Major General Virendra Singh addresses the audience on NCC Day, 1965

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Inaugurations , Institute Events , Visiting VIPs

As the NCC flag proudly flies high, the audience tunes in to listen to Major General Virendra Singh’s (Director-General, NCC) speech. The NCC flag has three colours representing the armed forces, red for the Army, deep blue for the Navy, and light blue for the Air Force. A wreath of lotus flowers encircles the letters NCC which are printed in gold in the middle of the flag.

The opening ceremony of the new NCC building took place on the same day with Mr. Singh as the chief guest. The event has been recorded in the Annual Number of IIT Madras, 1965-66 with a couple of photographs and a brief description of the event.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0231 under the ID: 001/0231/IMG_0622

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_0186_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