Workshops
Blasting practice in mining using advanced technology (Indian mining day)
In a recent workshop on *Blasting Practices in Mining Using Advanced Technology*, participants were introduced to cutting-edge methods revolutionizing the field. The session covered various aspects, including the use of digital platforms for blast design, which enables precise calculations for optimal fragmentation. Emphasis was placed on electronic detonators that allow for millisecond-level accuracy, improving blast control and safety. Additionally, the workshop highlighted the role of real-time data analytics in monitoring blast performance, enabling on-the-spot adjustments to improve efficiency and minimize environmental impact. Case studies showcased the successful implementation of these technologies, demonstrating how they reduce waste, enhance productivity, and optimize resource extraction in modern mining operations. Participants gained hands-on experience with these tools, providing them with actionable insights for their own blasting practices.
A one day seminar on Opportunities in Geo Spatial Technologies" on 4th December 2021
An MOU is already exists with Adepto Geo Informatics, since 7-11-2019. A one day seminar on "opportunities in Geo spatial technologies" was organised on 4-12-2021 Seminar Hal, 3rd floor Mechanical Building at MREC(A). Director of the firm Sri Bhaskar Kannoju MD of M/s. Adepto Geo Informatics private limited participated. 50 students of IV, III year Mining Engineering students attended the seminar. The purpose of the seminar was to inform the students the vast opportunities available to the students in this field and to know the career opportunities in Geo Spatial technologies. Mr. Bhaskar Kannouju explained the students the entire process. He explained that all the Governments and industries including the environment department needs to collect data which is related to the specific locations on the earth which are compiled in various softwares such as Arc GIS, Geo Server. The data is obtained from the satellites that are hired and that Adepto Geo Informatics is part of the MAXAR network and their Indian representative.
Indian Mining Day Celebrations on 01st November 2021
In association with Mining Engineer’s Association of India, Hyderabad Chapter, celebrations were organized by Department of Mining Engineering at Mini Auditorium of Malla Reddy Engineering College in view of the being declared since 2017 as Indian Mining Day. Pm the eve of celebration an essay writing competition was organized for II , III and IV year students on the subject of Impact of Mining on Environment. The program started by Indian Mining Day special flag hoisting and taking of oath by all the students, faculty and guests led by Director MREC(A), Dr. A. Ramaswamy Reddy. Later the program was inaugurated in Mini Auditorium, in which Director MREC (A), Dr. A. Ramaswamy Reddy was president, Dr V. D. Rajagopal, Ex. DMG, was the chief guest, Sri. V. Laxminarayana, Retired, DDG, DGMS, Sri KS Rao, Retired Ex Chief Manager, BGML and Sri. K. Narappa, Retired Additional General Manager in Singareni Collieries, Dr. K. Srinivas HOD Mining Engineering Department, were guest of honors. The program started with lighting of lamp, prayer song and dance. Dr Ramaswamy Reddy enumerated the efforts by MREC (A), in giving quality of education and improving the employability of the students by various initiatives. He showed the proof of the activities in the jobs and the very best emolument packages being received. He also highlighted the importance of keeping interaction with the various seniors and industry experts in improving the professional life and opportunities in the carrier. Dr VD Rajagopal, highlighted the changing scenario in the Mining industry where there less emphasis on the government jobs but more on private mining entrepreneurship. He advised students in having project and practices the preparation of Mining plans. He advised the Management of the college to include Mine plan preparation etc in the curriculum and syllabus. Sri V Narappa told how to be careful in making geological interpretation of the raw data and correlation of the coal seams. He told about the positive synergy that can be generated with the proper co-ordination between mining engineer and geologist.
Two Days Offline / Online International Seminar on O-PITBLAST SOFTWARE - 16th -17th September 2021
In order to improve the knowledge of students, Malla Reddy Engineering College has conducted two days online/offline International Seminar on O-PITBLAST Software, a software using in designing blast. • In the inaugural function at 10:30 AM on 16/09/2021, Dr A Ramaswamy Reddy was president . Sri B. Ramesh, former director of M/s SCCL, was the chief guest of the function. Guest of Honour at the function was Dr K. Srinivas & Ms Leonor Feio. • Dr A. Ramaswamy Reddy Congratulated the department for conducting such an internationalseminar on a very relevant subject. He said that it is the policy of the college to every introduction of the latest technology in education & industry. Shri B. Ramesh, addressed the participates and said that blasting is an activity inseparable from mining operations and optimization of blasting gone a long way in making the mining operations competitive, will also make mining operations more efficient and such simulating software are welcome in all other fields of mining. • Dr K. Srinivas said blasting operations are as old as mining itself, and mining cannot proceed unless blasting is done in an efficient and safe manner. The endeavour of mining engineering is to reduce the negative effects of blasting like vibrations, noise and fly-rock while simultaneously improving upon fragmentation. • In the first session, Shri Ch. Venkataramana spoke on “Blasting in opencast coal mines”. He gave the participants the fundamentals of blasting and various factors that need to be considered. • Mr.Daniel Castro had given an overview of the O-PITBLAST software and explained the various interfaces of the software.He also demonstrated the app that can be used to field engineers who can directly interact with his mobile phone and can get the same results while he is at the site of blasting itself. • Ms Bianca Saraiva took the audience on to the hands-on approach with a practical example of how to use the software for the blasting operations. The various options that are available for input the data and the interpretation of the outputs in relation to the desired outcomes are explained. • On the second day,Shri N. Sri Chandrahas explained to the participants the various precautions that are needed to be taken for the software to give error-free results. He particularly talked about the precautions needed for avoiding joints. Shri N.S.R. Krishna Prasad talked about the concepts of what is right and wrong in blasting and the need and concept of blast operations. He talked about thumb rules that govern the blast operations and how software is a helping tool in modifying the thumb rules to suit the site conditions. • The valedictory ceremony was conducted in which the question and answer session was also conducted, and feedback from the participants was collected. Shri M.Narasaiah, Former director DGMS, presided, presently working as Secretary-general MEAI Head Quarters, spoke on the importance of the subject and congratulated management and faculty for organizing such a program. The vote thanks were proposed by Mr V. Prasannakumar Reddy. The program ended at 02:00 PM on 17/09/2021.
One Day Seminar on Experiences & Opportunities for Mining Engineers in Industry, Academia & Research - 08th February 2021
Department of Mining Engineering One Day Seminar on Experiences & Opportunities for Mining Engineers in Industry, Academia & Research on February 08th 2021, which is relevant to the experiences and opportunities related to the mining industry. Eminent and experienced resource persons of the field delivered lectures. It is very much useful for all mining engineering students in understanding the challenges in mining industry for sustainable mining.
One Week FDP on "Blasting in Mines" from 18th to 23rd November 2019
Department of Mining Engineering organized One Week FDP on "Blasting in Mines" from 18th to 23rd November 2019 at Malla Reddy Engineering College (Autonomous) which is relevant to the mining industry. Eminent and experienced resource person of the teaching field is delivering a lecture and so it is expected to be useful for all Mining Engineering students in understanding the challenges in mining industry for sustainable mining
Two days workshop on Recent trends in Mineral Exploration - 13th – 14th September 2019
Department of Mining Engineering organized two days workshop on Recent trends in Mineral Exploration on September 13th – 14th 2019, which is relevant to the mining industry. Eminent and experienced resource persons of the field delivered lectures. It is very much useful for all mining engineering & geology students and participated engineers and geologists in the workshop in understanding the mineral deposits and latest trends in exploring for them for sustainable mining.
Refresher course On Mine Surveying- 03rd -07th August 2021
Department of Mining Engineering organized a refresher course on Mine Surveying from 03rd -07th August 2021, which is relevant to the mining industry. Eminent and experienced resource persons of the field delivered lectures. It is very much useful for all mining engineering students in understanding the challenges in mining industry for sustainable mining.
FDP on Slope & Dump Stability in Open Pit Mines- 03rd - 08th August 2020
The Department of Mining Engineering, Malla Reddy Engineering College (A) has organized a ONE WEEK Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Slope and Dump Stability In Open Pit Mines during 03-08-2020 to 08-08-2020 (Six days) from 15.00 to 18.00 hours with the objectives of training and equipping Mining and Civil Engineering Human Resources viz. the faculty Members at Diploma, Graduate & Post Graduate institutions, Practicing Engineers, Researchers, Research Scholars and Post-graduate students in the areas of Slope & Dump Stability related to their design, formation, monitoring & assessing the stability of the existing Slopes, determination of factor of safety, stabilization of the slopes and dumps to operate the open pit mines safely, economically and sustainably. The FDP was a grand success with the support of Resource Persons, from various Educational Institutions, Research Organizations’ and Industry. The FDP consisted of 18 technical Presentations and attended by about 50 participants. The FDP was inaugurated, as Chief Guest, on 03-08-2020 at 3.00 pm by Sri. Malay Tikadar Dy DGMS, SCZ, Hyd. and blessed by Sri. Md. Niyazi, DMS, Hyderabad Region-2, Directorate General of Mines Safety, Sri. S. Chandrasekhar, Director, Operations, FAC PA&W, FAC E&M SCCL as Guests of Honour. FDP was concluded with the Valedictory Function on 08-08-2020 between 5.00 and pm Sri. B. Sahoo, Executive Director, NMDC Ltd. as the Chief Guest and Sri S.V.S.S.Ramalingeswarudu, GM (HRD), SCCL, Sri. M. Jayapal Reddy, General Manager, Environment & Resource Planning, NMDC Ltd. & Dr. M.A. Prasad as the Guests of Honour.
One day Symposium on Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Minor Minerals
One day symposium was organized by the department of mining engineering on 29th September 2018 Minor Minerals are ordinary building stone, gravel, ordinary sand and clay etc. as notified by GOI. Recently 31 major minerals have been added to the list of minor minerals by Ministry of Mines. Minor minerals are being mined in small extents and occupy only mineral bearing areas. In the recent past a number of accidents/incidents have taken place because of not having scientific and systematic mining. The addition of 31 major minerals into the list of minor minerals has provided a platform for the state governments for better compliance of safety and environmental legislation's. Skill development is required for achieving the above goal. Mining engineering graduates have to be appraised of the opportunities and responsibilities in operation of minor minerals. It gives an opportunity for young mining and civil engineers to develop as entrepreneurs for meeting the goal of scientific and systematic mining. This Symposium comprises of invited talks by eminent personalities, present and former Director of mines and geology and faculty members.
one day workshop on Recent Developments in Mine Safety Legislation- 28th December 2018
Department of Mining Engineering organized a one day workshop on Recent Developments in Mine Safety Legislation on 28th December 2018, which is relevant to the mining industry. Eminent and experienced resource persons of the field delivered lectures. Mine Legislation is important for the proper conduct of mining operations. A number of Acts, Rules, and Regulations are applicable to mining sector to ensure Safety, Health of Workmen, their duties and responsibilities. With the change of times and introduction of new technologies these Acts, Rules undergo changes and its everyone’s duty to be abreast of the latest amendments.. The recent past Mines Act, CMR, has been amended; MMR and other legislations are in the process of amendments. Keeping the above in view the workshop on the topic of ‘Recent developments in Mining Legislation’ is being organized It is very much useful for all mining engineering & geology students and participated engineers and geologists in the workshop in understanding the mineral deposits and latest trends in exploring for them for sustainable mining.
FDP On ANSYS and its Applications - 17th till 24th November 2018.
A Faculty Development Program was arranged for the continued learning of faculty of the Malla Reddy Engineering College (A). Invited faculty from nearby college also participated. The subject of the Faculty Development was ANSYS (FLUIENT) of late Finite Element Method has prevalence in the field of rock mechanics and is used in mines for Strata control, prediction of support resistance etc. The FEM methodology will be easy to implement if this software is used. Tomorrow’s mining engineers will have an advantage if they are taught ANSYS software. Hence faculty expressed their eagerness in learning, so that students can be taught this subject. Resource persons Mr. V. Veda Kumar, Mining Consultant Mr. K. K. Rao Manager UCIL, S. N. Shiva Kumar, AGM, SMS Plant, SCCL and Mr. E. Jaya Kumar , DMS, DGMS, Chaibasa Region have taken classes alternatively for one week starting 17th till 24th November 2018.
FDP On Recent Practices & developments in Mine Ventilation - 16th – 22th November 2017.
Faculty Development Program was arranged for the continued learning of teachers/faculty at Malla Reddy Engineering College. Invited faculty from the nearby college also participated. The Subject of the Faculty Development was Recent Practices and Developments in Mine Ventilation. Mines need to be artificially ventilated in order to make the far off places amenable for working by human. In the scientific community lot of his being conducted in the field of usage of ventilating fans, ventilation of workings where there is propensity of fires and spontaneous heating. This is a field of mining which is ever in demand and research is ongoing. The challenges for future are only becoming more intense and complex. Tomorrow's mining engineers will have an advantage if they are taught. Hence it is necessary that faculty is abreast with the latest advances in this technology so that students can be taught this subject. The resource persons Mr. S. N. Shiva Kumar, AGM, SMS Plant, SCCL, and Mr. Srikanth from Uttam Blastec, V. Veda Kumar, M. S. Venkatramayya, K. Srinivas, Veera Reddy, E. Jaya Kumar, DMS, DGMS, Chaibasa Region and B. Veera Reddy, General Manager have taken classes alternatively for one week starting 16th – 22th November 2017. The program was conducted in the First floor library building, the session was having tutorial, practice sessions on computer simulation of mine working ventilation network, Quiz and lastly and question answer session. The program was conducted in very lively manner. The feedback from participants The very good. They requested for conduction such programs often.
FDP on Slope Stability Analysis from 19th -24th November 2016
Department of Mining Engineering organized a one-week FDP on Slope Stability Analysis from 19th -24th November 2016, which is relevant to the mining industry. Eminent and experienced resource persons of the field delivered lectures. It is very much useful for all mining engineering students in understanding the challenges in mining industry for sustainable mining.