The chief guest, Dr. V. V. Giri, addresses the audience at the seventh convocation ceremony

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Faculty , Institute Events , Visiting VIPs

Seen in the image from the left: Prof. S. D. Nigam (Mathematics department), Prof. D. V. Reddy (Applied Mechanics department), Prof. Rama Sastry (Physics department), Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India) and an individual who is possibly the chief guest’s bodyguard.

Varahagiri Venkata Giri was an Indian politician and activist who served as the fourth president of India. He was the only president to be elected as an independent candidate. After the end of his full term he was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

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

Photograph ID:

001/0279/IMG_0435

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.