Prof. N.K.Khandelwal is B E Mining 1967 from MBM Engineering College & Ph. D. from Indian School of Mines (now IIT), Dhanbad. Worked as a professional Mining Engineer at Jaduguda Mines (UCIL). Worked as Professor of Mining Engineering at MBM and PNG University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. He had also worked as Principal, MAIET, Jaipur.