EXPERTISE INFORMATION
Research Group
- Geomechanics
Areas of Interest
- Geotechnical & Rockmass Characterisation (Photogrammetry/Lidar)
- Slope Stability (Open Pit & Waste Dumps)
- Mine Planning & Design
- Underground Metal
Ram Manohar Bishwal Assistant Professor Grade-II & PIC (Lecture Hall A-2)
Mining Engineering
bishwalrm@nitrkl.ac.in
4
PUBLICATIONS1
SPONSORED PROJECTS8
CONSULTANCY PROJECTS5
DOCTORAL STUDENTS4
CONTINUING EDUCATIONPERSONAL INFORMATION
Ram Manohar Bishwal
Assistant Professor Grade-II
Mining Engineering
Room Number: MN-216
Department of Mining Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008
2018
Ph.D.
Waste rock dump (WRD) material characterizationIIT-Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
2012
B.Tech
Mining EngineeringGovernment College of Engineering (Formerly OSME), Keonjhar
2007
+2
ScienceRajendra College, Balangir
Teaching Experience
- Mining (Surface Mining, Mine Development & Mine Planning), NIT Rourkela, 09 Jun 2020 - Present
Industrial Experience
- Consultant (Mining Geotech), SRK Consulting, 01 Feb 2018 - 31 Mar 2020
Development of UAV- based near real-time surface fire detection and delineation system for coal mining and forest regions. DST
- Co-Investigator
- 36
- Running Sponsored
Scientific Study of Controlled Deep Hole Blasting Practices at Rajrappa Opencast Project, Rajrappa Area CCL Central Coalfileds Ltd.
- Principal Investigator
- 01 May 2024 - 30 Apr 2025
- Running Consultancy
(Vetting of) Scientific Study undertaken for Yadwad and Kunnal limestone mines of Dalmia Bharat Cement Limited, Karnataka, India SRK Mining Services (India) Pvt Ltd
- Principal Investigator
- 01 Jan 2024 - 31 Mar 2024
- Completed Consultancy
Scientific study for slope stability analysis of benches and dump slopes of Kiriburu Iron ore mines SAIL
- Principal Investigator
- 21 Nov 2023 - 21 Mar 2024
- Completed Consultancy
Scientific Study for planning, designing & working in respect to method of working, ultimate pit slope, dump slope & monitoring of slope stability at Gevra OCP SECL
- Co-Principal Investigator
- 01 Jul 2023 - 30 Dec 2023
- Completed Consultancy
Scientific study for Ash Pond Capping Scheme at Vedanta, Jharsuguda, Odisha CEMC Pvt. Ltd
- Principal Investigator
- 01 Nov 2022 - 31 Jul 2023
- Completed Consultancy
Scientific study on slope stability of dump slopes & mine pit for Ravirala Limestone mines RAMCO Cement
- Co-Principal Investigator
- 01 Feb 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
- Completed Consultancy
Scientific study for formation and maintenance of external & internal overburden dumps of maximum 150m height at RG OCP III SCCL
- Principal Investigator
- 01 Jul 2022 - 01 Dec 2022
- Completed Consultancy
Scientific study for embankment dyke stability at JSW Bhushan Power & Steel Limited, Jharsuguda, Odisha JSW -BPSL
- Principal Investigator
- 01 Jun 2022 - 01 Nov 2022
- Completed Consultancy
Total Publications: 4
Ram. M. Bishwal,"Scope of 3-d printing in mining and geology: an overview", Journal of the geological society of india, vol.93, no.4, pp.482-486, Springer 2019, 10.1007/s12594-019-1203-z Article
Ram. M. Bishwal, Sen. P, and J. M,"Improving Stability of Overburden Dump Through Volume Minimization by Co-Deposition of Materials Based on Size and Material Type Distribution", Waste Management and Resource Efficiency, ch.part vii, pp.483-493, Springer 2019, 10.1007/978-981-10-7290-1_41 Inbook
Ram. M. Bishwal, Sen. P, and J. M,"A laboratory study on estimation of shear strength and compaction properties of overburden dump material in indian coal mines", Journal of the geological society of India, vol.92, no.3, pp.363-367, Springer 2018, 10.1007/s12594-018-1021-8 Article
Ram. M. Bishwal, Sen. P, and J. M,"A study on the need of assessment of settlement properties of coal mine waste dumps", in Proceedings of the conference on recent advances in rock engineering ({rare}2016)}}, pp.133-136, Atlantis Press, advances in engineering research 2016, 10.2991/rare-16.2016.21 Inproceedings
MINE GEOTECHNICS FOR UNDERGROUND METALLIFEROUS MINES - Phase I Mining Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 29 Jan 2024 - 02 Mar 2024
- Brochure
International Conference on Sustainable & Innovative Mining Practices (ICSIMP 2023) Mining Engineering (Conference)
- Coordinator
- 16 Nov 2023 - 18 Nov 2023
- Brochure
One Week High End Workshop "Karyashala" on "Advances in Mine Geotechnics & Mine Planning" Mining Engineering (Workshop)
- Coordinator
- 22 May 2023 - 28 May 2023
- Brochure
International Webinar on Frontiers in Mining & Geosciences Mining Engineering (Conference)
- Coordinator
- 07 Nov 2020 - 08 Nov 2020
- Brochure
- MN2001 : Mine Development {Theory}
- MN3025 : Blasting Technology {Theory}
- MN3104 : Surface Mining Technology {Theory}
- MN5027 : Novel and innovative mining practices {Theory}
- MN5246 : Mine Waste Manageent {Theory}
- MN6032 : Novel and innovative mining practices {Theory}
- MN4072 : Mine System Laboratory {Practical}
- MN4721 : Mine Planning and Design Laboratory {Practical}
- MN6074 : Mine Planning and Design laboratory {Practical}
Ph.D. Students [3]
Characterization and assessment of strength properties of discontinuous and anisotropic rockmass
Mohammed AsifEnrolled: Aug 2021ContinuingSupervisor
Mineral Exploration using Remote sensing and GIS
Manasa PasupuntiEnrolled: Aug 2022ContinuingSupervisor
Development of time series model for early prediction of slope failures in mines
Mritunjay KumarEnrolled: Jan 2024ContinuingCo-Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [2]
Tailing Utilization and Management
Gopal Kumar VermaEnrolled: Aug 2023ContinuingSupervisor
3D Geological Modelling & its application in Mine Planning
Sumana DasEnrolled: Sep 2023ContinuingSupervisor
Awards And Honours
- Representing India on ICOLD Technical Committee L (2023-27), 2023
- 1st Runner-up Award at 'Hackathon on R&D in Coal Sector 2023' Organized by CMPDI and Ministry of Coal, 2023
- Member: ICOLD Technical Committee L - Tailings Dams & Waste Lagoons, 2023
Memberships / Fellowships
- International Commission On Large Dams, India (INCOLD), 2023
- International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM), 2022
- Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), 2022
- Institution of Engineers India (IEI), 2018