Course Name: Underground Mining of Metalliferous deposits

Course abstract

Introduction to Metalliferous mineral deposits, exploration, deposit characterizations, understanding cut-off grade, dilution, optimum recovery, financial impacts etc.; Access to mineral deposits: Types of access and selection criteria, location, size and shape; Adits, Inclines, Declines, Shafts; Conventional and special methods of excavation, lining, deepening and widening.; Lateral and inclined development of openings to mineral blocks; Levels, Drive, Drift, Crosscuts, Raising and Winzing etc.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Bibhuti Bhusan Mandal

Bibhuti Bhusan Mandal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering, M. Tech (Mining Engineering) and Ph.D. (ESE). He also holds the Mine Manager’s First Class Certificate of Competency issued by the Directorate General of Mines Safety.
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Prof. Kaushik Dey

Kaushik Dey is an Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He has obtained B.E. (Mining), M. Tech (Opencast Mining) and Ph.D. (Mining) prior to work in the field of Tunneling and Mining sector for few years. Prior to join I. I. T. Kharagpur, Dr. Kaushik Dey was an Assistant Professor in Department of Mining Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela and at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. His research area includes excavation of rock by blasting or by mechanical cutting, mining operations, surface mining, whole body vibration etc. He has published around thirty five research papers in different journals apart from many others presented in the national/international conferences.

Teaching Assistant(s)

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 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021

 Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 17-Sep-2021

 Exam Date : 24-Oct-2021

Enrolled

657

Registered

86

Certificate Eligible

71

Certified Category Count

Gold

4

Silver

30

Elite

19

Successfully completed

18

Participation

10

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Underground Mining of Metalliferous deposits - Toppers list

KUNAL SHARMA 91%

Jawaharlal Nehru College Of Technology Rewa

DABBU LAXMI NARAYANA 91%

MALLA REDDY ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

PRAVESH NAGAYACH 91%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RAIPUR

CHIRAG VIJAYKUMAR THAKOR 90%

Government Polytechnic-Bhuj

ANURAG PATEL 88%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RAIPUR

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 657

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 85

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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.

Course is very useful for mining students. More course of mining should be conducted in future.