A brief report on work carried out by me at ISM

Dr. Dheeraj Kumar
Assistant professor
Department of Mining Engineering

A. Teaching

• Computer Applications in Mining        VII Sem B.Tech (ME)
• Surveying                                             IV Sem B.Tech (PE) & Ist Sem M. Sc (Tech) AGP
• Mine Environment II (Part)                    VIII Sem B.Tech (ME)
• Mine Systems Engineering                   IInd M.Tech (ME)

B. R & D Projects

• Co-Coordinator in the project “Development of a setup for stress measurement in Concrete tunnel lining dam walls and pillars sponsored by Ministry of Water Resources, GOI  (15.22 Lakh).
• Co-Coordinator in the project “Development of Mine Information Systems” sponsored by MHRD (16.00 Lakh).

C. Consultancy Projects

As Consultant In-Charge

• Ground Vibration and Air Overpressure Study at Ostapal Chromite Mines During Deep Hole Blasting and Suggestions to Control
• Final R. L. Survey in East Side Quarry of Specified Area as Marked on The Plan (Portion – I) at Chasnala Colliery, IISCO, SAIL

Working as member in various Consultancy Projects at Dept. of Mining Engineering, and associated departments at ISM in the area of Rock Excavation, Surveying & Computerized modeling

D. New Proposals submitted

·        FIST proposal to DST requesting an amount of Rs. 211 Lakh for setting up Advanced Surveying & Geomatics lab with modern equipments under the coordinatorship of HOD/ME

·         R&D proposal “Prediction of the Stability of Spread Footing Foundation on Weak Floor Joined and Layered Rock Mass Using Multi Model Finite Element Analysis and Artificial Neural Network Techniques” of amount 19.56 Lakh submitted to DST

·         Three Consultancy project proposals have been submitted recently to ECL, CCL and SAIL in the area of Blast Vibration assessment.

·         Course Proposal of 14 week Course for Mining Supervisors of TATA Steel as CO-CI of Amount 42.5 Lakh (Approx) is under active consideration 

E. Organizing Seminar/Symposium/ Workshop

• Co- Convener of the National Conference on “Underground Metal Mining: Status and Prospects”, Organized by Dept. of Mining engineering, ISM Dhanbad, during 13-14 Feb. 2006 at ISM, Dhanbad

• Co- Convener of the Indian Conference on “Mine Surveying”, organized by Dept. of Mining Engineering, ISM Dhanbad, during 07-08 Sept. 2006 at ISM, Dhanbad

• Co- Convener of the International mine ventilation congress to be held in the year 2009

• Organizing Committee members of 4 other conferences organized at ISM

F. Publications: Total 9

o        International Conference (abroad):       1
o        International Conference (India):          1
o       National Conference (India):                 5
o        Books (Edited):                            2

G. Administrative Load

• Treasurer (TMES),
• Warden (Emerald Hostel)
• Dept. Member (ISM Website committee & Library Committee)

H. Symposium, Workshop and Training Programme attended outside ISM

·       International Symposium on “Advances in Mining Technology and Management during November 30 – December 2, 2005 at IIT Kharagpur

·      Training on “Patents Protection” organized by National Research Development Corporation, New Delhi, during 28-29 December 2005 at Bhubaneswar

·         Workshop on Advanced Surveying for Coal Mining organized by DGMS on Jan. 7 – Jan. 8 , 2006

·        Workshop & exhibition on Technology Development, Utilization and Transfer on 6^th March 2006 at B.I.T Mesra, Ranchi

·        All India Conference on Advances in Computer and Information Technology (ACIT - 2006), Organized by Institution of Engineers India Ltd., March 11 –12, 2006 

I.      Executive Development Programmes 

• Course co-coordinator of Six week intensive course on Advances in Mine Surveying Technology from February 12 to March 24^th , 2007
• Course co-coordinator 4 –Week Course for Executives Trainees of NTPC

j.      Future Prospects

• Further develop myself in the area of Advance Mine Surveying & Geomatics and Rock Excavation Engineering

• Development of Advance Mine Surveying & Geomatics Lab

• ERP implementation at Department of Mining Engineering as Pilot level

• Submission of Mega Project on the Application of GPS and GIS in satellite Remote Sensing assessment of land use and land resource pattern in the mining areas