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)

Dr. B. P. Baruah (2011)

Dr. S. K. Biswal (2011)

Dr. Ratnakar Singh (2013)

Dr. Asim Kumar Mukherjee (2014), (IIME-MBA- R&D) Head, Raw Mat. Res. Group, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur

Dr. Arun Kumar Majumder (2014), (IIME-MBA- Acad) Assoc. Prof., IIT, Kharagpur

Dr. T. Sreenivas (2015), SO (H), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Dr. Kamala Kanta Sahu (2015), Principal Scientist, CSIR- National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur-831007

Dr. T. Gouri Charan (2015), Head, Coal Preparation Division, CSIR- Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad

Dr. Binoy K. Saikia (2015), Head, Coal Chemistry Division, CSIR-North East Instittute of Science & Technology, Jorhat

Dr. Beena Rai (2016), Principal Scientist & Head, Physical Sciences, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Research Development & Design Centre, Pune

Dr. Rakesh Kumar (2016), Chief Scientist & Head, Metal Extraction & Forming Division, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur

Dr. Danda Srinivas Rao (2017), Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR- Institute of Minerals Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar

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)

No Award (2011)

(2012)

Dr. A. Bandyopadhyay, CDE Asia Ltd. (2013)

Mr. Subir Kumar Sett (2014), (IIME-MBA- IP) Assoc. Dir. (Technology Support & Key Account Management), Outotec India, Kolkata

Mr. Janaki Ram Adapa (2015), Associate General Manager, Rampur-Dariba Mines, HZL, Udaipur

Dr. G. Prabhulingaiah (2015), Freelance Consultant, Xanthate Technologies, Vizag

Mr. K. T. Sharana Gouda (2016), General Manager (R&D and SS-IORC, BHQ), M/s JSW Steel Ltd., Vijayanagar

No Award (2017)

Dr. N. R. Mandre (2018), Professor, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad


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