Basant Samman is one of the most coveted awards of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad that is presented on the occasion of Basant, the Annual Alumni Reunion of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad which celebrates the Golden Jubilee of the alumni.
The award is conferred 'in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour which has brought glory to the nation and made the institute proud'. The recipients of the award are alumni and professors of the college. Previous awardees of this award include the likes of Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri (Padma Shree Awardee in 2010) and Shree S. Narsingh Rao (Principal Secretary to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao).
| DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|
| Chairman and CEO, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) | Shri Arun Kumar Singh |
| Retired Professor (HAG), Department of Petroleum Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad; 1973 batch PE alumnus | Prof. Sukumar Laik |
| Ex-Director and Fromer Professor & Emeritus Fellow,IIT (ISM) Dhanbad; 1977 Batch PE alumnus | Prof. Tarkeshwar Kumar |
| Former Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad; 1984 Batch Mining alumnus | Prof. D. C. Panigrahi |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Vice President, Technology & New Materials Business, Tata Steel | Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| Former Faculty, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. Prem Prakash Bahuguna |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Former Faculty, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad Former Director, National Institute of Rock Mechanics, KGF | Prof. R.N. Gupta |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Former HOD, Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. Dinesh Chandra |
| - | Former Director, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. S.N. Mukherjee |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | CEO and Whole Time-Director, Hindustan Zinc Limited | Mr. Sunil Duggal |
| - | Director (Exploration), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited | Mr. Ajay Kumar Dwivedi |
| - | Former Faculty, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. V.K. Srivastava |
| - | Former professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. L.N. Upadhyay |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Outstanding Sports Personality and Entrepreneur | Late VS Rangarajan |
| - | Chairman and Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited | Shri Dinesh K Sarraf |
| - | Ex HOD, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mining Machinery Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. D.K. Mittra |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Coal India Limited | Shri Suthirtha Bhattacharya |
| 1963 | Formerly Chairman cum-managing Director, National Mineral Development Corporation | Shri P.R. Tripathi |
| - | Formerly Professor and HOD, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Professor S.B Srivastava |
| - | Former Professor and HOD of Dept of Mining Machinery and Formerly Acting Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Professor A. Chattopadhyay |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Professor, RamKrishna Mission College | Dr. B.K. Kar |
| 1962 | Former Professor, Petroleum Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. Birandra Prasad Pandey |
| 1961 | Former Professor, Mining Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. Nalin Kumar Patnaik |
| - | Former Professor and HOD, Applied Geology, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay |
| 1966 | Senior Advisor to the Chairman, RIL and Observer Research Foundation | Shri Atul Chandra |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Former Professor and HOD, Applied Maths, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof Sukhendu Dey |
| 1964 | Former Director, CMRI (Presently CIMFR) | Prof D.D. Mishra |
| 1978 | Padma Shree and Former Director, NGRI | Dr. V.P Dimri |
| 1976 | Director, Oil India Limited | Mr. B.N. Talukdar |
| - | Director (HR-IR), Coal India Limited | Mr. R. Mohan Das |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Former Director, National Geophysical Research Institute | Prof Harsh Gupta |
| - | Former Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Dr. Dalim Kumar Paul |
| - | Former IAS, Former Chairman SCCL, Present Chairman, Coal India Limited | Shri S. Narsing Rao |
| - | Chairman, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | Shri Sudhir Vasudeva |
| 1960 | Former Tata Steel, Former President, Federation of Indian Mineral Industries | Shri David Pichamuthu |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Former Professor and HOD Mining Engineering Department, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof Shanti Perkash Ahuja |
| 1962 | Emeritus Professor, Pennstate University USA | Prof. Raja V Ramani |
| 1962 | Former and HOD Mining Engineering Department, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. (Late) Basant Kumar Kejriwal |
| - | Former Professor and HOD Applied Physics Department, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. Amritlal Ramrakhamal |
| 1974 | Former Chairman, Coal India Limited | Shri Nirmal Chandra Jha |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Former Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. Bimalendu Bhusan Bhattacharya |
| 1964 | Former Director, HZL, HGM, RSMDC | Shri Bimal Kishore Prasad Sinha |
| 1976 | Whole Time Director Electro Steel and Former GM, Tata Steel | Shri Rama Shankar Singh |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Retired Prof. Applied Geology Department, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. K.S.V Ram |
| 1954 | Former DGMS | Shri V.C. Varma |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Retired Professor, Mining Machinery Department, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof C.R. Chidambara Rao |
| - | Former Physical Training Superintendent, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Shri Ranjeet Singh |
| 1948 | Former CMD-BCCL, ECL, BSMDC | Shri Chandra Shekhar Jha |
| 1946 | Former CMD CIL and Vice President Tata Steel | Shri Ram Nath Sharma |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Retired Prof. Applied Mathematics Department | Prof. K.R Nag |
| 1959 | Retired Prof. and HOD Mining Engg. Department | Prof. Bijoy Kumar Majumdar |
| - | Retired Prof. Petroleum Engg. Department | Prof. N.V.R Subrahmanyam |
| 1965 | Former DG DGMS | Ravindra Sharma |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | - | Shri Biren Mukerjee |
| 1965 | - | Shri S.N.Sharma |
| - | Retired Prof. Geology and Petroleum Department, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. O.P.Varma |
| - | Retired Prof. Fuel Engg. Department | Prof. T.C. Rao |
| 1956 | Retired Prof. & Former Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof A.K. Ghose |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Retired Prof. Geology Department, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | Prof. D.Chandra |
| - | Retired Prof. Mining Engg, Centre of Mining Environment & Former Director ISM | Prof S.P. Bannerjee |
| - | Retired Prof. Mining Engg. Department | Prof. R.R. Khanna |
| - | Retired Prof. Geophysics Department | Prof R.K. Verma |
| BATCH | DESIGNATION | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| - | Retired Prof. Mining Engg. Department | Prof. P.R. Prasad |
