Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)

IIT (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad appears across three NIRF 2025 lists at once: #15 in Engineering (score 65.37), #35 Overall (score 58.33), and #48 in Management (score 54.34), which gives a sense of how its departments compare against each other as well as against other institutes. The campus in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, has 459 teaching staff for 5,840 students.

Placement data for 2023-24 shows the bulk of students are in the 4-year Engineering UG programme, where 714 of 884 graduates were placed, with a median salary of 12 LPA. The smaller 5-year Engineering UG batch fared better on pay, with 68 of 79 placed at a median of 14.43 LPA. Engineering PG (2-year) placed 229 of 324 graduates at a median of 10 LPA, while Management PG (2-year) placed 59 of 72 at a median of 9.55 LPA. The Overall PG 3-year programme placed 58 of 102 at a median of 9.5 LPA.

Looking back over three years gives a fuller picture of how these numbers move. The 4-year Engineering UG median salary was 15 LPA in both 2021-22 and 2022-23 before dropping to 12 LPA in 2023-24, even as placement counts stayed high (720, 711 and 714 respectively out of comparable batch sizes). The 5-year Engineering UG median swung more sharply, from 23.55 LPA in 2021-22 to 12.8 LPA in 2022-23 and 14.43 LPA in 2023-24. Management PG medians have declined each year, from 9 LPA in 2021-22 to 11.3 LPA in 2022-23 to 9.55 LPA in 2023-24, which is worth factoring in alongside the rankings when comparing this programme to others.