About Us nbsp The Indian National Congress at its XVII Session of December passed a resolution stating that ldquo in view of the fact that the tendency of recent legislation namely The Indian Mines Act VII of is that all Indian mines must be kept under the supervision of mining experts the Congress is of opinion that a Government College of Mining Engineering be established in some suitable place in India on the models of the Royal School of Mines in England Mining Colleges of Japan and at other places in the continent rdquo The McPherson Committee formed by Govt of India recommended the establishment of an institution for imparting education in the fields of Mining and Geology whose report submitted in formed the main basis for establishment of the Indian School of Mines Dhanbad The Indian School of Mines was formally opened on th December by Lord Irwin the then Viceroy of Read More