Department of Mining Engineering

Prof. Arvind Kumar Mishra  
Professor On Deputation As Director CIMFR

Research Interests:
EXPLOSIVE ENGINEERING, ROCK BLASTING TECHNOLOGY, ROCK EXCAVATION ENGINEERING, OPENCAST MINING

 arvindmishra@iitism.ac.in      9471191122  




PROF ASHOK KUMAR  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Underground Mining Methods, Strata/Rock Mechanics, Numerical Modeling, Underground Instrumentation and Monitoring of Strata, Support Design, Rockmass Characterisation, Excavation methods for Tunnels & Caverns, Drilling & Blasting

 ashokmin@iitism.ac.in      8603401161  




Prof. Bhanwar Singh Choudhary  
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
Drilling & blasting technology, Underground metal mines, Computer aided mine planning, Tunnel engineering

 bhanwarschoudhary@iitism.ac.in        




Prof. Binay Dayal  
Professor

Research Interests:

 binaydayal@iitism.ac.in      9771439111  




Prof. Devi Prasad Mishra  
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
Mine ventilation and environmental engineering, mine fire and explosion, application of CFD in mine ventilation and environmental engineering, methane drainage/CBM/UCG, stowing/backfilling with fly ash/pond ash, characterization of fly ash/pond ash

 dpmishra@iitism.ac.in      6299882610  




Prof. Dheeraj Kumar  
Professor

Research Interests:
Digital Mining Technologies, Mine Surveying & Geospatial Technologies

 dheeraj@iitism.ac.in        




Prof. Gnananandh Budi  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
rock mechanics and ground control

 anandbudi@iitism.ac.in      9471191408  




Prof. Hemant Kumar  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
rock mechanics, underground metal mining, mine ventilation and mine safety.

 hemant@iitism.ac.in      9431964128  




Prof. Kashinath Pal  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
rock mechanics, groundwater, slope stability

 kashinath@iitism.ac.in      9471191721  




Prof. Mohammad Soyeb Alam  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Geospatial (Remote Sensing, GNSS, GIS) Technology in Mining, Underground Metal Mining, Mine Subsidence Studies, Mine slope instability analysis, Mine Surveying

 msalam@iitism.ac.in        




Prof. Partha Sarathi Paul  
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
Core Mining Discipline: Mine Safety Engineering; Occupational Health & Mine Ergonomics; Mine Legislations; Applied Multivariate Modeling in Rock Mechanics & Blasting Practices, Mine Ventilation. Interdisciplinary: Wireless Communication and Environment Monitoring in Mining; Socio-economic Impact of Mining.

 drpspaul@iitism.ac.in        




Prof. Patitapaban Sahu  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Mine ventilation, sub-surface environmental engineering, Mine radiation, CBM

 patitapaban@iitism.ac.in        




Prof. R M Bhattacharjee  
Professor

Research Interests:
Underground coal mining technology, Risk assessment and Safety Management, Emergency Response & Disaster Management, Accident investigation, Mine fire and explosion

 rmbhattacharjee@iitism.ac.in      9471192136  




Prof. Rabindra Kumar Sinha  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

 rksinha@iitism.ac.in      9449247076  




Prof. Radhakant Koner  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Geomechanics, Slope Stability Engineering, and Image Processing Technology for Geo-Resource Utilisation

 rkoner@iitism.ac.in        




Prof. Sheo Shanker Rai  
Professor

Research Interests:

 sheoshankar@iitism.ac.in      0  




Prof. Siddhartha Agarwal  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Earth Sciences: Geostatistics, Open Pit Mine Planning & Scheduling, Spatio Temporal Data Analytics. Also, have interests in Financial Risk Management of Credit Risk and Fraud in Banking and Insurance

 sagarwal@iitism.ac.in      9335536412  




Prof. Subhas Chandra Bhowmik  
Chair Professor

Research Interests:

 bhowmik@iitism.ac.in      9431133607  




Prof. Swapnil Mishra  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Blast Resistant Design of Underground Structures, Insitu Stresses surrounding Underground Structures, Impact testing on Weak and Weathered Rock Conditions, Ground Subsidence, Rock Dynamics and Material testing, Physical Modelling

 swapnil@iitism.ac.in        




Prof. Upendra Kumar Singh  
Professor

Research Interests:
numerical modeling of ground behaviour, rock mechanics and ground control, underground mining methods

 singhuk@iitism.ac.in      9431126466  




Prof. V K Sinha  
adjunct prof

Research Interests:

 vijay@iitism.ac.in      0  




Prof. V M S R Murthy  
Professor

Research Interests:

 vmsrmurthy@iitism.ac.in        




Prof. Vasanta Govind Kumar Villuri  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Photogrammetry, Cartography, Remote sensing, GIS and GPS

 vgkvilluri@iitism.ac.in      9471192205  




Dr Yashwanth Kumar Gujjala  
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Computational Geomechanics, Numerical Methods - FEM, XFEM, FDM, PFC, TOUGH, Underground Metal Mining, Physics based Neural Networks, Multiphase anisotropic reservoir modelling

 yashwanthkg@iitism.ac.in