Dr. M. S. Swaminathan inspects a Guard of Honour during the 13th convocation, 1976

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Convocations , Institute Events

In this photograph, Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (chief guest) inspects the Guard of Honour, escorted by Prof. V. Subramanian (Head of N. C. C.). At the convocation, the proceedings of the ceremony began with the arrival of the chief guest to the institute. The Director of the Institute and the Registrar always received and greeted the chief guest at the beginning of the ceremony.

Once the chief guest was received, he was then escorted to inspect the Guard of Honour that was presented by the N.C.C. cadets. Generally, a Guard of Honour can be any military unit that acts as a Guard. Usually, the Guard of Honour is appointed to receive or guard a head of state or other distinguished guests, the fallen in war, or to attend state-ceremonials. The Guard of Honour disappeared from proceedings from the year 1982 onwards.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0210 under the ID 001/0210/IMG_0348.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

13th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0033/IMG_0977_1

Album ID:

0033

Date:

20-08-1976

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.

Event:

Convocation