Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

Known as IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, the institute was established in 1926. The institution in 1967, was declared deemed to be a university. IIT (ISM) now stands as one of the most noteworthy institutions of the country. There are a total of 18 fully functional branches in the field of Engineering, Management Studies, Applied Sciences, and Humanities. 

IIT (ISM) offers various programmes like B.Tech, 5 Years Dual Degree/ Int. M.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc.Tech, Executive MBA, MBA, and PhD programmes. IIT (ISM) is managed by IIT Council-the apex body, Government of India under the Chairmanship of Honorable Minister, MoHRD for uniform and smooth governance of Pan-IIT in our country. With a total of 393 acres of campus (out of which 218 is an existing campus and 175 acres under acquisition and development) IIT (ISM) provides facilities of world-class academic institutes.

The vision of IIT (ISM), Dhanbad is to gain acknowledgment both nationally and internationally as a premier institute for higher technical and scientific education. Considered as a residential campus IIT (ISM), Dhanbad believes in making available a platform for academic independence to its students which helps in the innovation and nurturing of novel ideas amongst the candidates of the institute. At IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, they have set up a committee Career Development Centre who is committed to taking up all placement related training and activities.

Key highlights of the institution

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Location

Dhanbad Bus Stand is at a distance of 2 km from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. The distance of the nearest railway station - Dhanbad Railway Station is 3 km from the institute, while Dhanbad Airport is 3.3 km from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Latest News and Updates

• Online Appliction for Admission to MBA Session 2021-23 commences - The online application for admission ino the MBA and MBA in Business Analytics Programme 2021-23 has commenced in January. 

• IIT Dhanbad Ranks 10th in the List of Top Technical Colleges - IIT Dhanbad has been ranked 10th among the list of 23 Technical Universities in India in 2020, an annual list prepared by Outlook Magazine in India ranking the top universities in India.

• IIT Dhanbad celebrates 95th Foundation of the Institute - IIT Dhanbad celebrated their 95th Foundation of the institute virtually. The event was live streamed on the official YouTube page of IIT Dhanbad. The members who completed 25 years in the institute were felicitated for their long service.

• IIT Dhanbad and AIIMS Deogarh sign a joint MOU for lab-on-chip devices - IIT Dhanbad in collaboration with AIIM Deogarh undertake joint research on drug designing and lab-on-chip devices. This move will focus on R&D in healthcare and help in dealing better with deadly diseases.

IIT (ISM) Awards, Recognitions Accreditations and Collaborations

Awards

• Sayantan Guha, a PhD student at the Department of Mathematics and Computing under the guidance of Dr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, has been awarded the Young Scientist Award in the section of Solid Mechanics (Mechanics of Composites).

• Five students of Mining Engineering from SME (Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration) IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Chapter have won a grand total sum of USD 9000. SME USA has also selected SME - IIT(ISM) Dhanbad Chapter as Grand Prize Winner

• Prof. Ram Madhav Bhattacharjee, HOD of Mining Engineering, has been nominated as a member of the ‘Expert Group for a comprehensive study on the future coal scenario in India till 2050’, under the NITI Aayog (Energy Vertical), Government of India.

• Prof. Ram Madhav Bhattacharjee, Head of Department of Mining Engineering, has been designated as a member of the ‘High-Level Expert Committee on Safety’, under the Ministry of Coal, Government of India.

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Collaborations

• IIT-ISM Dhanbad has collaborated with the following institutions:

• The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics

• University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA [Study Abroad Program]

• Dr Nan-Kuang Chen

• Imperial College of Science &Technology, London, UK 

• University of South Florida, USA 

• Texas A&M University — Kingsville, Texas, USA 

• Ministry of Ontario province, Canada 

• Norwegian GeotechnicaI Institute, Norway 

• Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany 

• Technische Universitat, Braunschweig, Germany 

• University of Pierre— et- Marie- Curie, Paris, France

• Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Univ. of Cracow, Poland 

• Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy 

• Technical University of Crete, Greece 

• Shandong Institute of Mining, China 

• University of Kosice, Slovakia 

• Kochi University; JAPAN 

• University of Lyon; CNRS France 

• Arkansas State University

• Texas Tech University

• University of South Florida

• Politecnica De Universidade De Sao Palo

• University of WINDSOR

• Laurentian University

• University of New Castle 

• Curtin University of Technology

• CSIRO

• Safety in Mines, Testing & Research Station (SIMTARS) 

• University of New South Wales

• University of Wollongong 

• University of Western Sydney

• University of Queensland

• LUCAS -UGTC

• Clausthal University of Technology

• Politecnico Di Torino

• Politecnico Di Torino (Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)

• Technical University of Kosice

• University of Osijek

• Institute of Geonics

• Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU), Perm

• University of Tunis and National High Engineering School of Tunis

• National United University

• University of the Free State

• University of Western Cape 

• Botho University (BU) 

• All Nations University

IIT (ISM) Notable Alumni

IIT (ISM) Clubs, Committees and Councils

IIT, Dhanbad clubs, committees and councils provide the students with an opportunity to take up the hobbies and extracurricular activities apart from the course of study. The committees and clubs at IIT, Dhanbad are involved in conducting various events, workshops and competitions which provides the students with a platform to showcase their talent in the respective fields. The clubs and committees are related to either career, extra-curricular, hobby or education fields. The IIT, Dhanbad clubs and committees include:

• Hindi Cell

• Sports & Physical Education Centre

• Entrepreneurship Cell

• Mailer Daemon

• Chayanika Sangh

• Mechismu

• Abhay Dramatics Club

• Robotics and AI Club 

• Legends In The Making

• Literary and Debating Club

• Zero Hour Club

• Consulting Club

• Quiziappa

• Manthan

• We The Crew

• Udaan

• Artfreaks

• ARKA

• Mic Drop Toastmasters

• Add internal complaints committee

• Add ISM Alumni Association

• Training and Placement Cell

• Media and Public Relation Cell (MPRC)

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Infrastructure and Facilities

The Institute ensures complete comfort to its students and provides a range of facilities like the hostel facility, sports centre, laboratories, library. IIT, Dhanbad Infrastructure and Facilities include amenities which provides the students an option to be at ease when inside the campus.

IIT, Dhanbad Infrastructure and facilities 

• Central Library

• Hostels

• Oval Garden

• Eco Vatika

• Rock Garden

• Main Canteen

• Ram Dhani

• AMUL

• Penman Auditorium

• Heritage Building

• Central Library

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Courses, Fees and Eligibility  

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad offers undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD programmes. There are a total of 18 departments at IIT (ISM), Dhanbad which offers programmes in their respective fields. The institute offers the following programmes to the students:

• B.Tech

• M.Sc

• M.Sc Tech

• MBA

• M.Tech

• PhD

IIT ISM Dhanbad, Eligibility

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Admission

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad has a provision of courses in B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc, MBA, and PhD programmes. For getting admitted in the institute it is a must that the candidate qualifies in the required national entrance examination. 

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Admission Procedure for B.Tech

• Meet the basic eligibility criteria.

• Candidates should have a valid JEE Main and JEE Advanced score.

• Fill and submit the online admission form which is available on the official website of the institute and also pay the application fees.

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Admission Procedure for M.Tech

• It is compulsory for the students to qualify for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) which is a written test conducted by the Institute.

• The final selection will be made based on the GATE score

•  And for IIT students the selection is based on CGPA of the previous degree and Departmental Review.

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Admission Procedure for M.Sc and M.Sc Tech

• Fulfil the basic eligibility criteria.

• Qualify for the JAM entrance examination

• Final selection requires fulfilling the basic eligibility criteria and a valid JAM score.

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Admission Procedure for M.Tech

• Meet the basic eligibility criteria.

• Appear and qualify for the GATE examination.

• Final shortlisting is done based on the eligibility criteria and GATE examination score.

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Admission Procedure for MBA 

•  Valid CAT score is required.

• Submit the online application form along with the application fees.

• Shortlisted students will be called for a Personal Interview.

• Final shortlisting depends on the CAT score and performance in the PI.

IIT (ISM) Admission Procedure for PhD 

• Fulfil the basic eligibility criteria

• An appropriate score of GATE/NET or any other equivalent National Examination is required

• Shortlisted students need to appear for the written examination conducted by the institute and Personal Interview.

• Depending on their performance in PI, Written examination and entrance examination score the students will be selected for the PhD programme.

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Scholarship

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Scholarships are of an elaborate range. The institute offers its scholarship programmes to meritorious and students who are in need of financial support. A lot of students opt for IIT (ISM) Dhanbad scholarships that are provided by the government or by the Alumni Associations of the Institute. However, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad allows only one scholarship programme at a time to a student. Some of the scholarships available to the students are:

• Manjit. K. Memorial Award (MGM)

• Pramod and Meera Thakur Trust (PMTT)

• Srimati Sushila Devi Tulli Memorial (SDTM)

• Dipak and Chitra Sarkar

• Diwan Chand Gupta Memorial & Lila Vati Gupta Memorial

• Chugh Family Foundation

• Balkrishna and Prakash Agarwal Memorial

• Sriram Muralidharan    

• Inder Mohan Thapar  Research Award (IMTR)

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Cutoff

For acquiring admission for IIT (ISM), Dhanbad courses, the students required to meet a certain eligibility criterion such a minimum percentile in the previous degree and a valid score in the entrance examination. The eligibility criteria differ according to the courses the students take up. IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Cutoff includes the following factors:

• The number of seats available.

• Entrance examination score.

• CGPA in the previous degree.

IIT (ISM), Dhanbad Placement 

(As per IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Placement Brochure)

Recruiters from various fields of industry like Oil & Gas, IT, Mining, Analytics, Finance/Banking, Consultancy, and Automobile visit for campus placement. About 200 recruiters take part in the campus placement drive of IIT (ISM), Dhanbad to hire the students of the institute. 

IIT (ISM), Placement system includes a Training and Placement Cell (TPC) which is backed with facilities required to carry out the placement related activities efficiently. TPC acts as a mediator between the recruiting companies and the students of IIT, Dhanbad and communicates the necessary information to them.

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Top Recruiters