SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Aug 29: Six-week intensive course on advanced mine surveying technology began at IIT Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad today.
IIT ISM director Prof J K Pattanayak inaugurated the course at the Executive Development Centre (EDC).
Deputy Director Prof Dheeraj Kumar, professor-in-charge of the mine surveying section of the mining engineer department, is the coordinator of the course in which 68 participants of Coal India Limited (CIL) subsidiaries including, BCCL, CCL, ECL, WCL, NCL, SECL and MCL are attending.
On the occasion, Prof Sagar Pal, dean (R&D); Prof DP Mishra, HoD (Dept of Mining Engineering), course co-ordinator Prof VGK Villuri and Prof Soyeb Alam were also present.
The expert faculty members will cover topics like modern instruments, precise control surveying, topographical surveying, correlation survey, subsidence surveying and monitoring of slopes.
The aim of the course is to update the knowledge of surveyors, teachers and executives in mine surveying about modern surveying instruments and technologies.
An IIT ISM official said that the six-week training, that will continue till October 6, will also cover the topics like usage of the global positioning system in mine surveying, map projection and connection to the national grid, survey legislation, open cast mine surveying, scanning and plotting, georeferencing and raster map/plan, georeferencing of digitizing old map.
Course co-coordinator Prof Villuri said that this one is the biggest training of its kind in mine surveying technology in terms of the number of participants. “We will be using the latest instruments and technologies to apprise the participants about the changes that have taken place at the global level in mine surveying technology,” he said.
He said that during the training course, special focus would be given to the usage of different instruments, including, microphytic theodolites, autoset and precise levels, 3-D laser scanners, LIDAR & DRONE, Gyromat 3000 and Gyro-Theodolites, nadir plummet and laser aligners, EDMs and total station system.
