Professor Sukumar Bandopadhyay (far right corner of the image)
Sukumar Bandopadhyay has been named dean of the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Mineral Engineering. He has served as interim dean since July 2001 and has been at UAF since 1982 as a professor and department head.
Bandopadhyay has been actively involved in UAF’s Academic Advising Center for more than a decade and received the Carol Feist award for outstanding undergraduate advising.
"The school has a long and historic tie to mineral engineering in Alaska," said Bandopadhyay. "As long as the state depends on its natural resources as a source of revenue, our graduates will continue to be instrumental to that success."
Bandopadhyay, a registered professional engineer in the state of Alaska, received his bachelor’s degree in mining engineering and a master’s of technology degree in mine planning from the Banaras Hindu University, India. He also holds a master’s degree in Mining Engineering and Operations Research and a doctorate in Mining Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. As dean he will also serve as the director of both the Petroleum Development Laboratory, and the Mineral Industry Research Laboratory at UAF. Bandopadhyay has worked in coal and metal mines in various supervisory capacities for more than five years.
Bandopadhyay is the founder-chair of the International Arctic Mining Council and was a co-editor of the proceedings of the first and second International Symposiums on Mining in the Arctic. He has been a visiting professor at Lulea University in Sweden, and he has served on the United Nations’ Development Program as a consultant.
The School of Mineral Engineering is composed of the Department of Mining and Geological Engineering, the Department of Petroleum Engineering, the Mineral Industry Research Laboratory and the Petroleum Development Laboratory.
Professor Uday Kumar
Dr. Uday Kumar obtained his B. Tech from BHU, India during the year 1979. After working for 6 years in Indian mining industries, he joined the postgraduate program of Luleå University of Technology, Sweden in 1986 and obtained a PhD degree in field of Reliability and Maintenance during 1990. He worked as a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at Luleå University. In 1997, he was appointed as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Maintenance) at Stavanger University College, Stavanger, Norway. Since July 2000, he has taken up the position as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Operation and Maintenance) at Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
He is Director of Luleå Railway Research Center at Luleå University. He is also Research Program Coordinator for the Research School on “Business and Technology Network, at Luleå University of Technology, Luleå. He is also a visiting Professor at Stavanger University College, Stavanger, Norway.
His research interests are Equipment maintenance, maintenance strategy, reliability and maintainability analysis, Product support Life Cycle Costing, Risk analysis, System analysis, Maintenance performance measurements etc.
He is also member of the editorial boards and reviewer for many international journals. He has published more than 100 reports and papers in International Journals and Conference proceedings.
Professor Robin Chowdhury (centre of the image)
The Head of Civil and Mining Engineering at the University of Wollongong Robin Chowdhury was farewelled by colleagues and friends at the University recently. Professor Chowdhury completed his bachelors degree from BHU and is retiring after 31 years.
Professor Pankaj Chandra
Professor Pankaj Chandra completed his B Tech. degree in Mining Engg. in the year 1983 followed by a Phd from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in the year 1989. Other details are as follows:
Current Position
Professor, Operations & Technology Management, 1997-current
Past Positions
Chairperson, Doctoral Programme, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, 2003-2005
Chairperson, Centre of Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India, 1999-2001
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, 1995-1997
Associate Professor (with tenure), McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1994-1995
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1988-1994
Visiting Positions
Visiting Professor, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, October 2004.
Visiting Professor, International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan, May-June, 2003 & 2004
Associate Dean (Academic Affairs & Post Graduate Programme), Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, 2001-2002
Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1994-1995
Visiting Professor, Department of Industrial Economics, Renmin University, Beijing, China, December 1993
Visiting Professor, SES-COMIN, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, April-June, 1991
Lecturer, Department of Decision Sciences, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, September-December, 1986.
Research Associate, The Industry Department, The World Bank, Washington D.C., USA, June-September, 1985
Research Associate, US Bureau of Mines Project, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
Research Interests
Manufacturing Management, Supply Chain Coordination, Technology Networks & Capability Building in Manufacturing Firms
Teaching Interests
Operations Management. Marketing, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Coordination. Managing Technology Networks, Technology driven Entrepreneurship, Decision Theory
B.Tech. Teaching Schemes-
B. Tech., Part - I (Common to All Branches)
Semester - I
Theory:
1 AM-111 Mathematics
2 AP-111/121 Physics
3 AC-111/121 Chemistry
4 ME-111/121 Engg. Mechanics/Thermodynamics
5 T-111/AM-112 Technical Writing/ Computer Programming
Practicals:
6 AP-151/161 Physics Lab.
7 AC-151/ME-151 Chemistry Lab./Engg. Machines Lab.
8 D-151 Engineering Drawing
9 W-151/161 Workshop Practice
Total of Semester I
Semester - II
Theory:
1 AM-121 Mathematics
2 AP-121/111 Physics
3 AC-121/111 Chemistry
4 ME-121/111 Thermodynamics/Engg. Mechanics
5 AM-112/111 Computer Programming/Technical Writing
Practicals:
6 AP-161/151 Physics Lab.
7 ME-151/AC-151 Engg. Machines Lab./Chemistry Lab.
8 D-161 Engineering Drawing
9 W-161/151 Workshop Practice
Total of Semester II
Total of B. Tech. Part - I Course
B. Tech., Part - II
Semester - III
Theory:
1 AM - 238 Mathematical Methods
2 EcE - 238 Electronics and Instrumentation
3 Min.E - 211 Mining Geology - I
4 Min.E - 212 Basic Surveying
5 Min.E - 213 Mine Development
Practicals:
6 EcE - 278 Electronics and Instrumentation
7 Min.E - 251 Mining Geology - I
8 Min.E - 252 Basic Surveying
9 Min.E - 354 Mine Development
Total of Semester V
* - Alternate Weeks
Semester - IV
Theory:
1 AM - 248 Numerical Methods
2 EE - 248 Electrical Engineering - I
3 Min.E – 221 Mining Geology - II
4 Min.E – 222 Mining Machinery -I
5 Min.E – 223 Underground Mine Environment - I
6 ChE-223 Process Instrumentation
Practicals:
7 EE - 288 Electrical Engineering - I
8 Min.E – 261 Mining Geology - II
9 Min.E – 262 Mining Machinery -I
10 Min.E – 263 Underground Mine Environment - I
11 Min.E – 264 Mining Machinery Drawing ***
12 Min.E – 265 Tour and Tour Report
Total of Semester IV
Total of B. Tech. Part - II Course
* - Includes Demonstration and/or practice
** - Alternate weeks
*** - Freehand sketching and scale-drawing exercises of Mining Machinery parts/models
NOTE: 4 WEEKS TRAINING IN SURFACE MINES AFTER SEMESTER IV.
B. Tech., Part - III
Semester - V
Theory:
1 EE-338 Electrical Engineering - II
2 Min.E-311 Surface Mining -I
3 Min.E-312 Underground Coal Mining - I
4 Min.E-313 Mining Machinery - II
5 Min.E-314 Underground Mine Environment - II
Practicals:
6 Min.E-351 Surface Mining - I
7 Min.E-352 Underground Coal Mining - I
8 Min.E-353 Mining Machinery - II
9 Min.E-354 Underground Mine Environment - II
10 Min.E-355 Training Report **
Total of Semester V
* - Alternate Weeks
** - Based on Training after Semester IV
Semester - VI
Theory:
1 HU -321-326 Open Elective *
2 Min.E - 321 Surface Mining - II
3 Min.E - 322 Underground Coal Mining - II
4 Min.E - 323 Mineral Processing
5 Min.E - 324 Computer Programming and Operating Systems
Practicals:
6 Min.E - 361 Surface Mining - II
7 Min.E - 362 Underground Coal Mining - II
8 Min.E - 363 Mineral Processing
9 Min.E - 364 Computer Programming and Operating Systems
10 Min.E - 365 Tour and Tour Report
Total of Semester VI
Total of B. Tech. Part - III Course
*List of open Electives (Humanities) any approved one of the following:
1. HU-321: History of science & Technology
2. HU-322: Industrial & organisational Psychology
3. HU-323: Ecology & Environment
4. HU-324: Energy Management
5. HU-325: Industrial Sociology
6. HU-326: Ethics : Philosophy & Values
NOTE : 4 WEEKS OF TRAINING EACH IN UNDERGROUND COAL AND UNDERGROUND METALLIFEROUS MINES AFTER SEMEST
B. Tech., Part - IV
Semester - VII
Theory:
1 Min.E - 411 Rock Mechanics -I
2 Min.E - 412 Underground Metalliferous Mining
3 Min.E - 413 Mine Surveying & Computer Applications in Mining
4 Min.E - 414 Mine Legislation & Safety
5 Min.E - 415 Mine Management & Planning
Practicals:
6 Min.E - 451 Rock Mechanics -I
7 Min.E - 452 Underground Metalliferous Mining
8 Min.E - 453 Mine Surveying & Computer Applications in Mining
9 Min.E - 454 Project Preparation
10 Min.E - 455 Training Report *
Total of Semester VII
Semester - VIII
Theory:
1 Min.E - 421 Mine Economics
2 Min.E - 422 Rock Mechanics - II
3 Min.E - 423 Environmental Management in Mines
4 Min.E - 424-42 Elective*
Practicals:
5 Min.E - 461 Rock Mechanics - II
6 Min.E - 462 Environmental Management in Mines
7 Min.E - 463 Training Seminar
8 Min.E - 464 Project Work
9 Min.E - 465 Comprehensive Viva-Voce
Total of Semester VIII
Total of B. Tech. Part - IV Course
*Elective-II any one of the following:
1. ChE-415A: Solar Energy Engineering
2. ChE-415B: Fertiliser Technology
3. ChE-415C: Petroleum Refining Engineering
4. ChE-415D: Multicomponent Distillation
5. ChE-415E: Heterogeneous Catalysis
6. ChE-415F: Surface Coating
**Elective-II any one of the following:
1. ChE-425A: Computer Aided Design
2. ChE-425B: Computer Process Control
3. ChE-425C: Fluidization Engineering
4. ChE-425D: Petrochemicals
5. ChE-425E: Process Optimization
M.Tech. Teaching Schemes-
M. Tech., Semester - I ( Common to all branches)
Theory:
1 Min.E-5101 Operations Research & ComputersPhenomena
2 Min.E-5102 Applied Rock Mechanics
3 Min.E-5103 Project ManagementAnalysis
4 - Elective - I*
5 - Elective - II*
Practicals:
6 Min.E-5171 Operations Research & Computers
Total of Semester I
* Any two of the following
Min.E-5111 : Eco-friendly Mining
Min.E-5112 : Physical & Numerical Simulation
Min.E-5113 : Geoinformatics
Min.E-5114 : Reliability Engineering
M. Tech., Semester - II- (MINE PLANNING)
Theory:
1 - Open Elective (From other Department)*
2 - Elective - I (Department Course)**
3 - Elective - II (Department Course)**
4 - Elective - III (Department Course)**
Practicals:
5 Min.E-5271 Case Study
6 Min.E-5272 Seminar
7 Min.E-5273 Preparatory Work for Dissertation
Total of Semester II
* From other departments/schools (Approved by the Head of the Department)
** Any three of the following :
Min.E-5211 : Underground Mine Planning
Min.E-5212 : Surface Mine Planning
Min.E-5213 : Planning for Mechanisation
Min.E-5214 : Mine Environment Planning
Min.E-5215 : Systems Engineering
Min.E-5216 : Applied Geology in Mine Planning
M. Tech., Semester - II- (ROCK MECHANICS)
Theory:
1 - Open Elective (From other Department)*
2 - Elective - I (Department Course)**
3 - Elective - II (Department Course)**
4 - Elective - III (Department Course)**
Practicals:
5 Min.E-5276 Rock Mechanics Laboratory
6 Min.E-5277 Seminar
7 Min.E-5278 Preparatory Work for Dissertation
Total of Semester II
* From other departments/schools (Approved by the Head of the Department)
** Any three of the following :
Min.E-5221 : Rock Slope Engineering
Min.E-5222 : Tunnelling & Underground Space Technology
Min.E-5223 : Rock Fragmentation
Min.E-5224 : Geomechanics Instrumentation
Min.E-5225 : Rockmass Structures
Min.E-5226 : Subsidence Engineering
M. Tech., Semester - II- (MINE ENVIRONMENT)
Theory:
1 - Open Elective (From other Department)*
2 - Elective - I (Department Course)**
3 - Elective - II (Department Course)**
4 - Elective - III (Department Course)**
Practicals:
5 Min.E-5281 Mine Environment Laboratory
6 Min.E-5282 Seminar
7 Min.E-5283 Preparatory Work for Dissertation
Total of Semester II
* From other departments/schools (Approved by the Head of the Department)
** Any three of the following :
Min.E-5231 : Environment Planning and Management in Surface Mines
Min.E-5232 : Mine Ventilation Planning
Min.E-5233 : Environmental Hazards & Disaster Management in Mines
Min.E-5234 : Global Environmental Issues, Strategies and Legislation
M. Tech, Semester - III (Common for all)
S. No. Subject Code Subject
Evaluation
M. Tech, Semester - IV (Common for all)
1 ChE-6171 Dissertation - Open Defence
2 ChE-6172 Dissertation - Evaluation
Total of Semester IV
Grand Total of M. Tech. Course
- Dr.Shambhu Ratan (Professor & Head)
Mineral Processing and Mine Environment
- Dr. B. K. Shrivastva (Professor)
Mining Machinery, Rock Mechanics & Ground Control
- Dr. N.C.Karmakar (Professor )
Mine Environment,Mine Ventilation,Mine Safety,Water Soluble Polymer
- Dr. A.K. Jain (Reader)
Mining Machinery, Drilling
- Dr. A.Jamal (Reader)
Mining Geology,Mine Water Management & Enviromental Pollution
- Dr. P. Rai (Reader)
Mining Methods, Production and Productivity analysis of Mining Machines, Fragmentation and Blasting
- Mr. S. K. Sharma (Reader)
Design of Structure in Rock, Mine Planning, Mine Environment
- Mr. R.P.Singh (Sr. Lecturer)
Mine fire,Mine Mechanization & Planning
- Dr. S. Gupta (Lecturer)
Reliability Analysis,Mine Ventilation
Adelaide Resources -
mining and exploration company with copper and gold projects on the
Gawler Craton of South Australia.
Amcol International - produces and markets a wide
range of speciality minerals and chemicals used
for industrial, environmental and consumer-related applications.
Aur Resources
Inc. - international mining company working in the discovery,
development, and operation of low-cost mines in North and
South America.
Belmont Resources Inc. -
mining, oil, and gas exploration company.
BEMM Co., Ltd. - services involving
mineral exploration, professional travel, and investment opportunities in
Mongolia.
BHP Billiton
- diversified resources company operating in
aluminium, iron ore, copper, energy coal,
metallurgical coal, and other major commodities.
Boart
Longyear - manufacturer and supplier of products
and services to the international mining, quarrying, construction,
industrial, geotechnical, and environmental markets.
Boliden Limited - mining and metals
company with integrated exploration, mining, smelting, and
manufacturing operations.
CLI
Corporation - provides engineering, construction, equipment and
management services in the field of coal and mineral processing.
Clifton Mining Company - focused
on silver, gold, and lead production in western
Utah.
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
(CVRD) - diversified mining, cargo transportation, and power
generation company.
Corriente
Resources Inc. - engaged in the exploration and development of mining
projects in the Central Andes.
Crystallex
International - intermediate producer of gold with operation and
exploration properties.
D. H. Blattner
and Son's - capabilities include earthwork, concrete structures,
crushing and material handling, environmental services, contract mining,
demolition and salvage, and drilling and blasting.
Diamond K Gypsum -
specialises in Gypsum mining and processing for the
agriculture, pharmaceutical, and food industries.
East
Asia Gold Corp. - focused on the exploration and development of
precious metals properties. Particularly in the Congo
and Myanmar.
Falconbridge Limited - fully
integrated and diversified base metals mining company. Produces primary
nickel, cobalt, and copper.
First Point Minerals -
exploring platinum and palladium prospects in Ontario
and silver-lead-zinc and gold properties in
Honduras.
Geo-Eng - provides engineering
services and support to the mining, civil, water, and environmental
industries in Australia,
Asia, and the Pacific.
Golden Tag Resources - mining company
with Canadian properties.
Goldfield Corporation - mining
industrial minerals as well as base and precious metals.
Hecla Mining
Company - mines and processes silver, gold, and industrial minerals,
with
Hillcrest Resources -
includes information on mining and resource projects, annual report, and
more.
Hunter
Dickinson - operates publicly traded mineral exploration and mine
development companies around the world.
Inter- Citic
Mineral Technologies Inc. - originally formed to exploit certain
mining interests in Canada
and now developing mineral recovery equipment.
JCI
Gold Limited - mining finance house managing and consulting for the
chrome, gold, and coal industries.
Kappes, Cassiday, &
Associates (KCA) - provides process metallurgical services to the
international mining community.
Kenmare Resources - activities
include the exploration of natural resources and the development and
operation of mines.
Layne Christensen Company -
water well drilling, mineral exploration and diamond drill bit technology.
Metorex
Limited - owns and operates antimony, coal, copper, gold, and other
mines.
Minefinders
Corporation - precious metals exploration and development
company.
Nord Pacific
Limited - production, exploration and development of copper, nickel,
and gold in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
NovaWest
Resources, Inc. - junior resource exploration firm committed to the
exploration and development of prime precious metal, base metal, and
diamond properties.
Orissa
Mining Corporation - government owned mining company. Products include
Iron, chromite, manganese, and gemstones.
Pan Asia Mining Corp. - involved
with diamond mineralization and base and precious metals projects in
China.
Penteco Resources Limited- engages in diamond,
mineral, and gas exploration.
Precision Gas Testing -
specialing in testing, detection and measurement of
pre & post combustion constituents in mine atmospheres at trace
levels.
Radisson Mining Resources - explores,
acquires, and develops mining properties to produce gold, diamonds, and
base metals.
Rajasthan
State Mines & Minerals Limited - engaged in mining and marketing
of rock phosphate, limestone, gypsum, selenite,
and green marble.
Rio Tinto -
international natural resource company with interests in copper, gold,
iron ore, coal, aluminium, and other raw
materials throughout the world.
Srikant
Minerals - makes calcium oxide and hydro-oxide.
Starcore
Resources - explores platinum, palladium, gold, and base metal
prospects in Canada.
Straits Resources - copper and coal
mining and exploration company.
Tenke Mining Corp. - doing mineral exploration and
development.
Tiger International - mining
exploration and development company with revenue from resource properties.
Tres-Or Resources Ltd. - with base metal, zinc,
and copper properties in Ontario, Canada; and gold and silver properties
in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Universal Minerals, Inc. -
describes affiliated companies with world-wide contacts. Processes,
distributes and markets metallic and nonmetallic industrial materials.
Western Pacific Mining Exploration, Inc.
- Canadian mining and exploration company with
gold mining projects in Chile
and gold and base metal exploration projects in the
Solomon Islands.
WMC
Resources - engaged in the discovery, development, production,
processing, and marketing of minerals, metals, and chemicals.
Yahoo! Groups over the years has become the preferred mode of communication between and within the various batches of Mining Engg, It would not be wrong to say that it is the medium of exchange of current happenings, "classnotes" as we would exchange while at IT-BHU. Listed below are Yahoo Groups by year of graduation set up by various groups of ITians. It would be great to collate all the group names at this place and if you happen to see any names missing or create a new Yahoo Group please let us know. There is still a convention missing, but we would urge all future groups creation to follow this convention: itbhumining appended by Year of graduation, as itbhumining2007@yahoogroups.com
Hopefully, we would be able to adopt a common convention over a period of time.
Mining Yahoo Groups by Years of Graduation
• Year of Graduation, 1993: itbhu-min93@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 1995: itbhumin95@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 1997: mining97@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 1998: mining98@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 1999: minos99@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 2000: bhuminingy2k@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 2002: digdeep@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 2003: digabyss2003@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 2005: mining_01_itbhu@yahoogroups.com
• Year of Graduation, 2006: itbhu_mining_2006@yahoogroups.com
Besides these, we have a mailing list for the consolidated alumni,
We are in the process of collecting additional information of the previous/missing batches mailing lists and please assist us in case you have some updated information.
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