Dr. Tarun Verma
Associate Professor
Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (BHU)
Email:
tverma.min@iitbhu.ac.in
Phone(s):
07379996677
Website:
Area of Interest:
Air Pollution Modelling and Mitigation, Mine Surveying, Remote Sensing and GIS, Environmental Management in Mines, Computer Applications in Mining
For over 16 years, I have been working in the field of Dust Dispersion Modeling in Mines, Environmental Management in Mines, Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in the mining industry, Slope Stability Analysis and Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Mining Industry.
Broad Areas of Current Research:
- Air pollutant modeling using the mathematical algorithm and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Mine Planning
List of Ph.D. Students
| S.No. | Name | Year of Registration | Title of Thesis | Co-guides (if any) | Status |
| 1 | Md. Maneeb Masood | 2017 | Slope stability monitoring and analysis | No | Completed |
| 2. | Shri Charchit Jain | 2018 | Study on whole body vibration from various types of machinery in an underground mine | Yes (Prof. S. Gupta) | Ongoing |
| 3. | Shri Vinay Kumar Singh | 2019 | Slope stability analysis using remote sensing | No | Ongoing |
| 4. | Dheeraj Singh | 2023 | Coal Gassification | No | Ongoing |
List of M.Tech. Students
| S.No. | Name | Year of Completion | Title of Thesis | Co-guides (if any) |
| 1 | Shri Rajat Tiwari, IDD | 2017 | Study of abrasiveness of rocks in coal mines and its impact on cutting tools | Yes (Prof. A. Jamal) |
| 2. | Shri Yogesh Dewangan | 2018 | Development of empirical relationship for emission from different dust sources of an opencast mine at different depth | N0 |
| 3. | Shri Atul Krishna Singh, IDD | 2017 | Development of GIS based dust dispersion model for a surface mine | No |
| 4. | Md. Shahbaz, IDD | 2017 | Mine closure planning and reclamation using GIS | No |
| 5. | Shri Mohit Kumar, IDD | 2017 | Planning of a surface mine to optimize environmental parameters | Yes (Prof. S. Gupta) |
| 6. | Shri Omprakash Sahu | 2020 | Study on surface miner preventive maintenance | No |
| 7. | Rishabh Sipani | 2020 | Design of maintenance schedule of dragline | No |
| 8. | Piyush Sharma, IDD | 2021 | Slope Stability monitoring and analysis using hyperspectral imaging | No |
| 9. | Shibasoumya Ghosh | 2021 | Monitoring of Acid Mine Drainage through Remote Sensing and GIS | No |
| 10. | Dheeraj Kumar Bhardowaj | 2021 | Estimation of Chlorophyll-a Concentration using Hyperspectral Imaging in surface water bodies near mining areas | No |
| 11. | Arab Raj | 2021 | Mine Reclamation Planning using Remote Sensing and GIS | No |
| 12. | Surendra Kumar, IDD | 2022 | ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN COAL MINE AREA USING GIS AND WATER QUALITY INDEX | No |
| 13. | Pintu Sahu | 2022 | Assessment of Mine Reclamation staus using Remote Sensing and GIS | No |
| 14. | Nalla Venkatesh | 2022 | Assessment of Acid Mine Drainage using GIS and Remote Sensing | No |
Other than this more than 150 B.Tech. thesis, around 40 exploratory projects and 4 Stream Projects guided and completed.
| Period | Sponsoring Organisation | Title of Project | Amount of Grant | PI, Co-PI or Co-Investigator |
| 2014-2015 | IIT BHU | Numerical Modelling of Jointed Rock Slopes Subjected to Dynamic Loading | Rs. 25.40 lakh | PI – Prof. Sanjay K Sharma Co-PI - Dr. G.S.P.Singh, Dr. T. Verma and Dr. Suresh K Sharma |
| 2019-22 | Science and Engineering Research Board | Slope Stability monitoring and analysis using hyperspectral imaging | Rs. 47.105 Lac | PI-Dr. T. Verma |
| 2020-22 | Coal India | Design of Protective Barrier Pillar against large water head in underground coal mines | Rs. 87.47 Lac | PI – Dr. G.S.P.Singh Co-PI - Prof. Sanjay K Sharma, Dr. T. Verma and Dr. Nawal Kishore |
| Sl. No. | Title of Project | Funding Agency | Financial Outlay | Year of start & total period | Name of P.I. and other investigators | Status |
1 | Study of Slope Stability and Analysis of Existing Internal and External OB Dumps of the five O/C Mines of NCL | NCL (CIL), Singrauli | 10.00 Lakhs | 2016 One Year | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr. T.Verma Dr.N Kishore | Completed |
2 | Determination of schedule of rate(SOR)for outsourcing work of removal of overburden, loading of coal into tippers / trucks, transportation of coal, wagon loading, drilling of coal strata, crushing of coal by mobile crusher and extraction of coal by surface miner in SECL | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 34.50 Lakhs | 2017 One Year | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr. T.Verma Dr.N Kishore | Completed |
| 3 | Analysis of Slope stability by Radar System and estimation of TLV for Dipka, Kusmunda and Gevra mines of SECL | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 10.00 Lakhs | 2018 One Year | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr. T.Verma Dr.N Kishore | Completed |
| 4 | Scientific study regarding highwall slope failure and amalgamation of various dumps in Manikpur Opencast Mine of SECL | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 39.00 Lakhs | 2018 One Year | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr. T.Verma Dr.N Kishore | Completed |
| 5 | Scientific Study for Preparation and formulation of Strata Control and Monitoring Plan for Jhiria U/G mine, Hasdeo Area, SECL | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 7.96 Lakhs | June,2018 Six months | Dr.G S P Singh Prof.S K Sharma Dr.N Kishore Dr. T.Verma | Completed |
| 6 | Scientific Study for Preparation and formulation of Strata Control and Monitoring Plan for Baherabandh U/G mine, Hasdeo Area, SECL | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 7.96 Lakhs | June,2018 Six months | Dr.G S P Singh Prof.S K Sharma Dr.N Kishore Dr. T.Verma | Completed |
| 7 | Scientific Study for Preparation of Strata Control and Monitoring Plan including Support Plan for one depillaring panel in No. 1 seam of Bartunga Hill mine, Chirimiri UG Sub Area, SECL | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 6.48 Lakhs | June,2018 Six months | Dr.G S P Singh Prof.S K Sharma Dr.N Kishore Dr. T.Verma | Completed |
| 8 | Scientific Study at Hirakhand Bundia Mine, Orient Area, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, | Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, | 11.505 Lakhs | 2018 | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr. T.Verma Dr.N Kishore | Completed |
| 9 | Preparation of technical study report for utilisation of flyash mixing with OB and backfilling in Jampali opencast project, SECL Raigarh area | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 11.38 Lakhs | 2018 | Dr.G S P Singh Prof.S K Sharma Dr.N Kishore Dr. T.Verma | Completed |
| 10 | Scientific Study for preparation of report of Chhal OCM, Baroud OCM, Jampali OCM, Gare Palema IV/I OCM and Bijari OCM of SECL, Raigarh Area in compliance to Regulation 106(2) of CMR 2017. | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 39.648 Lakhs | October 2018 | Dr. N. Kishore(PI) Prof.S.K.Sharma Dr.G.S.P.Singh Dr. T.Verma | Completed |
| 11 | Scientific Study for Preparation and formulation of Strata Control and Monitoring Plan for Bijuri U/G mine, Hasdeo Area, SECL | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. | 7.96 Lakhs | Feb.2019 | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr. T.Verma Dr.N Kishore | Completed |
| 12 | Scientific Study for preparation of scientific study report of Parsa East Kanta OCP, Sarguja Adani in compliance to Regulation 106(2) of CMR 2017. | Adani Power | 13.57 Lakhs | Jan.2019 | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr.N Kishore Dr. T.Verma | Completed |
| 13 | Scientific Study of Saristola OCP, ICML in compliance to Regulation 106(2) and and special precautions to be taken for dealing fiery coal seam. | Integrated Coal Mining Ltd. (CESC Ltd. Kolkata) | 21.12 Lakhs | Jan.2019 | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr.N Kishore Dr. T.Verma | Completed |
| 14 | Scientific Study for preparation of scientific study report of Madhaipur OCP, ECL in compliance to Regulation 106(2) of CMR 2017. | ECL, Asansol (W.B.) | 12.00 Lakhs | Jan.2019 | Prof.S K Sharma Dr.G S P Singh Dr.N Kishore Dr. T.Verma | Completed |
| 15 | Scientific Study on vibration studies of various machineries operating at Jhanjra Project Colliery, ECL | Eastern Coal Fields Limited | 7.08 Lakhs | February 2019 | Prof. S. Gupta, Prof. S. K. Sharma Dr. T. Verma Shri A. K. Jain Dr. S. K. Palei | Completed |
| 16 | Scientific study of the Air Pollution Impacts associated with operationalization of Wharfwall and Pollution Control/Mitigational Measures to Minimise the Pollution Load | Khadia Project,Northern Coal Field Limited, Singrauli | 5.31 Lakhs | September 2021 | Dr. Tarun Verma | Completed |
| 1. | Organising Secretary of Technology exchange program on Rock instrumentation, organized by Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University from 27-29 December 2007 |
| 2. | Co-coordinator of a Short term course on Rock support and reinforcement for strata control in underground mining structures (RSSC 2013), organized by Executive Development Cell, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi from 21-25 October, 2013 |
| 3. | Co-coordinator of Short term course on Rock instrumentation in mining structures (RIMS 2014), scheduled to be organized by Executive Development Cell, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi from 07-11 April 2014 |
| 4. | Co-coordinator of a Short term course on Rock support and reinforcement for strata control in underground mining structures (RSSC 2014), organized by Executive Development Cell, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi from 10-14 November, 2014 |
| 5. | Co-coordinator of a Short term course on Rock support and reinforcement for strata control in underground mining structures (RSSC 2016), organized by Executive Development Cell, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi from 22-29 December, 2016 |
| 6. | Co-coordinator and Treasurer of QIP Short Term Course on "Advanced Techniques of Project Management (ATPM-2017)" organized by QIP Cell, IIT(BHU), Varanasi & Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi from 11-15 July 2017 |
| Period | Organisation | Nature of Responsibility | Designation |
| 01/05/2015 – till date | IIT (BHU) | To co-ordinate and manage different RS and GIS related research activities at UG and PG department level | Professor – in- charge (additional), Remote sensing and GIS Division, Department of Mining Engineering |
| 01/05/2015 – till date | IIT (BHU) | To co-ordinate and manage different mine planning and surveying related research activities at UG and PG department level | Professor – in- charge (additional), Mine Planning Division, Department of Mining Engineering |
| 01/05/2015 to 30/11/2019 | IIT (BHU) | To co-ordinate and manage different security related activities at institute level | Proctor, IIT (BHU),Varanasi |
| 01/06/2016 31/08/2018 | IIT (BHU) | To co-ordinate and manage various training and placement activities related to UG and PG at the department level | Professor – in- charge, Training and placement, Department of Mining Engineering |
| 01/09/2016 31/08/2018 | IIT (BHU) | Supervision of undergraduate academic work in the department | Convener, DUGC, Department of Mining Engineering |
| 05/01/2017 – till date | IIT (BHU) | To co-ordinate and manage different research activities related to reverse engineering at UG and PG department level | Professor – in- charge, Tinkering lab, Department of Mining Engineering |
| 07/07/2008 to 21/10/2011 | IT BHU | To assist the Hostel Coordinator in administration and management of the assigned student’s hostel | Warden, Vishwkarma and Dhanrajgiri hostels |
| 01/07/2008 to 30/06/2009 | IT BHU | To organize and motivate students to play hockey | Hockey Secretary, IT Gymkhana |
| 01/07/2014 to 30/06/2015 | IIT (BHU) | To organize and motivate students for film and media related activities in gymkhana | Film and Media Councilor, IIT Gymkhana |
| 01/07/2015 to 30/06/2016 | IIT (BHU) | To organize and involve staff to play different games and participate in the meet at IIT, Madras | In-charge, Inter IIT Staff sports meet, IIT Gymkhana |
| 29/10/2018 --- till date | IIT (BHU) | To organise and conduct exams of institute level courses | Member of Institute Core Courses Monitoring Committee |
| S. No. | Details (Mention Year, Value etc. where relevant) |
| 1. | Ranked fifth and forty-ninth in Class X, U. P. Board Exam at District & State Level respectively in the year 1997 |
| 2. | Ranked third in BE, Mining Engineering 1999-2003 from NITK, Surathkal |
| 3. | Recipient of GATE scholarship in year 2003-2005 for pursuing Masters in Technology (M. Tech) at IT, BHU, Varanasi. |
| 4. | Recipient of Best Researcher Award by INSO on 14th May 2022 in the field of Science, Technology and Management |
| 5. | Working as a reviewer of a no. of International Journals like Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, Environmental Modeling and Software, etc. |
| 6. | Won the best hostel award as Warden, Vishwakarma hostel, BHU, in the year 2009 |
| 7. | Won Silver Medal in Badminton Championship of Inter IIT Staff Sports Meet 2016 at IIT Kanpur |
| 8. | Won Silver Medal in Cricket Championship of Inter IIT Staff Sports Meet 2017 at IIT Madras |
| 9. | Won Bronze Medal in Badminton Championship of Inter IIT Staff Sports Meet 2017 at IIT Madras |
| 10. | Won Silver Medal in Badminton Championship of Inter IIT Staff Sports Meet 2018 at IIT Guwahati |
Chapter Published in International Books:
1. Tarun Verma, Maneeb Masood, Charchit Jain (2019) " Applications of remote sensing and GIS in mineral exploration-A resource-saving technology" in Traditions and Innovations of Resources-Saving Technologies in Mineral Mining and Processing" ISBN 978-973-741-629-2
Please visit the following links for the details:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OklUjGkAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tarun_Verma9