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

Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad was established in 1926 for catering to the manpower needs of coal and mineral industries. The Institute is directly under financial and administrative control of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India since 1996. The academic profile of the Institute changed over the time to keep abreast with the technological challenges and societal aspirations. The Institute has been in service of the nation contributing immensely in nation building for last 88 years contributing immensely towards nation building. The first phase of expansion of the ISM began in 1950-51, the Silver Jubilee year, when annual admissions increased from 20 in 1926 to 60. In 1957 new disciplines – Applied Geophysics and Petroleum Engineering were added raising the intake to 100. In due recognition of its vital role in the service of mineral exploration and mining sectors towards National economy ISM was granted autonomy as a deemed to be university in 1967 by the Government of India. During 1975-2000 second phase of expansion followed in the addition of the discipline of Mining Machinery Engineering, Mineral Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics & Computing, Physics and Chemistry. The third phase of expansion saw addition of the courses in B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering, and Civil Engineering.