Director's Gallery

Prof. Laxmipuram Srinivasachar Srinath (1927-2012) was a celebrated teacher and an educationist par excellence. On 27-07-1984, Prof. L. S. Srinath became the sixth Director of IIT Madras. Over the course of his career, Prof. L. S. Srinath made a number of significant contributions to science and technology. He is a veteran in the areas of Experimental Mechanics, Photoelasticity, Photothermoelasticity, Stress Wave Propogation in Solids etc. The methods he developed in the areas of photo elasticity, Holographic Stress Analysis and Scattered Light Photoelasticity, laid the foundation for non-destructive analysis of stresses in solid that are carried out at present. His tenure at IIT Madras ended on 10-08-1989.