Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad (abbreviated as IIT (ISM), Dhanbad) was established in 1926 by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India to address the need for trained manpower related to mining activities in the country with disciplines of Mining and Applied Geology. In 1967 it was granted the status of a deemed to be university under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956. The institution started to impart mining education and has graduated into a full-fledged technical institution of international acclaim offering a host of programs. The School has links with reputed universities and institutes across the globe and has an alumni base all over the world. The School today is making foray into the newer areas of academic endeavours in tune with the changing times.

Vision:

To  be  a  nationally  and  internationally  acclaimed premier institution of higher technical and scientific education with social commitment having an ethos for intellectual excellence, where initiative is nurtured, where new ideas, research and scholarship flourish, where intellectual honesty is the norm and from which will emerge the leaders and  innovators  of tomorrow  in  the  realm  of technology.  While  serving  as  a  catalyst  in  a developing  society, its goal as one of the premier technology  education  institution  in  the  country would be to intimately involve itself not just in the technological  development  of the  Nation but indeed in its overall development.

Mission:

• To educate and train manpower in various disciplines of engineering and technology, management, applied sciences and applied arts at the graduate, postgraduate and research levels;

• To foster the creation of new and relevant technologies in the areas of its core competency and to transfer them to industry for effective utilization;

• To participate directly in the planning and solving of engineering and managerial problems of relevance to Indian industry and to society at large;

• To develop and conduct continuing education programmes for practicing engineers and managers;

Indian School of Mines, popularly known as ISM Dhanbad, is well known for courses in Mining education.

This institute is famous for mining engineering courses in India and provides an opportunity for the students with its education quality.

• The institute has created many pioneers of the Mining &Oil Industry, including Padma Bhushan awardees

• The objective & vision of ISM is to create a learning environment for mining knowledge in the international markets which can lead to strongly internetworked community to exchange the issues & concerns

• It was established to study system of mining education of England &was opened by Viceroy Lord Erwin in 1926

• Since the establishment, due to its recent programmes in mining it has been a unique university by delivering higher quality education to students

• It offers high quality education degree, diploma and certification programs in Mining engineering

• ISM is spread over around 88 hectares of land in the range of Dhanbad, 260 Kms from Kolkata

Research Centres:

• Centre of Mining Environment

• Computer Centre

• Centre for Mining Environment

• Centre for Resource Management

R&D Ongoing Projects:

• UGC Assistance to selected Departments under (SAP) Review of the programee in the Depart of FME for continuation of the programme from DRS-1 to DSR- II- Fuel & Mining Engineering

• Construction of 3D Surface from Incompatible Curves- ME

• Synthesis of polynuclear metal complexes from metalloligands of group 14 elements and their catalytic activities

• Photonic Microwave Arbitrary Waveform Generation with adjustable Chirp parameter based on remote sensing applications