National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Mine Environment
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental Modelling using Softcomputing, GIS Application, Air & Noise Pollution, System Engineering
  • Machine Vision System
  • GIS and Remote Sensing

Amit Kumar Gorai Professor & HOD (Mining Engineering)

Mining Engineering

goraia@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2615

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CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS

4

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Amit Kumar Gorai

Professor

Mining Engineering

Room Number: MN-115

Department of Mining Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2012

MBA
Operations Management
IGNOU, New Delhi

2007

Ph.D.
Environmental Science & Engineering
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

2002

M.E
Mining Engineering
IIEST Shibpore (Formerly B E College, Shibpore)

Teaching Experience
  • Mining Engineering,  NIT Rourkela,   23 Dec 2014 - Present
  • Environmental Science & Engineering,  BIT Mesra, Ranchi,   10 Sep 2007 - 22 Dec 2014
  • Mining Engineering,  BIT Sindri,   10 Aug 2005 - 31 Aug 2007
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Air Quality,  UNSW, Sydney,   15 May 2018 - 16 Jul 2018
  • Air Quality and Health Studies using GIS,  Jackson State University, USA,   01 Sep 2013 - 31 Aug 2014

Development of UAV- based near real-time surface fire detection and delineation system for coal mining and forest regions. DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Design and Development of an IoT-based Environmental Monitoring and Associated Risk Prediction System for Underground Coal Mines. Technology Innovation in Exploration & Mining Foundation (TEXMiN)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Running   Sponsored
Estimation of Aresol Optical Depth(AOD) from satelite remote sensing data over coal mining region in India and development of statistical model for prediction of particulate matter concentration from AOD. CSIR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Geostatistical analysis and mapping of ground level ozone in an urban area in india: a case study of Ranchi city DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of Low-Cost Indigenous Portable Integrated Lidar System for 3D-Mapping in GPS-Denied Underground Mines MINISTRY OF MINES,NEW DELHI
  • Co-Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Scientific study of determination of degree of gassiness at VII seam of V/VI/VII (combined) seam at Sinidih section of Maheshpur Colliery BCCL Dhanbad
  • PI
  • 03 Mar 2022 - 02 Sep 2022
  • Completed   Consultancy

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX 11
GOOGLE SCHOLAR I10-INDEX 8
SCOPUS H-INDEX
Total Publications: 56
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A. K. Gorai, S. S. Biswal, and G. Mitra,"Effects of meteorology on ground-level ozone (GLO) concentrations and identifying the hot spots having significantly higher GLO concentration in a semi-urban area", Environmental Development and Sustainability, vol.20, no.4, pp.1461–1481, Springer, August 2018, 10.1007/s10668-017-9947-3       Article

A. K. Gorai, P. Tchounwou, S. S. Biswal, and F. Tuluri,"Spatio-temporal variation of PM2.5 concentrations and its possible health impacts in a mega city, Delhi in India", Environmental Health Insights, SAGE 2018       Article

A. K. Gorai, A. K. Patel, and S. Chatterjee,"Development of an expert system for iron ore classification", Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Springer 2018, 10.1007/s12517-018-3733-x       Article

A. K. Gorai, Pb. Tchounwou, and G. Mitra,"Spatial Variation of Ground Level Ozone Concentrations and its Health Impacts in an Urban Area in India.", Aerosol & Air Quality Research, vol.17, no.4, pp.951-964, Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research 2017, 10.4209/aaqr.2016.08.0374       Article

A. K. Gorai, P. Kumar, and A. K. Patel,"Reliability analysis of the main conveyor system in underground coal mine to determine the maintenance schedules", International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, vol.8, no.3, pp.207-233, Inderscience 2017, 10.1504/IJMME.2017.085838       Article

International Conference on Sustainable & Innovative Mining Practices (ICSIMP 2023) Mining Engineering (Conference)
International Conference on Sustainable & Innovative Mining Practices (ICSIMP 2023) Mining Engineering (Conference)
Technological Developments, Safety and Environmental Management in Mining Department of Mining Engineering, NIT Rourkela Mining Engineering (Short-term Course)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 07 Mar 2022 - 11 Mar 2022
  • Brochure
International Webinar on Frontiers in Mining & Geosciences Mining Engineering (Conference)

  • MN2004 : Mine Surveying {Theory}
  • MN202 : Mine Surveying {Theory}
  • MN206 : Introductory Mining Technology {Theory}
  • MN392 : Special Topic in Mining Engineering - II {Theory}
  • MN417 : Surface Mining Environment {Theory}
  • MN6031 : Remote Sensing and GIS for Mining Applications {Theory}
  • MN6035 : Mine Systems Engineering {Theory}
  • MN621 : Surface Mining Environment {Theory}
  • MN624 : Mine Systems Engineering {Theory}
  • MN682 : Special Topics in Mining Engineering – II {Theory}
  • MN2074 : Mine Surveying Laboratory {Practical}
  • MN276 : Mine Surveying Laboratory {Practical}
  • MN6072 : Mine System Laboratory {Practical}
  • MN677 : Software Laboratory - II {Practical}
  • MN789 : Product Development Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [10]
Development of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model using Fuzzy-AHP Technique for Selection of Underground Metal Mining Method
B Bhanu Chander
Enrolled: Jan 2015
Graduated :  Jul 2019
Supervisor
Development of Deep Learning Algorithm for Remote Sensing Image Classifications to Assess the Impacts of Coal Mining on Land Use/Land Cover Patterns
Ajay Kumar
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Graduated :  Jul 2023
Supervisor
Development of an Online Vision Based Integrated Quality Monitoring Model for Mineral Industry
Ashok Kumar Patel
Enrolled: Jan 2013
Graduated :  Mar 2018
Supervisor
Detection and Delineation of Coal Mine Fire and Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions using Satellite Data.
Shanti Swarup Biswal
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  Mar 2022
Supervisor
Quantifying the Impacts of Mining Activities on Vegetation Ecology using Integrated Remote Sensing Approaches
Avinash Kumar Ranjan
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
Development of Hybrid Model for the Air Pollution Dispersion Analysis and Community Exposure Assessment in an Opencast Coal Mine
Gattu Srikanth
Enrolled: Aug 2022
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Mineral Exploration using Remote sensing and GIS
Manasa Pasupunti
Enrolled: Aug 2022
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
IoT based Environmental Monitoring
Soudeep Chowdhury
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Prediction of Groundwater Vulnerability to Pollution in Ranchi District using Fuzzy Technique
Jawed Iqbal
Enrolled:
Graduated :  2015
Supervisor
Development of ANFIS model for air quality forecasting
Kanchan
Enrolled:
Graduated :  2016
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [8]
Air quality prediction using remote sensing data
Pratap Kumar
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Mineral Processing
Sushanta Kumar Pradhan
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
QUANTIFYING THE ROLE OF HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS ON WORK INJURY IN MINES IN INDIA
Souparna Jana
Enrolled: Oct 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Analysing the impacts of mining activities on socio-economic and environmental conditions in the nearby residential regions: A Case Study
Mahesh Kumar Singh
Enrolled: Oct 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Environmental Management in Mines
Meena Kumari
Enrolled: Aug 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Mine Production Scheduling and Management
Tapan Dey
Enrolled: Oct 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Mineral Processing
Jyotirmaya Sahoo
Enrolled: Jan 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Blast free Mining, plasma blasting
Ajaya Choudhury
Enrolled: Aug 2023
Continuing
Co-Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Endeavour Executive Fellowship of Australian Government for working in UNSW, Australia,   2017
  • Raman Postdoctoral Fellowship under Indo-US Research Scheme Awarded by UGC, New Delhi,   2013
  • DST Young Scientist Research Grant,   2012
  • Young Researchers Bursary Award from WMO, Geneva,   2012