The chief guest of the seventh convocation, Dr. V. V. Giri arrives at the Institute

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Administrators , Institute Events

Seen in the image from the left: Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India), Dr. Y. Nayudamma (Director, CLRI), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM) and an individual who is yet to be identified. The two men in uniform behind the President are possibly his bodyguards.

The seventh convocation of IITM was held on a Saturday evening at 5:00 pm, the 29th of August, 1970. Dr. Y. Nayudamma, representing the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute (Mr. H. V. R. Iengar), presided over the ceremony. The chief guest for the event was Dr. V. V. Giri. A German delegate, Mr. Gunter Diehl (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in India) also attended the event.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

7th Convocation V. V. Giri Chief Guest 29-08-1970

Photograph ID:

001/0279/IMG_0464

Album ID:

0279

Date :

29 August 1970

Place:

Open Air Theatre

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.