DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (ISM) DHANBAD

Ph.D completed as on October 2017

Sl. Name of the Date of Guide(s) Title of the thesis

No candidate Award
1 Tribhuwan 14-02-1981 Prof R D Singh A STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF
Nath Singh & Bhagwant GROUND DUE TO MINING THICK
Singh, CMRS COAL SEAMS BY EQUIVALENT
MATERIAL MODELS
2 N M Raju 29-08-1981 Prof A K Ghosh DESIGN OF ROOF-BOLTING
SYSTEMS-INVESTIGATIONS IN
INDIAN MINES
3 Sanjay Kumar 05-06-1984 Prof S P A STUDY OF AIR POLLUTION
Ghosh Banerjee & INCLUDING TOXIC TRACE
External, CMRS ELEMENTS IN AN INDIAN
COALFIELD AND ITS LIKELY
IMPACT ON INCIDENCE OF
DISEASES
4 RT 04-07-1984 Prof O P Verma OPTIMAL PLAN FOR EXPLOITATION
Deshmukh & Prof R D OF IRON ORE IN INDIA BY 2000 AD
Singh
5 Mahendra 22-01-1985 Prof S K Bordia A PILLAR STRENGTH APPROACH
Narayan Das EMPLOYING A NEW TRIAXIAL
FAILURE CRITERION FOR ROCK
MASSES
6 Vellanky 08-08-1987 Prof A K Ghosh GEOMECHANICS CLASSIFICATION
Venkateswarlu & Dr N M Raju, OF COAL MEASURE ROCK VIS-À-
CMRS VIS ROOF SUPPORTS
7 Chiranjib 18-02-1988 Prof A K AN ANALYSIS FOR STABILITY OF
Bandopadhyay Ghosh, Dr B PARTING BETWEEN CONTIGUOUS
Singh & Dr P. PILLAR WORKINGS
R. Shenoy,
CMRS
8 NK 20-11-1989 Prof B K SPOIL DUMP BEHAVIOUR IN
Khandelwal Mazumdar OPENCAST MINES
9 Pramod 10-12-1990 Prof S P STUDIES INTO THE
Kumar Arya Banerjee & Dr BIODEGRADATION OF METHANE &
D N Thakur, ITS APPLICATION FOR
CMRS DEGASIFICATION IN COAL MINES
10 Mohammad 27-08-1991 Prof D K Sinha OPTIMIZATION OF COKING COAL
Jawed MINING SYSTEM - UNDER INDIAN
ENVIRONMENT
11 Bijay Kumar 24-07-1992 Prof A K Ghosh MECHANICS OF GROUND
& N C Saxena, SUBSIDENCE IN INDIA COALFIELDS
CMRS
12 Baldev Singh 28-10-1992 Prof P BENEFICIATION & PROCESSING OF
Bandopadhyay MONTMORILLONITE TYPE OF
& Dr S K Roy, CLAYS & THEIR APPLICATION AS
CFRI
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CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION

13 Chandra Nath 27-01-1994 Prof A K Ghose IMPROVED COAL MIND ROADWAY

Ghosh & Dr A Sinha, SUPPORT DESIGN INVESTIGATIONS
CMRS ON PREDICTION OF ROOF
CONDITIONS AND SUPPORT
EFFICIENTLY THROUGH
OBSERVATION APPROACH
14 Parijat De 29-09-1994 Dr P K Banik & PLANNING STRATEGIES FOR
Prof J L COKING COAL DEVELOPMENT IN
Chakraborty, INDIA SYSTEMS DESIGN FOR
BE College, UNDERGROUND COKING COAL
Howrah MINES
15 D C Panigrahi 29-09-1994 Prof S P SIMULATION OF HEAT AND
Banerjee & M L MOISTURE TRANSFER IN
Gupta, CMRS MECHANISED LONGWALL FACES
OF INDIAN COAL MINES
16 Phalguni Sen 09-02-1995 Prof B K COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF
Mozumdar OPEN PIT SLOPES
17 Samir Kr Das 14-03-1995 Prof K S Ghosh OPTIMIZED SELECTION OF
POWERED SUPPORTS IN
MECHANISED COAL MINES IN
INDIA
18 Murari Mohan 02-05-1996 Prof. S P STUDIES ON FUME
Bhattacharyya Banerjee CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPLOSIVES
UNDER LABORATORY AND FIELD
CONDITIONS
19 V.M.S.R. 26-02-1997 Prof. A K Ghose PRIORITIES FOR ROADWAYS
Murthy DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN COAL
INDUSTRY – A SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
20 Manoj Kumar 19-11-1997 Prof. D C SIMULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
Singh Panigrahi CONDITIONS IN MINE
VENTILATION NETWORKS USING
LINEARISED FLOW EQUIPMENT
21 Vinod Kumar 17-06-1999 Prof. D C INVESTIGATION INTO
Saxena Panigrahi SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
CHARACTERISTICS OF COAL
SEAMS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO JHARIA COALFIELD
22 Pramod 02-03-2000 Prof. U K Singh DEVELOPMENT OF EMPIRICAL
Kumar MODELS PREDICTING ROCK MASS
Rajmeny FAILURE AROUND OPEN STOPES
AND THEIR APPLICATION IN
EXTRACTING MARGINAL GRADE
DEPOSITS
23 Arvind Kumar 01-08-2000 Prof. R N Gupta EVALUATION AND DESIGN OF
Mishra BLAST USING HIGH SPEED VIDEO
CAMERA IN COAL MEASURE
ROCKS
24 Rajendra 01-08-2000 Prof. P K Banik TECHNO-ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF
Yerpude UNDERGROUND COAL MINING
PROJECTS
25 Harinder 15-01-2001 Prof. B K DEVELOPMENT OF SELECTION
Reddy Kejriwal METHODOLOGY OF ROCK
Anireddy REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS FOR
COAL MEASURE STRATA
26 Debi Prasad 10-06-2002 Prof. D C ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Tripathy Panigrahi and ASSESSMENT IN SOME FIRE AREAS
Prof. Gurdeep OF JHARIA COALFIELD –
Singh
27 AK 17-10-2002 Prof. R N Gupta DEVELOPMENT OF PREDICTIVE
Chakraborty MODELS FOR OPTIMUM BLAST
DESIGN IN MINE ROADWAYS AND
TUNNELS UNDER VARIOUS ROCK
MASS CONDITIONS
28 Ashim Kumar 28-03-2003 Prof. S B DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN GUIDE
Sinha Srivastava LINE AND STRATA CONTROL
STANDARD IN MULTIPLE SEAM
WORKINGS WITH THIN PARTING IN
INDIAN COAL MINES
29 Jagdish Kumar 07-11-2003 Prof. U K Singh FORMULATION OF OPTIMUM
Mahnot INVESTMENT DECISION MODEL
FOR ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF
MINING VENTURE
30 Ram Madhab 09-01-2004 Prof. D C AN INVESTIGATION INTO PILLAR
Bhattacharjee Panigrahi FIRE PROBLEM IN BOARD AND
PILLAR METHOD OF MINING IN
RANIGANJ COALFIELD AND
CATEGORISATION OF PILLARS
WITH RESPECT TO THEIR
PRONENESS TO SPONTANEOUS TO
HEATING
31 Prof. Sib Nath 09-01-2004 Self OPTIMIZATION OF PARAMETERS
Mukherjee OF CUTTER DRUM DESIGN FOR
LONGWALL FACE
32 Himanshu 08-04-2004 Prof. D C INVESTIGATION INTO
Bhushan Sahu Panigrahi SPONTANEOUS HEATING
CHARACTERISTICS AND AN
APPROACH FOR CLASSIFICATION
OF COAL SEAMS WITH SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO MAHANADI
COALFIELDS
33 Braj Kishore 28-03-2005 Prof. S B THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON
Sah Srivastava THE RHEOLOGY OF COAL WATER
SLURRY AND ITS
TRANSPORTATION THROUGH
HORIZONTAL PIPELINES
34 Harsh 24-08-2006 Dr N C ASSESSMENT OF MACHINE
Vardhan Karmakar and GENERATED NOISE IN OPENCAST
Prof. Y V Rao, MINES AND DEVELOPMENT OF
NIT , Surathkal SUITABLE MAINTENANCE
GUIDELINES FOR ITS
ATTENUATION.
35 Jai Krishna 15-01-2007 Prof. D C A STUDY ON CHROMIUM
Pandey Panigrahi and CONTAMINATION IN OPENCAST
Dr G CHROMITE MINE ENVIRONMENT
Udayabhanu AND DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD
OF CONTROL.
36 C Sawmliana 21-02-2007 Dr VMSR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE
Murthy and Sri BLAST DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR
P Pal Roy, RINGHOLE BLASTING AND
CMRI INDUCED BLASTING IN BLASTING
GALLERY METHOD OF
UNDERGROUND COAL MINES.
37 Murli Dhar 21-02-2007 Prof. D C A STUDY OF DIFFERENT FIRE
Yadav Panigrahi, Dr G RETARDANTS AND SEALANTS FOR
Udayabhanu and PREVENTING AND CONTROLLING
Sri P P Singh, FIRES IN INDIAN COAL MINES.
BCCL
38 Gautam 21-11-2007 Prof. S B NUMERICAL MODELLING STUDIES
Banerjee Srivastava & Dr FOR LONGWALL ROOF
P R Sheorey, BEHAVIOUR.
CIMFR,
Dhanbad
39 Gauri Shankar 07-07-2008 Prof. U K Singh CAVABILITY ASSESSMENT AND
Prasad Singh SUPPORT LOAD ESTIMATION FOR
LONGWALL WORKINGS IN INDIA.
40 Kaushik Dey 13-08-2008 Dr VMSR INVESTIGATION OF BLAST
Murthy INDUCED ROCK DAMAGE AND
DEVELOPMENT OF PREDICTIVE
MODELS IN HORIZONTAL
DRIVAGES
41 Mangalpady 19-12-2008 Dr N C EVALUATION OF ILLUMINATION
Aruna Karmakar & SYSTEM IN OPENCAST MINE AND
Prof. Y V Rao, DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMUM
NIT, Karnataka DESIGN PARAMETERS.
42 R Sundar 07-12-2012 Prof VMSR DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING
Singh Murthy & Prof. STRATEGIES FOR MINE CLOSURE
Gurdeep Singh WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
ECOLOGICALLY FRAGILE IRON
ORE MINES
43 Ritesh D 04-01-2013 Prof. VMSR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE
Lokhande Murthy & Dr V CAUSES OF POT-HOLE SUBSIDENCE
Venkateswarlu, AND ITS PREDICTION IN
NIRM (Ext) UNDERGROUND COAL MINING
44 SANTOSH 3-12-2013 Prof D C DEVELOPMENT AND
KUMAR Panigrahi STANDARDIZATION OF A METHOD
RAY FOR STUDYING THE
SUSCEPTIBILITY OF COAL TO
SPONTANEOUS HEATING
45 AMAR 16-12-2013 Prof V M S R A STUDY INTO THE INFLUENCE OF
PRAKASH Murthy & Dr K INTACT ROCK AND ROCK MASS
B Singh, PROPERTIES ON THE
CIMFR (Ext) PERFORMANCE OF SURFACE
MINERS IN INDIAN GEO-MINING
CONDITIONS
46 Rabindra 16-01-2014 Prof. M Jawed INFLUENCE OF IN SITU STRESS ON
Kumar Sinha Dr S Sengupta DESIGN OF LAYOUT AND SUPPORT
(Ext) NIRM, IN BORD AND PILLAR WORK
Bangalore
47 Murari Prasad 16-01-2014 Dr A K Mishra INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE EFFECT
Roy Prof. M Jawed OF DELAY TIME, TOTAL CHARGE
Dr P K Singh, AND EFFECTIVE EXPLOSIVES
CIMFR, WEIGHT PER DELAY ON BLAST
Dhanbad INDUCED GROUND VIBRATION
48 Autar Krishen 27.8.2014 Prof. VMSR MODELLING THE FLYROCK IN
Raina Murthy OPENPIT BENCH BLASTING UNDER
ISM/Dhanbad DIFFICULT GEOMINING
& Dr A K Soni, CONDITIONS
CIMFR, Nagpur
49 Satish Kumar 27.8.2014 Guide: Prof. A STUDY OF OCCURRENCE OF FIRE
Sinha D C Panigrahi IN OPENCAST COAL MINES
Co-guide: Prof. EXTRACTING DEVELOPED PILLARS
G N Singh
50 Manamohan 3.12.2014 Dr A K Mishra AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE
Rout INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS
PROPERTIES OF EMULSION
EXPLOSIVES ON VELOCITY OF
DETONATION
51 Patitapaban 9.3.2015 Prof D C STUDIES ON RADON EMANATION
Sahu Panigrahi AND DEVELOPMENT OF A
(Guide) & Dr D MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR
P Mishra (Co- PREDICTION OF AIR QUANTITY TO
guide) MINIMIZE RADIATION LEVELS IN
UNDERGROUND URANIUM MINES
52 Sahendra Ram 04.11.2016 Dr. Dheeraj A STUDY OF ROOF-PILLAR
2012/DR/1002 Kumar (Guide) INTERACTION FOR AN EFFICIENT
& Dr. Rajendra BREAKER LINE DESIGN DURING
Singh (External MECHANISED DEPILLARING
Guide), CSIR-
CIMFR,
Dhanbad
53 Pradeep 04.11.2016 Dr. D. P. Mishra COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS
Kumar (Guide) &Prof. OF METHANE LAYERING AND
2012/DR/0092 D. C. Panigrahi DISPERSION OF METHANE IN
(Co-Guide) UNDERGROUND COAL MINES
54 Pradeep 21.02.2017 Dr. Amit Kumar THERMOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR
Kumar Verma (Guide) OF INDIAN GRANITE AND
Gautam & Dr. Kripamoy SANDSTONE FOR UNDERGROUND
2013/DR/0293 Sarkar (Co- DISPOSAL OF HIGH LEVEL
Guide) RADIOACTIVE WASTE
55 Sachin 21.02.2017 Dr. Amit Kumar STUDY OF NEAR-FIELD EVOLUTION
Maheshwar Verma (Guide) OF THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL
2013/DR/1052 PROCESSES IN INDIAN DEEP
GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY FOR
HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES
56 Jitendra 29.03.2017 Dr. Dheeraj AN INVESTIGATION INTO
Pandey Kumar (Guide) ASSESSMENT, PREDICTION AND
2011/DR/0117 & Prof. D. C. PREVENTION OF COAL MINE FIRE
Panigrahi (Co- OF JHARIA COALFIELD USING
Guide) & Dr. V. INTEGRATED APPROACH
K. Singh
(External
Guide), CIMFR
Dhanbad
57 Sumit Kumar 31.03.2017 Dr. Dheeraj INVESTIGATION INTO THE
Chaudhary Kumar (Guide) SATELLITE IMAGE FUSION AND
2012/DR/0165 & Dr. Manish QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Kumar Jain (Co- TECHNIQUES FOR LAND USE
Guide) APPLICATIONS
58 Rajni Kant 10.08.2017 Prof. Phalguni DEVELOPMENT OF A PLANNING
2012/DR/1093 Sen (Guide) & STRATEGY FOR THE SELECTION OF
Dr. Partha OPTIMUM STOPING METHOD FOR
Sarathi Paul HARD ROCK MINES
(Co-Guide)
59 Manjunath A. 04.09.2017 Dr. Partha INVESTIGATION OF
2014/DR/1000 Sarathi Paul ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-
(Guide) & Dr. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MINE
Biswajit Paul CLOSURE WITH REFERENCE TO
(Co-Guide) KOLAR GOLD FIELDS
60 Falguni Sarkar 11.10.2017 Dr. Partha AN INVESTIGATION OF
2012/DR/1058 Sarathi Paul MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL
(Guide) & Shri. MODELS TO ESTIMATE THE RISK
S. C. Bhowmik, AND RISK PERCEPTION OF MINE
GM (Mines), WORKERS IN UNDERGROUND
UCIL (External HARD ROCK MINES
Guide)