The chief guest hoists the flag at the Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet, 1970

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Sports , Administrators , Visiting VIPs

Major General Prakash Singh Grewal was the chief guest at the opening ceremony of the meet. Grewal was the General Officer Commanding for Tamil Nadu, Mysore and Kerala.

The flag (in picture) has the logos of the IITs that participated. Although the logos are not visible, we have reason to believe that there were five logos of the IITs that participated in that year.

Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director) can be seen standing behind the chief guest.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet, 1970

Photograph ID:

001/0310/IMG_0415

Album ID:

0310

Date:

28 to 31 December 1970

Place:

Stadium

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:

Inter-IIT Sports Meet