Career in Mining Engineering - options and opportunities

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.

Performance and growth of industry in India

With the rapid increase in the population, now we are in more need of natural resources in order to fulfill our day to day increasing desires. In the coming years, India requires more mining engineers in order to face scarcity of natural resources.

Options and Opportunities

After pursuing Mining Engineering various job prospects are available with private and government companies as a Consultant, Production Manager in Underground coalmines, Surface mines, Underground metalliferous mine, Mine Manager, Mine Planning, Mine Designer, Health and Safety Manger, Mine Ventilation engineer, Operations, Mining Investment Analyst, Petroleum Engineer. In India most of the jobs in mining are with government and public sector organizations such as:

-The Indian Bureau of Mines

-Geological Survey of India

-Coal India Ltd

-IPCL

-Neyvelli Lignite Corporation

Courses Available

-BE/B.Tech in Mining Engineering

-M.E/M.Tech in Mining Engineering

-Post Graduate Diploma in Mineral Engineering

-Diploma in Mining and Mine Surveying Engineering

-Ph.D in Mining Engineering

Qualification required

-For B.E/B.Tech in mining engineering – 10+2 with physics, chemistry and maths as compulsory subjects with at least 50% marks.

-For M.E/M.Tech in mining engineering – B.E/B.Tech in mining engineering or any equivalent branch of engineering.

-For Diploma in mining engineering – 10th passed with at least 50% marks

Some good institutes

-MVS Engineering College, Hyderabad

-Regional Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh

-Regional Engineering College, Assam

-IIT Guwahati, Assam

-IIT Delhi

-Government Engineering College, Gujarat

-Regional Engineering College, Karnataka

-Regional Engineering College, Himachal Pradesh

-Regional Engineering College, Kerala

-IIT Mumbai

-IIT Kanpur

-IIT Kharagpur

Entrance exams

-IIT Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)

-All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE)

-AICET: All India Common Entrance Test.

-AMIE: Associate Membership of Institutions of Engineers.

-DCE CEE: Delhi College of Engineering Combined Entrance Exam.

-GATE: Graduate Aptitude test in engineering

-NERIST: North Eastern Region Institute of Science and Technology

-BITSAT: Birla Institute of Science and Technology Entrance Exam