Indian School of Mines

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (भारतीय खनि विद्यापीठ), धनबाद
Motto	उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत Uttitishthat Jagrat Prapya Varannibhodhat
Motto in English	"Arise, Awake, strive for the highest and be in the light"
Type	Public
Established	1926
Chairman	D.D. Mishra
Director	Durga Charan Panigrahi
Visitor	Pranab Mukherjee (President of India)
Academic staff	308
Students	7,455
Undergraduates	3,269
Postgraduates	2,537
Doctoral students	1,649
Location	Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India, Jharkhand, India 23°48′48″N 86°26′31″E / 23.8133°N 86.4419°E / 23.8133; 86.4419
Campus	Urban
Acronym	IIT (ISM)
Sports	Basketball Cricket Football Squash Boxing
Nickname	Dynamites
Affiliations	Indian Institutes of Technology
Website	www.iitism.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad (abbreviated as IIT (ISM)) is a public engineering and research institution located in Dhanbad, India. It was formerly known as Indian School of Mines and was a Deemed University before it got converted into an Institute of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.

IIT (ISM) is located in the mineral-rich region of India, in the city of Dhanbad. It is the third oldest institute (after IIT Roorkee and IIT (BHU) Varanasi) which got converted into an IIT. It was established by British Indian Government on the lines of the Royal School of Mines - London, and was formally inaugurated on 9 December 1926 by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India. It started as an institution to impart mining education, and today, has grown into a technical institution with various academic departments. The institute featured among the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings of 2016 by Subject in the fields of Mining and Mineral Engineering. IIT (ISM) admits its undergraduate students through Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced), previously IIT-JEE.

IIT (ISM) has 18 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and Management programs. On 25 May 2016, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Modi approved that a bill be introduced in Parliament for converting ISM Dhanbad into an Indian Institute of Technology. On 26 July 2016, the above-mentioned Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha. On 2 August 2016 the Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha. The Bill was eventually signed by the President of India on 10 August and notified in the Gazette of India.