The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering was amongst the four branches with which the institute was initially launched in 1960, with increasing focus on :

• Materials Technology
• Foundry Technology
• Iron & Steel
• Nanotechnology
• Mineral Benefaction

and the R&D work being carried out in these fields in the metallurgical sector, Materials Engineering was included in the curriculum of the department in 1995.There are M.Tech course on Materials Technology & Foundry Technology.

Current research is going on:

• Physical Metallurgy
• Hydro Metallurgy
• Process Metallurgy
• Mineral Characterisation & Beneficiation

Head of the Department: Dr. Ashok Kumar
Phone(HOD Office): 0657-237-4026
Phone(HOD): +91-9470525571
Email: hod.met@nitjsr.ac.in
Address: P.O.RIT,Jamshedpur,Jharkhand,India- 831014