Career Information

Mining engineering deals with drilling and blasting, materials handling, rock mechanics, mine health and safety, mine ventilation, mine cost engineering, ore reserve analysis, operations analysis, mine planning and minerals processing.

Mining engineers are needed for mineral extraction and other fields where the earth’s crust is utilized. The construction industry, with its requirements of developing roads, railroads, tunnels, and underground chambers, and the hazardous waste disposal industry are examples of such applications. These are rapidly expanding needs with a shortage of qualified people; the mining engineer is in great demand to undertake these tasks.

Eligibility, Entrance Exams and Courses

Mining engineering courses are offered at various levels of study viz. Diploma, Undergraduate (BE and B.Tech), Postgraduate (MTech) and research in PhD.
There are many engineering colleges and universities in India offering courses in Mining Engineering such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian School of Mining Dhanbad, Institute of Technology BHU, Banaras and National Institutes of Technology.

A candidate aspiring for BE/BTech in mining engineering should have completed 10 +2 Science with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Admission to any of the colleges is made on the basis of engineering entrance examination like IITJEE in case of IITs and several other entrance examinations at state level.

Top Colleges for Courses in Mining Engineering

• Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai-600036
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302
• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi-110016
• Regional Engineering College, Rourkela-769008
• Regional Engineering College, Durgapur-713209
• Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh-202002
• Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Technology, Varanasi-221005
• Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam-530003)
• University College of Technology (Autonomous) Osmania University Hyderabad-500007
• S V University College of Engineering,Tirupati-517502(AP)
• Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi-110006
• The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Faculty of Technology & Engineering ,Vadodara-390002
• Indian School of Mining, Dhanbad.
• Sardar Vallabhai Regional College of Engineering and Technology, Surat-395007
• M V College of Engineering, Bangalore-560067
• Government College of Engineering Thrissur,Thrissur-680009(Kerala)
• College of Engineering & Technology, Navi Mumbai-410209
• Punjab University Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology Chandigarh-160014
• Jadavapur University, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Calcutta-700032

Career Opportunities and Job Prospects

Mining engineers find employment opportunities both in government as well as private sector. Companies like the ONGC, Coal India, Geological Survey of India, HCL, IPCL, Neyvelli Lignite Corp., NALCO, TISCO, TELCO, Reliance and MNCs like British Gas and Schlumberger recruit graduates directly from the top campuses like ISM and IITs.
The National Institute of Rock Mechanics, Kolar Gold Fields (Karnataka) recruits mining graduates/postgraduates as Project Fellows.

Salaries

Starting salaries of mining engineers is among the highest in the engineering profession. The starting pay-package for a fresher from any average engineering college ranges between Rs.20, 000 to Rs.30, 000 pm. The salary increases with higher skills and experience. Fresh graduates from IITs and NITs get more salary as compared to other engineering colleges.

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