Students stage a Tamil play at the Third Inter-IIT Sports Meet, 1964

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Cultural Events , Dramatics , Sports

The cultural programme consisted of plays in English, Hindi and Tamil. As a part of the cultural programme, there were also a few group songs performed by students of the various IITs. While the sports events took place at the stadium, the cultural events most likely took place at the Open Air Theatre (OAT).

The persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0317 under the ID: 001/0317/IMG_0559

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Third Inter IIT Sports Meet

Photograph ID:

001/0001/IMG_0108_1

Album ID:

0001

Date:

28-31 December 1964

Event:

Third Inter IIT Sports Meet

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). 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.

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)