Indian School Of Mines In Dhanbad To Be Upgraded To Iit

I want to know the upgradation of Indian School Of Mines, Dhanbad to Indian Institute of Technology IIT?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

On 25 May 2016, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Modi approved that a bill be introduced in Parliament for converting ISM Dhanbad into an IIT.

The proposal for conversion of Indian School Of Mines ISM into an Indian Institute of Technology IIT had been strongly recommended in 1994 by a Government Committee

ISM taking in IIT-JEE qualified students (along with the 7 older IIT's and IT-BHU).

ISM is the only non-IIT institute which admitted IIT-JEE Advanced qualified students to its various undergraduate and dual degree programmes.

Once admitted into ISM or an IIT through IIT-JEE (Advanced) exam, a student was not permitted to appear in the exam again, and hence could not take admission in an IIT next year. In this respect, Govt of India treated ISM at par with IITs.

ISM got the approval of its Finance Committee, Executive Board and General Council, proposing its conversion to an IIT.

In September 2011, a resolution was passed by the Government of Jharkhand, recommending to the Government of India to convert ISM to an IIT soon.

ISM was the only institute of India selected by NDC to be converted into an IIT in the 12th Five Year Plan.

Contact-

Indian School of Mines
ISM Dhanbad Internal Road
Sardar Patel Nagar
Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004