Prof. P. C. Varghese addresses the audience at the Third Inter-IIT Sports Meet, 1964
Sports , Sports Facilities , Student Activities
Puthenveetil Chandapillai Varghese joined IIT Madras in 1961 after working for a few years at IIT Kharagpur. Prof. Varghese served as Head of Department of Civil Engineering Department in IIT Madras from 1962 to 1973. He was the Gymkhana President from 1964 up to 1967 after which Prof N. Klein took charge.
The Third Inter-IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Madras for the first time. During this event, the stadium was inaugurated by the Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan on the first day. The event took place from 28 to 31 December. This photograph was most likely taken on the evening of 31 December, when the prizes were distributed by the Chairman, Board of Governors.
Seen in the photograph, Prof. P. C. Varghese (Gymkhana President, addressing the audience), Mr. Syed Abdul Aleem (Student Secretary, seated fourth from left), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors, seated third from left), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, seated second from left) and Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar, extreme left).
An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0317 under the ID: 001/0317/IMG_0575
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