A section of the audience at the Central Lecture Theatre, 1988

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Faculty , Visiting VIPs

This photograph was taken during the function held to officially hand over the Siemens 7580-E computer system to IIT Madras. Mr. Hans Klein (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany) was the chief guest at the event. The Siemens 7580-E computer system made computing a lot easier as it would not require one to use punch cards. According to a Campastimes interview, 80 terminals had arrived from Siemens. They were to be distributed across the campus, while the Computer Centre would have 30-35.

Seen in the image, Prof. S. V. Raghavan (Systems Engineer, Computer Science and Engineering Department, first row, middle), Prof. Surjit Singh (Chemistry Department, second row, second from right), Prof. H. Raman (Civil Engineering Department, second row, fourth from right) and Prof. G. V. N. Rayudu (Mechanical Engineering Department, second row, fifth from right). The others in the photograph are yet to be identified.

Album 0068

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Handing Over Siemens 7580-E Computer System to IIT Madras, 1988

Photograph ID:

001/0068/IMG_2108_2

Album ID:

0068

Date:

22 March 1988

Event: