Photographs

Cover of the Album

Institute Events , Inaugurations

The Staff Club was inaugurated by the Minister of Industries of the Madras State, Sri. R. Venkataraman, in 1965. The club had approximately 240 members during the year 1965. The office bearers were Prof. B. Sengupto (First Director of the Institute and Patron of the Staff Club), R. G. Narayanamurthy (Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and President of the Staff Club), Prof. S. Sampath (Professor of Electrical Engineering Department and Vice-President of Staff Club), Sri P.S. Srinivasan (Treasurer of the Club) and several others.

The Staff Club provided the staff members and their families with recreational, cultural and social amenities. During that period of time, the club extended its membership to all staff members of IIT Madras (Annual Report 1964-65).

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Staff Club

Photograph ID:

001/0045/IMG_1436_1

Album ID:

0045

Date:

21 April 1965

Place:

Staff club premises

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1926-2002). After working for several years with the Geological Survey of India and being a geologist by qualification, Gourishankar had later started his career as a photographer. Gourishankar was driven to achieve flawlessness and perfection in everything that he did. Thus his photographs had an impeccable quality that characterised them. 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:

IITM Staff Club Inauguration Function

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