UPDATES
PATRONS:
 
 
Prof. Damodar Acharya
 
Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
 
Dr. Srikumar Banerjee
 
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary
to Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy
 
Prof. S. K. Brahmachari
 
 
Director general, CSIR and Secretary, Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science
and Technology, Government of India
 
Mr. Prabhat C. Chaturvedi
 
Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment,
Government of India
 
Ms. Vibha Puri Das
 
 
Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Government of India
 
Mr. C. Balakrishnan
 
Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India
 
Dr. T. Ramasami
 
 
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
 



INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
 
 
Dr. Jeffrey L. Kohler
 
Director, Mine Safety and Health Research, NIOSH, USA
 
Prof. R. V. Ramani
 
Emeritus Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
 
Prof. Christopher J. Bise
 
Distinguished Professor, West Virginia University, USA
 
Dr. R. Güner Gürtunca
 
Director, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, NIOSH, USA
 
Mr. Stewart Bell
 
Director, Simtars, AUSTRALIA
 
Prof. Józef DUBINSKI
 
General Director, Central Mining Institute, POLAND
 
Mr. Satish Puri
 
Dy. Director-General of Mines Safety, Head Quarter, DGMS, Dhanbad
 
Mr. Liu Wenge
 
Director, CCII & NIOS, China
 
Mr. Nearkasen Chau
 
Research Director, INSERM, FRANCE
 
Prof. Changwoo Lee
 
Dong-A University, KOREA
 
Prof. Hyung-Sik Yang
 
Chonnam National University, SOUTH KOREA
 
Prof. Nina O. Kaledin
 
Moscow State Mining University, RUSSIA
 
Mr. Jose Luis Fuentes-  
Cantillana

 
CEO, AITEMIN, SPAIN
 
Dr. Takeshi Komai
 
Deputy Director, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment,AIST, JAPAN
 
Prof. Uday Kumar
 
Professor, Luleå University of Technology, SWEDEN
 
Prof. Jill Murray
 
Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, SOUTH AFRICA
 
Dr. Patric J Foster
 
Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter in Cornwall, UK
 
Dr. I. C. Sinka
 
Lecturer, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
 
Dr Sunao Kunimatsu
 
Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, AIST,JAPAN
 



NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
 
 
Mr. S. J. Sibal
 
Director General of Mines Safety, DGMS, Dhanbad
 
Mr. Chandra Sekhar Verma
 
Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited, New Delhi
 
Mr. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
 
Chairman,Reliance Power Limited, Navi Mumbai
 
Mr. N. S. Sekhsaria
 
Chairman, ACC Limited, Mumbai
 
Mr. Anil Agarwal
 
Chairman, Sterlite Industries (India) Limited, Tuticorin
 
Mr. S. D. Kulkarni
 
Chairman, Sesa Goa Limited, Panaji
 
Mr. Agnivesh Agarwal
 
Chairman, Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur
 
Mr. R. S. Sharma
 
Chairman & Managing Director, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, New Delhi
 
Mr. K. J. Singh
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Manganese Ore (India) Limited, Nagpur
 
Mr. V. R. S. Natarajan
 
Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Earth Movers Limited, Bangalore
 
Mr. S. Narsing Rao
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd, Hyderabad
 
Mr. A. R. Ansari
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, Neyveli
 
Mr. Rana Som
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad
 
Mr. R. Gupta
 
Chairman & Managing Director, Uranium Corporation of India Limited, Jaduguda
 
Mr. N. L. Rungta
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Rungta Mines Limited, Chaibasa
 
Mr. A. K. Srivastava
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Aluminium Company Limited, Bhubaneswar
 
Mr. Shakeel Ahmed
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Hindustan Copper Limited, Kolkata
 
Mr. N. M. Borah
 
Chairman & Managing Director, Oil India Limited, Noida
 
Mr. N. C. Jha
 
Director (Technical), Coal India Limited, Kolkata
 
Mr. S. Chakrabarti
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Eastern Coalfields Limited, Sanctoria
 
Mr. Shree Ramji Upadhyay
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Burla
 
Mr. D. C. Garg
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Western Coalfields Limited, Nagpur
 
Mr. A. K. Singh
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited, Ranchi
 
Mr. V. K. Singh
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Northern Coalfields Limited, Singrauli
 
Mr. R. K. Saha
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi
 
Mr. T. K. Lahiry
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Dhanbad
 
Chairman-cum-Managing Director
 
South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Bilaspur
 
Mr. Naveen Jindal
 
Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Jindal Steel and Power Limited, New Delhi
 
Mr. Sajjan Jindal
 
Vice Chairman & Managing Director, JSW Steel Ltd., Mumbai
 
Mr. P. R. Mandal
 
Advisor (Projects), Ministry of Coal, Government of India, New Delhi
 
Mr. H. M. Nerurkar
 
Managing Director, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur
 
Mr. Subhas Pramanik
 
Managing Director, Gulf Oil Corporation Limited, Hyderabad
 
Mr. Debu Bhattacharya
 
Managing Director, Hindalco Industries Ltd, Mumbai
 
Mr. V Chandrasekhar
 
IAS, Managing Director, Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited, Bangalore
 
Mr. G. C. Mrig
 
Managing Director, Aryan Coal Beneficiations Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon
 
Dr. Amalendu Sinha
 
Director, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad
 
Prof. T. Kumar
 
Director, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
 
Dr. J. Mukhopadhyay
 
Director, National Institute of Miners Health, Nagpur
 
Dr. P. C. Nawani, Director
 
National Institute of Rock Mechanics, Kolar
 
Dr. A. K. Gupta, Associate Professor
 
National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi
 



ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
 
 
Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharya
 
Chairman, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Ashis Bhattacharjee
 
Convenor, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Biswajit Samanta
 
Co-Convenor, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Aditya Kumar Patra
 
Co-Convenor, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Mr. Rahul Guha
 
Dy. Director-General of Mines Safety, North Western Zone, DGMS, Udaipur
 
Mr. R. B. Chakraborty
 
Dy. Director-General of Mines Safety, Western Zone, DGMS, Nagpur
 
Mr. P. K. Sarkar
 
Dy. Director-General of Mines Safety, Northern Zone, DGMS, Ajmer
 
Prof. B. S. Sastry
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. K. U. M. Rao
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Samir Kumar Das
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Khanindra Pathak
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. S. K. Mukhopadhyay
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Samir Kumar Pal
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Debasis Deb
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Debasish Chakravarty
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Basanta Kumar Prusty
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. A. K. Verma
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Kaushik Dey
 
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Jhareswar Maiti
 
Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, IIT, Kharagpur
 
Prof. Bhatu Kumar Pal
 
Department of Mining Engineering, NIT, Rourkela
 
Mr. J. V. Dattatreyulu
 
Director (Operations), SCCL, Khammam
 
Dr. Debasish Sarkar
 
Honorary Secretary, MGMI, Kolkata
 
Mr. Gyanindra Kumar Pradhan
 
Joint Director, PCRA(ER), Kolkata
 
Mr. Achyuta Krishna Ghosh
 
Deputy Director, CIMFR, Dhanbad
 
Mr. A. K. Sarangi
 
Deputy General Manager, UCIL, Jaduguda Mines
 
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