Designation: Professor (HAG)
Department: Mining Engineering
Email: dheeraj[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
Contact Number:
Office Number: +91-326-223-5486
Personal Page: Click Here
About Me: Prof. Dheeraj Kumar is a Professor (HAG) at the Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, and holds administrative positions as Dy. Director of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and Directors of TEXMiN and ACIC (the Mining Technology Innovation Hub of DST & the Community Innovation Hub of NITI Aayog). Prof. Kumar did his M.Tech. from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. He has 21 years of experience in Academic, Research, Outreach activities, and Administration in various positions, including Dean (Innovation), Dean (International Relations & Alumni Affairs), Assoc. Dean (Infrastructure), and academic positions. His areas of expertise include Mine Digitization & Mining 4.0 and Geospatial Technologies. Prof. Kumar has guided 20+ PhD Scholars and 50+ M. Tech students on Digitization, Automation, Remote Sensing, and GIS. He has organized several Professional Development Programmes (PDP) from one week to 14 weeks and trained 700+ mining professionals in Mine Digitization, Monitoring, and Digitalization. Prof. Kumar has developed and commercialized indigenous mining technologies for safe, intelligent, and sustainable mines. Prof. Kumar has mentored several startups and innovators and completed industrial projects on Mine Digitization, Monitoring, and digitalization. Prof. Kumar founded the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) in “Mining Technology,” the TEXMiN for developing technologies, innovation, and startup ecosystems in mining and earth science domains with substantial contributions from both Govt. and Industries. Prof. Kumar also founded the ACIC (A Section 8 company under NITI Aayog) for community innovations.
Research Interest: Digital Mining Technologies, Mine Surveying & Geospatial Technologies
