Armed with the highest quality of teaching and learning, graduates and post-graduates of Indian School of Mines (ISM) are always ready to take their place as dedicated professionals in various industries in India and abroad. ISM was established in the year 1926 by the Government of India to train mining engineers and geologists. It is located in the heart of the country’s prime coking coal belt at Dhanbad 260 Km away from Calcutta. ISM has a fully residential campus covering an area of 88 hectares.

The development of ISM for the last seven and half decades has been taking place both vertically and horizontally. It has become a Deemed University in 1967 under UGC Act, 1956. The Institute, at present, is funded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India. Today ISM has adopted the path of academic diversification. New branches of academic programs have been added to its traditional departments and new departments have been established to cater other industries in addition to the mineral industry.