses in Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics and the name was changed to Indian School of Mines. Up to 1967, it was a government institute where the faculties were recruited through Union Public Service Commission.
The school was granted university status by the University Grants Commission under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 in 1967. Later courses in Mini ng Machinery Engineering and Mineral Engineering were started in 1975 and 1976 respectively. It was among the few institutes to start courses in Industrial Engineering and Management, to cater to the needs of industries like metallurgy, mining and manufacturing.
From 1996-97 the school came directly under the financial and administrative controls of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India with pay scales and perks to its employees at par with that of Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management. In 1997, the institute began admitting students through the IIT Joint Entrance Examination conducted jointly by the IITs and ISM. In 1998 courses for Electronics Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering were introduced and in 1999, the institute started a bachelor of technology course in Mechanical Engineering.
In 2006, IIT added 14 new courses, prominent among them being Electrical Engineering and a course in Environmental Engineering in the undergraduate curriculum. From 2006, IIT also started offering Integrated Master of Science in Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry and Mathematics & Computing, and Integrated Master of Science and Technology courses for Applied Geology and Applied Geophysics. In 2011 institute offered a BTech programme in Chemical Engineering. The institute introduced Civil Engineering in 2013 and Engineering Physics in 2014.

Conversion to Indian Institute of Technology

While a proposal to upgrade ISM Dhanbad to an Institutes of National Importance had been put as early as 1994 by a Government Committee, no action was taken by the Government over this proposal.
A proposal for the conversion was included in the 12th Five year plan after its passage through the National Development Council, on 27 December 2012, and put across the IIT Council on 7 January 2013.
The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, during his budget speech in Parliament on 28 February 2015, proposed to upgrade ISM Dhanbad into an IIT. On 25 May 2016, the Union Cabinet approved that a bill be introduced in Parliament for converting ISM Dhanbad into an IIT. On 19 July 2016 the Institutes of Technology Bill, 2016 was introduced into the Lok Sabha. It was passed by the Lok Sabha without opposition on 25 July 2016. The Rajya Sabha unanimously passed the Bill on 2 August 2016. The Bill got the Presidential assent and a Gazette notification was made on 6 Sep 2016, thus officially converting erstwhile Indian School of Mines into an Indian Institute of Technology.

Campus

IIT Dhanbad campus size is around 393 acres, and is located in Sardar Patel Nagar of Dhanbad. It is situated 3 km away from Dhanbad Railway station. The institute has around 8101 students with 3732 undergraduate studentes, 1951 postgraduate students, and 2418 doctoral students.

Hostels

The institute has 11 hostels which are all named around some precious stones like Diamond, Sapphire, Amber, Ruby, Opal etc. Some of these hostels are as old as 94 years, and have capacities ranging from 400 to 2200 students. Four of them are for girls and remaining Seven for boys, both include one hostel each for international students.

Hotspots

The campus has various places where students like to spend their major portion of their time apart from taking classes in the lecture halls.
These include: Student Activity Center, Main Canteen, Ram Dhani, Library Basement, Penman Auditorium, Heritage Building, Oval Garden etc.

Fests and Events

The institute hosts many fests including Srijan - The cultural fest of IIT, - The Tech-fest, - Games and sports fest, Basant - The alumni re-union, and Pratibimb - The inter departmental cultural fest. Apart from these the institute also hosts inter-house sports and cultural competitions and technical fests of various departments.

Student Gymkhana

The Students' Gymkhana gives students a role in the administrative and academic governance of the Institute and helps them develop leadership and administrative skills. SG activities subordinate to academic activities. The SG functions through the Students' Senate and its Executive wing. The Senate is the Central Representative, Legislative and Supervisory body of the students. The student body is elected through gymkhana elections held every year in the month of march.

Academics

Academic Programs

IIT offers courses in engineering, pure sciences, management and humanities with a focus on engineering. The institute has 18 departments and five inter-disciplinary centers. The Department of Mining Engineering has been accorded the status of "Center of Advanced Studies" by the University Grants Commission.
Admission to the courses of BTech, Dual Degree and Integrated courses are done from JEE Advanced qualified students. Admission to the MTech courses are done either through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering or through a special examination conducted by the institute. Admissions to the MBA program is done through the Common Admission Test. Admission to the MSc.Tech. and PhD courses are done through exams conducted by the institute.
Various courses offered by institute include:
IIT has the following departments offering courses in various academic programs.
EngineeringBasic Sciences

  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Applied Geology
  • Department of Applied Geophysics
  • Department of Mathematics & Computing
  • Department of Physics
    • Social SciencesBusiness
    Department of Humanities and Social ScienceDepartment of Management Studies

    Research Centres & Industry Interaction Centres https://www.iitism.ac.in/centers.php

  • An eight-storey Central Research Facility has been set up at IIT as a Centre of National Importance. IIT works as a think-tank for eleven ministries of the Govt. of India.
  • Industry Institute Interaction Facility, Kolkata: An Industry Institute Interaction Facility, Kolkata has been established in Kolkata, for hosting campus interviews and international conferences, etc. Another Industry Institute Interaction Facility is being set up in Delhi, and will be ready by 2016.
  • The Environmental Information System, a centre at Centre of Mining Environment, Indian School of Mines, was established in 1991 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, for collection, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information in the area of mining environment.

    Rankings

    • Internationally, IIT ranked 173 among BRICS nations in the QS World University Rankings of 2019, 801-1000 globally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020, 201-250 in Asia Rankings 2020 and 251-300 in Emerging Economies Rankings 2020.
    In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 14 by Outlook India in 2019 and 12 by The Week in 2019. It was ranked 12 among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020 in Engineering category and ranks 22 in the Overall category.
    The institute was ranked 29th in NIRF for its management course floated by the Department of Management Studies in 2020.

    Notable alumni