Mrs. Radha Bai receives a memento at the farewell function of Dr. A. L. Mudaliar

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Administrators , Faculty , Institute Events

In the image, Mrs. Radha Bai (wife of Dr. A. L. Mudaliar) is presented with a silver image of lord Venkateshwara and two silver lamps. Seen in the image from the left: Dr. A. L. Mudaliar, Mrs. Radha Bai, Mrs. Susheela Iengar (wife of the Chairman, Board of Governors), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar), an individual who is yet to be identified and Mr. Rajagopalan (Deputy Registrar).

A farewell function was held in honour of Dr. A. L. Mudaliar on 30th August 1969. The function commenced at 05:30 pm on that Saturday. Although the venue was initially the Open Air Theatre on the Institute campus, the function was held in the Aero Hangar due to unfavourable weather conditions. The event was presided over by Mr H. V. R. Iengar. The programme consisted of an invocation, welcome address, speeches by: Dr. Bindseil (German Consulate General), Board member, Senate member, a student representative and Mr. H. V. R. Iengar. A speech was also given by Dr. A. L. Mudaliar which was followed by a vote of thanks.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Farewell function in honour of Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, First Chairman, Board of Governors

Photograph ID:

001/0018/IMG_0628_1

Album ID:

0018

Date:

30th August 1969

Place:

Aero Hangar

Event:

Farewell

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1926-2002). 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.