Unearth Your Career in Mining
Mining Engineering is an important career in today’s times Mining Engineering has proved to be an important branch of Engineering in which there are good career prospects after school education. Mining heritage is included is economic resources of any country. Mining resources means minerals like Petroleum, Magnese, Coal, Iron etc. These minerals are hidden under the layers of earth and water. Different type of minerals were found in different countries all over the world. Some where there are huge stocks of petroleum and somewhere of metal and chemical products. Mica, for example is found abundantly in India. From the point of view of other minerals also, our country is one of the important country in the world. There are large stocks of minerals in states like Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal etc.
Searching of minerals by digging is done under Mining department and Mining engineering. The required scientific process of minerals to make them useful is also a part of this engineering. Many students interested to get admission in engineering are well-versed with Mining Engineering. There is always a great demand of capable and trained engineers in this field. In the years 1962 government has passed a Mining law under which women were prohibited to work on the land under mine. Under this law women were not eligible for commercial training in mining. This work suits to man and only men can work in the field of mining engineering.
To get admission in Mining Engineering, minimum educational eligibility is 10+2 or intermediate in physics, chemistry and maths subjects from any recognised board or university. Different institutions have different formalities and timings for admission and information is published in news papers for those institutes, who conduct courses at All India Level. Those who clear this exam are eligible to get to admission in B.Tech. B.E. (Mining), B.Sc. (Engineering Mining) etc. In written examination, candidates are asked questions related to english, physics, chemistry and maths. The level of question as intermediate. There are a few seats reserved for schedule caste, schedule tribe, handicapped and children of security officers. SC and ST candidates were given 5 years concession in their age limit. Graduates in Mining Engineering can get admission in post graduation course. Graduation course is of 5 years and Post graduation (M.E. or M.Tech.) is of 2 years duration. In some of the western countries, mining engineering is taught thoroughly. In countries like UK, USA, Australia & New zealand etc. there are many institutes and universities which give high class thorough education in mine engineering. To get education in Mining Engineering from western countries one has to clear a tough exam, called Graduate Record Examination (G.R.E).
In 1962, Indian School of Mines was established in Dhanbad (Bihar) on the same lines as Royal School of Mines in London. It is an exclusive mining education institute in the Asian continent. It is recognised and well known institute to provide quality education in Mining Engineering.
This institute is also recognised as Deemed University by University Grant Commission. Every year in the published advertisement, those students who are in the age group of 16-21 and have done intermediate in subjects like physics, chemistry, maths are eligible to get admission in this course. Exams are conducted at All India level in many institutes of the country, in the month of May. Candidates are selected on merit and admission is given in Petroleum Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mineral Engineering and Mining Machinery, a 4 years course in B.Tech. From this institute one can do M.Phil. and Ph.D. also.
There is an arrangement of hostel for students in this institution. This is not all, the institute also provide all those facilities which are essential required for the students. The institute also organises quizzes, tutorials, laboratory training, field training, group discussion and seminars. There is a great demand of trained people in Mining Engineering both in India and abroad. Therefore, it is a career which opens new doors to achievements.
Major Training Institutes
- Chanderpur Engineering College, Ballerpur Road, Babu Peth, Chanderpur – 442403 (Maharashtra)
- Government Engineering College, Raipur (M.P.)
- Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad – 826004 (Bihar)
- Institute of Technology, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221005 (U.P.)
- M.B.M Engineering College Jodhpur-342001 (Rajasthan)
