In the latest QS Rankings by Subject, three Indian institutes were among the top Mining institutions. The Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad [abbreviated as IIT (ISM)], became the second highest ranked university at 26th rank, two public Institutes of Eminence (IoEs) made it to the top 50 with IIT Kharagpur securing 37th rank and IIT Bombay pegged at 39th position. Although Minerals and Mining is a very old field still it managed to succeed from the contemporary disciplines such as data sciences, electronics and automobile etc. The field has become more dynamic involving Mechanical Engineering, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering, Electronics among many others.
