Established in the year 1960, NITK Surathkal is one of the oldest and pioneer NITs that were created to function as pace setters and to provide academic leadership to the technical institutions in their respective regions.

The Department of Mining engineering was established in the year 1984 and about 1000 undergraduates passed out from the portals of Department till 2023. Several girls obtained their B.Tech Mining Degree from this Department.

The Department is having high qualified faculty members with Ph.D degrees backing with National and International exposure.With the mission of imparting quality education for meeting the needs of Mining Engineering Profession & Society, the Department is achieving its excellence through creative teaching- learning and research.

To explore undiscovered world of Mining and to promote budding talents in this expanse field.In principle and in practice, SME NITK and all its leadership value and seek diverse and inclusive participation within the mining and minerals community.

• 1. To interact with fellow Mining Engineers
• 2. To get exposure to latest Instruments and softwares
• 3. To interact with well known Academicians
• 4. To understand the Latest trend in Research
• 5. To get your Work Recognized