With its roots in earth sciences and engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad leverages its interdisciplinary expertise to address environmental challenges through cutting-edge research and innovation.
• Projects on air quality monitoring, renewable energy integration, mine reclamation, waste water treatment and recycling, climate resilience and sustainable mining technologies are ongoing.
• The Departments of Environmental Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electronics Engineering are actively contributing to address various sustainability issues through cutting-edge researches.
• Interdisciplinary centers like the Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Centre for Societal Mission, Centre for Renewable Energy, Naresh Vashisht Centre for Hydrogen and CCUS Technology and Centre for Water Resource Management contribute to sustainability research.
• The institute has many executed and on-going sustainability research projects externally funded by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Coal India Limited, World Bank, UNDP, and international partners.
• Research collaborations with other IITs, NITs and universities abroad.
• Promotes student-led researches and innovations.
• Many research works have been published in high-impact journals and filed for patents.