The Institute provides consultancy and advisory services on small  scale to various organisations for purpose of road alignment, site selection for bridges and their foundation, slope stability and control of landslides, site selection for deep tubewells, geotechnical feasibility of major and minor hydel projects and related structures, passenger and haulage ropeways, seismotectonics of hydel projects and environmental feasibility of developmental projects etc. 

The Institute has well equipped laboratories and specialized high level experts to provide consultancy services related to geotechnical, geohydrology, micropalaeontology, sedimentology, economic geology, seismology and environment aspects. 

Also Institute provides analytical services for various kinds of analysis of rocks and minerals on payment basis.  Large number of students and research workers from Universities under different projects avail these facilities.