Mr C. V. Sethunathan addresses the audience during the inauguration of the NCC building, 1965

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Administrators , Inaugurations , Institute Events

The new NCC building was inaugurated on NCC Day on 14 December 1965. The chief guest for the event was Major General Virendra Singh who was the Director-General of the NCC at the time.

Mr. Sethunathan was the second Registrar of IIT Madras after Mr. R. Natarajan. He assumed his role as Registrar on 5 April 1965, according to the Annual Report of IIT Madras, 1964-65.

Seated on the stage, from left, Commodore Jimmy D. Mody (Director of NCC, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, second from left), Major General Virendra Singh (Director-General, NCC, third from left) and Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, fourth from left). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0231 under the ID: 001/0231/IMG_0610

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Album 0004: Visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig, and Mr. Westphal, Technical University, Berlin, and Inauguration of NCC building, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0004/IMG_0177_1

Album ID:

0004

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). A geologist by qualification, Gourishankar started his career as a photographer after working for many years with the Geological Survey of India. In everything that he did, Gourishankar strove to achieve flawlessness and impeccable quality. Thus his photography too was characterised by this drive for perfection. Every photograph that Gourishankar took was meticulously planned and shot and printed with diligence and patience. Gourishankar carried out most of the official photography at IIT Madras in the 1960s.

Event:

Inauguration of NCC Building and NCC Day celebrations

Date:

14 December 1965

Place:

NCC Building