Top 10 facts about ISM Dhanbad(future IIT)

Top 10 facts about ISM / IIT Dhanbad you must know..!!

1. Indian School of Mines was established on the lines of the Royal School of Mines, London in the year 1926.
2. The architecture of the Heritage building resembles that of a periodic table.
3. ISM served as an artillery for the British soldiers to protect it from the advancing Japanese troops during world war II
4. ISM has a seismological observatory which can measure the intensity of earthquakes. 
5. Preserved fossils "Petrified Wood " is of approx. 25,00,00000 (25 cr.) years of age is showcased at oval ground,ISM Dhanbad. 
6. Certain departments such as Mineral engineering and Mining Machinery Engineering are unique in India.
7. The Heritage building has a Geological Museum.
8. The student hostels at ISM are named afterprecious stones such as Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Jasper and Amber.
9. ISM will soon boast with biggest academic library in the country housed in an eight-storey,centrally air conditioned building. (100 cr project).
10. ISM Dhanbed is going to be converted into full fledged IIT soon.