The Department of Engineering
was started at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, since the inception of the
School in the year 1926. The role of the department was to train the
students of Mining Engineering and later Peroleum Engg. in the core
subjects of engineering as a service department till the year 1973; while
early this year the department had imparted 13 weeks extensive training in
the area of coal mining machineries to the graduate trainees in Mechanical
and Electrical cadre of Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Dhanbad. In
recognition of the expanding activities of the department, the school
renamed the department as Department of Engg. & Mining Machinery
in the year 1973. In pursuance of the human resource development activity
in the field of Mining Machinery, the department launched the M.Tech
programme in Mining Machinery in 1975 and Drilling Engg. in 1978. The
B.Tech programme in Mining Machinery Engg. was started during the year
1977 which isthe first and
only one of its kind in the country. This programme covers mechanical and
electrical engineering aspects of various mining machineries deployed at
the underground and opencast mines in coal and non-coal sectors. Further,
the department has been running a postgraduate programmes in Maintenance
Engg. & Tribology since 1988. With the availability of basic
infrastructure and expertise, the department has started B.Tech
(Mechanical Engg.) in the year 1999. Subsequently the name of the
department was changed to the Department of Mechanical Engg. &
Mining Machinery Engg. in the year of 2002. All students of the
department of undergraduate and post graduate courses are well absorbed in
reputed public and private sector companies.
The department is equipped with modern state of the
art equipment along with potential research manpower to enhance the
academic and research activities of the department. It is also rendering
its services for doctoral research in various areas of Mechanical Engg.,
Mining Machinery Engg. & Drilling Engg. Moreover, the department is
active in imparting training to the practicing engineers through refresher
courses and a large number of such programmes have already been organized
for the executives in mining and allied industries.
The department has also established linkage with the
different university departments abroad like:
