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Indian
Institute
of
Technology
(Indian
School
of
Mines),
Dhanbad (abbreviated IIT
(ISM),
Dhanbad)
is
a public technical
university located
in Dhanbad,
India.
It
has
main
campus
of
218
acres
in
Sardar
Patel
Nagar
area
of
Dhanbad
and
recently
Jharkhand
Cabinet
approved
226.98
acres
of
land
in
Nirsa
for
its
second
campus,
IIT
(ISM)
Dhanbad
administration
has
plans
to
open
more
than
29
academic
centers
in
this
upcoming
campus
in
Nirsa,
Dhanbad.
It
is
an Institute
of
National
Importance.
IIT
(ISM)
has
18
academic
departments
covering Engineering, Applied
Sciences, Humanities and Social
Sciences and Management programs.
It
was
formerly
known
as Indian
School
of
Mines,
Dhanbad before
its
conversion
into
an Indian
Institute
of
Technology (IIT).
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
along
with
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 (UPSC).
The
school
was
granted
university
status
by
the University
Grants
Commission under
the University
Grants
Commission
Act,
1956 in
1967.
Later
courses
in
Mining
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
(in
1977),
to
cater
to
the
needs
of
industries
like metallurgy,
mining
and manufacturing.
From
1996
to
1997
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
(IIT-JEE)
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
(ISM)
Dhanbad
added
14
new
courses,
prominent
among
them
being Electrical
Engineering and
a
course
in Environmental
Engineering in
the
undergraduate
curriculum.
From
2006,
IIT
(ISM)
Dhanbad
also
started
offering
Integrated
Master
of
Science
(Int.
MSc)
in
Applied
Physics,
Applied
Chemistry
and
Mathematics
&
Computing,
and
Integrated
Master
of
Science
and
Technology
(Int.
MSc
Tech)
courses
for
Applied
Geology
and
Applied
Geophysics.
In
2011,
the
institute
offered
a
BTech
programme
in Chemical
Engineering.
The
institute
introduced Civil
Engineering in
2013
and Engineering
Physics in
2014.
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