Indian School of Mines, the 90-year-old institution specialising in mining studies and applied geology was granted IIT status by the ministry. The institution management has thanked the Government for the declaration. With the IIT status, the faculty and students are expecting to get better placement opportunities, more research funds from the Government and better opportunities for international collaboration.

 UK Institutions that specialise in mining related subject areas can engage with the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad to interact with the students. SIEM India offers online and face to face platforms for the UK institutions to interact with the prospective students from the local institutions. To explore our platforms please write to Shruti Khanna marking a copy of the e-mail to SIEM South Asia.

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