To recognise the contributions made by individuals in the field of Mineral Processing, IIME has instituted the following awards which are presented during its General Body Meeting / Annual Technical Meeting :

(i) IIME Mineral/Coal Beneficiation Award ward - R&D/ Academic :
Academic/R&D, for the R&D and/or academic contributions made by the nominee in the field of Mineral/Coal Beneficiation. The award is given in the form of a plaque.

(ii) IIME Mineral/Coal Beneficiation Award - Industrial Practice :
Industrial Practice, for the nominee's contributions to plant practice in the field of Mineral/Coal beneficiation. The award is given in the form of a plaque.

(iii) IIME Best Paper Awards (Published) :
These awards are for the Best Papers published, one in each of the following areas, during the calendar year by Indians working in India in any National or International Journals :

a) Mineral Processing
b) Ore Characterisation
c) Electro & Hydrometallurgy, Bio-processing (Mishra Award), and
d) Environment Topics Related to Mineral Processing (Tamotia Award)


(iv) IIME Best Paper Awards (Presented) :
Those awards are for the best papers presented in the Annual technical meeting of IIME in the following areas.

a) Mineral Characterisation (Peravadhanulu Award), and
b) Mineral Beneficiation (Khare Award)
c) Electro & Hydrometallurgy, Bio-processing (Mishra Award), and
d) Environment Topics Related to Mineral Processing (Tamotia Award)


(v) Felicitations
The Institute periodically honors the Experts for their outstanding contributions in the field of Mineral Engineering. Plaque(s) with citation is generally awarded to the recipient(s) during the Annual General Body Meeting.

 
Awards & Felicitations

IIME Mineral Beneficiation Award

(Late) Dr. K. K. Majumder

Late P. I. A. Narayanan

Dr. R. Choudhury (1994)

Prof. P. C. Kapoor (1998)

Dr. Pradip (2000)

Prof. K A Natarajan (2001)

Shri M. R. Jakhu (2002)

Shri D. M. R. Sekhar (2002)

Prof. S.P. Mehrotra (2003)

Mr. A.D. Baijal (2004)

Dr. V.N. Misra (2004)

Dr. G.V. Rao (2005)

Prof. S. Subramanian(2006)

Dr. N.P.H. Padmanabhan(2006)


IIME Coal Beneficiation Award :

Prof. G. G. Sarkar

Prof. T. C. Rao (1998)

Dr. Kalyan Sen (2000)

Shri P. V. T. Rao (2001)

Prof. A. Ghosh(2002)

No Award (2003)

Dr. S. Bhattacharjya(2004)

Dr. J.P. Barnwal(2005)

Prof. R. Venugopal(2006)


IIME Mineral/Coal Beneficiation Award - R&D/Academic :

Prof. B.K. Mishra (2007)

Dr. B. D. Pandey (2008)

Mr. L. B. Sukla (2009)

Dr. Nikkam Suresh (2009)

Mr. K. K. Bhattacharyya (2010)

Dr. B. Das (2010)

Mr. P. S. R. Reddy (2010)

IIME Mineral/Coal Beneficiation Award - Industrial Practice :

Dr. G. Bhaskarraju & Dr. S. Prabhakar, NML Madras centre, Chennai (2007)

Dr. S.Mohan Rao, Tata Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur (2007)

Dr. P. K. Banerjee (2008)

Mr. Ch. V. G. K. Murty (2008)

No Award (2009)

No Award (2010)


Felicitations :


1998 Dr. R. N. Sharma, Prof. A. K. Biswas, Dr. N. K. Rao, Dr. K. K. Dwivedi, Shri G. M. Rao and  Dr. K. S. Narsimhan,

2000 Prof. T. C. Rao, Shri A. N. Bose, Prof. H. S. Ray, Dr. R. K. Sahoo and Shri N. Chakravorty

2001 Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao, Prof. D. D. Misra and Shri A. C. Wadhawan

2002 Prof. P. C. Kapoor, Dr. T. K. Mukherjee, Shri S. Murari , Dr. Amit Chatterjee and Mr. Tripati

2003 Prof. S. Venkatachalam

2004 Prof. P.R. Khangaonkar, Mr. V.S. Pradhan and Mr. K.S. Raju

2005 Mr. R. Gupta and Mr. G.C. Mrig

2006 Shri S.B.Vora, Shri S.C. Maulik and Shri T.R.R.Rao

2007 Dr. C. K. Gupta, Mr. C.P.S. Nair and Mr. N.N. Subrahamanyam

2008 Dr. R. K. Grag, Dr. T. Mukherjee, Prof. R. Mallikarjuna and Mr. M. Mohanka

2009 Prof. K. A. Natarajan and Mr. P.V.T. Rao

2010 Mr. K. S. Koppiker, Mr. J. P. Srivastava and Prof. B. K. Sahu