Indian Minerology

what is gate ? The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an All-India examination administered and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee comprising of Faculty members from IISc, Bangalore and other seven IIT’s on behalf of the National Coordinating Board, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development. The GATE score/rank is used for admissions to Post Graduate Programmes (ME, M.Tech, MS, Direct Ph.D.) in institutes like IITs and IISc etc with financial assistance offered by MHRD. PSUs too use the GATE scores for recruiting candidates for various prestigious jobs with attractive remuneration. In GATE examination, candidates can apply for only one of the 23 papers listed in the table given below. Candidates are expected to appear in a paper appropriate to the discipline of their qualifying degree. However, candidates are free to choose any paper according to their admission plan, keeping in mind the eligibility crite...

Career in Mining Engineering - options and opportunities Introduction Mining Engineering is also referred as mineral engineering which is branch of engineering that is related to the study of application, techniques to extract and process valuable minerals from natural surroundings. Its process involves extraction of non-metallic, metal ores of all kinds and solid fuels and energy sources such as coal and nuclear material. There are various phases in mining processes starting from exploration, checking the feasibility, development, production, procession and marketing to final land restoration and rehabilitation. The main role of mining engineers is to apply knowledge of scientific theory, engineering techniques and improved technology to locate natural reserves of minerals, petroleum and other useful natural resources and then to extract these resources.