WCL, VNIT and DGMS organise one-day workshop on ‘Safe and Smart Mining Practices’

 

 

The Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, and the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) jointly organised a one-day workshop on ‘Safe and Smart Mining Practices’ recently here in the city. The objective of the workshop was to promote technical dialogue, knowledge sharing, and collaboration between the industry and academia.

 

The programme featured sessions on key technical and geotechnical challenges in the mining sector, including slope design, monitoring, and long-term geotechnical safety of open-cast mines, stability of benches and dump slopes, and the role of paste-filling technology in maintaining sustainability in underground mining. The inaugural session was attended by J P Dwivedi, Chairman and Managing Director of WCL; Ramavtar Meena, Deputy Director General, DGMS (Western Region); and P L Patel, Director, VNIT Nagpur. Other dignitaries present included Anil Kumar Singh, Director (Technical/Operations), WCL; Anand Prasad, Director (Technical/Projects and Planning), WCL; Dr Hemant Sharad Pandey, Director (HR), WCL; and officials from DGMS, VNIT Nagpur, and WCL.