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OVERVIEW

IIT Dhanbad began as the Indian School of Mines (ISM) before being transformed into an IIT. In the QS WUR By Subject (Mineral and Mining Engineering) Rankings 2022, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad is ranked 26th in India. Admissions to IIT (ISM) Dhanbad 2022 are currently open. The MBA admissions results for 2022 have been published by the institute.

Candidates may view their results at https://admission.iitism.ac.in/index.php/admission/mba. COAP Counselling 2022 will be held for MTech admissions from May 20 to July 19. The JEE Advanced 2022 exam for the BTech programme will be held on August 28. The initial and final rankings of the IIT Dhanbad BTech programme are 907 and 14911, respectively. On May 18, a list of shortlisted candidates for PhD admissions will be released.

Notification from IIT Dhanbad

IIT JAM 2022 2nd Admission List is now available at jam.iitr.ac.in.
Seat Allotment for UCEED 2022 Counselling Round 3 has been released.
The GATE COAP 2022 Round 4 Seat Allotment results have been released.

IIT Dhanbad, formerly known as the Indian School of Mines, is ranked eleventh in the Engineering category and twenty-sixth overall. The institute's most popular programmes are B.Tech, Integrated M.Tech, M.Tech, and M.Sc. Admission to B.Tech seats is done through JoSAA counselling using the JEE exam, and for MBA, a CAT score is used. IIT JAM scores are considered for M.Sc admission, along with a minimum of 55 percent graduation marks.

Quick Facts about IIT Dhanbad

According to the NIRF 2021 ranking, IIT Dhanbad is ranked 30th in management for MBA programmes.
The total annual fees for the B.Tech programme at IIT Dhanbad are INR 120400 Lakhs. The total programme fee for MBA/ MBA Business Analytics students is INR 357440 Lakhs.
IIT Dhanbad signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (EOGEPL) to collaborate on the development and research of CBM technologies.
IIT Dhanbad has 331 faculty members with

OVERVIEW

Notification from IIT Dhanbad

IIT JAM 2022 2nd Admission List is now available at jam.iitr.ac.in.
Seat Allotment for UCEED 2022 Counselling Round 3 has been released.
The GATE COAP 2022 Round 4 Seat Allotment results have been released.

Quick Facts about IIT Dhanbad

According to the NIRF 2021 ranking, IIT Dhanbad is ranked 30th in management for MBA programmes.
The total annual fees for the B.Tech programme at IIT Dhanbad are INR 120400 Lakhs. The total programme fee for MBA/ MBA Business Analytics students is INR 357440 Lakhs.
IIT Dhanbad signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (EOGEPL) to collaborate on the development and research of CBM technologies.
IIT Dhanbad has 331 faculty members with approachable knowledge and solid teaching experience ranging from 15-20 years.
IIT Dhanbad Placement 2020 has the highest CTC in the last three years, at INR 48.38 LPA. The B.Tech CSE Department has a placement rate of 93.24 percent.
Maximum CTC: INR 48.38 Internship opportunities: 173 PPO: 85
The average CTC is INR 14 LPA.
IIT Dhanbad was founded in 1926 and now offers Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Doctoral programmes through 18 departments. In addition to B.Tech, M.Tech, and MBA programmes, offers Ph.D. and Postdoctoral fellowships.

Rankings of IIT Dhanbad

IIT Dhanbad is ranked 22nd in the overall category of the NIRF ranking in 2020. The institute was ranked 12th in the Engineering category of the NIRF 2020 Ranking, with a total score of 62.06. IIT Dhanbad is ranked 801-1000 in the Times World University Rankings 2021, with an overall score of 25.01-30.1.

Ranking	Year	Ranked at
NIRF (Overall)	2021	26
NIRF (Engineering)	2021	11
NIRF (Management)	2021	30
Times World University Rankings	2021	801-100

Placements at IIT Dhanbad

IIT Dhanbad is holding a placement drive for the 2022 graduating class. According to the most recent phase one placement report, IIT Dhanbad placements 2022 had the highest package of INR 50 LPA, while the average package was INR 19.25 LPA. In 2022, the top recruiters at IIT Dhanbad included Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Cognizant, Hitachi Vantara, Xiomi, and others.

IIT Dhanbad Placements 2022: Highlights

The key highlights of IIT Dhanbad placements 2022 are presented in the below-mentioned table:

Particulars	Statistics (2022)
Total number of companies registered	260
Number of offers	929
No. of international offers	16
Startups offers	194
Number of PPOs	137
Number of internships	542 (As on May 27, 2022)
Number of students placed	1,066 (As on May 27, 2022)
Placement percentage	-MBA Core: 85% -MBA Business Analytics: 81%
Highest salary (MBA)	-MBA Core: INR 21 LPA -MBA Business Analytics: INR 25.96 LPA
Highest salary	INR 50 LPA
Average salary	INR 19.25 LPA
Top recruiters	Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Cognizant, Hitachi Vantara, Xiomi

Scholarships at IIT Dhanbad

IIT Dhanbad offers over 30 scholarships, including merit-based, need-based, annual assessment, technical paper publishing, and JRF. ISMAA and the Indian School of Mines Alumni Association of North America (ISMAANA) awarded more than INR 1.2 crore in scholarships. In addition, IIT Dhanbad offers a full fee waiver to OBC and General category students whose family income is less than INR 6 LPA through the Merit-cum-means Scholarship.

The following are some of the scholarships:

ISMAANA awards USD 1000 to ten students from each B.Tech year, according to Peggy and Avinash Ahuja. The list of students from each year is chosen on the basis of merit cum means (MCM).
Pramod and Meera Thakur Trust (PMTT): ISMAANA offers a USD 1000 MCM scholarship to one student from the Mining Engineering Branch.
Inder Mohan Thapar Research Fellowship: The Inder Mohan Thapar Foundation Trust and the Karam Chand Thapar Group each award a student from one of six departments: mining engineering, petroleum engineering, environmental science and engineering, fuel and mineral engineering, applied physics, and humanities and social sciences. The scholarship is worth INR 3 lakhs.

Faculty at IIT Dhanbad

Each department at IIT Dhanbad has an average of 45 faculty members. Prof Ram Madhav Bhattacharjee, Head of the Mining Engineering Department, is a member of the NITI AAYOG expert group. Many professors, including Prof Parthasarathi Das, have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

As of now, the faculty-to-student ratio at IIT Dhanbad is 1:22. With an increase in student intake, the institute's faculty ratio has slipped slightly from the previous ratio.

Alumni of IIT Dhanbad

Harsh Kumar Gupta is a seismologist and earth scientist from India.
Gulshan Lal Tandon: Indian mining industry pioneer, former Chairman of Coal India Ltd. Padma Shri Padma Bhushan
Rabi Narayan Bastia is an Indian geoscientist who works as the Global Head of Exploration for Lime Petroleum in Norway.
Deblina Sarkar is a scientist and inventor from India. She is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assistant Professor and the AT&T Career Development Chair Professor of the MIT Media Lab.

FAQs

Q. How do I get into the IIT Dhanbad Ph.D. program?

Ans. IIT Dhanbad provides Ph.D. programmes in Engineering, Science, Humanities, and Management. Candidates for the Ph.D. programme must have a minimum of 60% in their Masters, Bachelor's, or equivalent degree. Depending on the aspiring stream, candidates are shortlisted for interviews based on GATE/NET/CAT/GMAT scores. The interview performance is used to make the final decision.

Q. What are the JEE cut-off trends at IIT Dhanbad for EE and CSE?

Ans. According to the most recent JEE cut-off trends for 2020, the B.Tech CSE cut-off in the 6th Round was 1296-3029, the highest among all IIT Dhanbad branches. The last round cut-off for the EE Branch was 5016-6615.

Q. What is the best branch for B.Tech at IIT Dhanbad?

Ans. All branches make an equal effort to provide the best programme outcomes for the students. However, due to their high placement rates, aspirants prefer CSE, Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. CSE has the highest placement rate of any branch, at 93.24 percent.

Q: Is IIT Dhanbad or IIT Bhubaneswar better?

Ans. Both institutes provide prestigious Engineering degrees to students. While IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 22nd in the NIRF Engineering Ranking 2020, IIT Dhanbad ranks 12th. B.Tech is the most popular programme at both institutes. The first-year fee for the B.Tech programme at IIT Dhanbad is INR 120400 Lakhs, while the fee for IIT Bhubaneswar is INR 148759. IIT Bhubaneswar has an 87 percent placement rate for UG programmes, while IIT Dhanbad has a 55.32 percent placement rate. As a result, excluding the ranking factor, IIT Bhubaneswar appears to be a better option in terms of ROI.

Q. How is the placement situation at IIT Dhanbad?

Ans. IIT Dhanbad's course-specific placement rate in 2020 is 55.32 percent for B.Tech, 79.13 percent for Dual Degree, and 11.14 percent for M.Tech. B.Tech placement statistics show that Computer Science Engineering graduates have a placement rate of 93.24 percent, while Electronics and Communication Engineering graduates have a placement rate of 77.88 percent. With INR. 48.38 LPA, the highest package of recent placement has surpassed the previous four-year record.

Q. How is life at IIT Dhanbad?

Ans. College life at IIT Dhanbad is excellent. Students at the institute are exposed to a variety of cultures and environments. In addition, the institute organises a variety of activities and events for its students, including tech fests, cultural programmes, and sporting events.

Q. IIT Dhanbad accepts JEE Mains scores.

Ans. No, IIT Dhanbad does not accept JEE Mains scores for B.Tech admission. For admission to the B.Tech programme, the institute accepts JEE Advanced scores followed by the JoSAA Counselling process.

Q. How good is IIT Dhanbad's CSE?

Ans. The faculty and placements in the CSE branch at IIT Dhanbad are excellent. The CSE department had the most placements and the highest CTC of INR 26 LPA, while the average CTC offered was INR 9 LPA.

Q. Can I be admitted directly to IIT Dhanbad?

Ans. IIT Dhanbad admits students to its programmes if they meet the basic eligibility requirements and have a valid entrance score from JEE Advanced, GATE, CAT, IIT JAM, etc.

Q. Is IIT (ISM) Dhanbad a good place to get an MBA?

Ans. The NIRF has ranked IIT Dhanbad 29th for Management in 2020. Because the institute offers the best placement opportunities for MBA students as well as various facilities on campus, IIT Dhanbad is an excellent choice for pursuing an MBA.

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