Prof. A. Ramachandran greeting faculty and staff members of IIT Madras as Prof. B. Sengupto looks on

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This photograph was taken during the transfer of charge for the post of Director in 1967. Prof. B. Sengupto was the first Director of IIT Madras. He became Director in 1959 and served until the end of 1967. Prof. A. Ramachandran was the second Director of the Institute. The person Prof. Ramachandran is shaking hands with is Mr. S. S. Mani (Workshop Superintendent, second from right).

From right, Prof. W. Scheer (Mechanical Engineering Department), Mr. S. S. Mani (Workshop Superintendent), Prof. B. V. A. Rao (Applied Mechanics Department), Prof. P. Venkata Rao (Head of Electrical Engineering Department), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Prof. B. Sengupto (Former Director) and Prof. C. Ramasastry (Head of Physics Department, at the far end of the room).

An identical photograph can be found in Album 0051 with the ID 001/0051/IMG_1590_1.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Transfer of charge

Photograph ID:

001/0250/IMG_0208

Album ID:

0250

Place:

Building Sciences Block (BSB)

Event:

Transfer of charge

Date:

11 December 1967

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.