Mr. H. Westphal explaining a point to Prof. B. Sengupto, 1965

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Administrators , Institute Events , Visiting VIPs

Mr. Westphal and Prof. Hilbig visited IIT Madras in December 1965. They spent a few days at the Institute having meetings with faculty and administrators from the Institute. This photograph was published in the Convocation Brochure of 1966 to highlight the importance of this visit. The photograph was one from the series of meetings which took place over the course of their visit to IIT Madras.

According to the article ‘Tu Berlin And IIT’ by DJN published in Campastimes, the two gentlemen visited all the departments and met with the Director in order to get an idea about the Institute and the ways in which Technical University, Berlin could help IIT Madras under the Second Indo-German Agreement. They came to the conclusion that although the Technical University, Berlin would not be able to send senior professors to IIT Madras on a long-term basis, they would be able to send professors for short periods of time to conduct seminars and group discussions and to give lectures.

From left, Mr. H. Westphal (Director, Academic Foreign Relations Office, Technical University, Berlin), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras) and Dr. P. Hilbig (Vice-Rector, Technical University, Berlin).

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_0171_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:

Visit of Prof. Hilbig and Mr. Westphal

Date:

8-11 December 1965