At IIT Madras, 1988
Administrators , Visiting VIPs
This photograph was taken during the event held to officially hand over the Siemens 7580-E computer system to IIT Madras. The Indo-German Agreement had made a provision for a computer to be provided to the Institute and Mr. Hans Klein (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany) took part in the official proceedings. Here, Mr. Klein (left) is seen with Prof. L. S. Srinath (Director of IIT Madras).
According to a Heritage Centre article, “Four projects for laboratory development with an outlay of DM 14, 4 million were executed between the years 1987- 1990. Thirteen members of the staff were permitted to visit the Federal Republic of Germany for short terms in 1988. The Institute organized a workshop on Software Technology in collaboration with Siemens, Germany which was led by Dr. Schwaertzel of Siemens. Siemens, Germany also offered a joint PhD program to PhD Scholars of IIT Madras with opportunities to visit Germany and spend 18 months in the Siemens Research Institute. The arrival of a Siemens Computer System at IIT Madras as a gift from West Germany was the highlight of the year 1988.”
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