Dr. A. Ramachandran confers a Ph. D. in Chemistry to Dr. D. Venkappayya

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Seen in the image from the left: Mr. Rajagopalan (Deputy Registrar), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director) and Dr. D. Venkappayya.

At the sixth convocation a total of 470 degrees and diplomas (321 B. Tech., 76 M. Tech., 30 M. Sc., 19 Ph. D. and 24 D. I. I. T.) were granted. In the image, the Institute’s Director, Dr. A. Ramachandran confers Dr. D. Venkappayya his Ph. D. in Chemistry. Dr. D. Venkappayya began his career in teaching chemistry in the year 1975. He is the former dean and head of the department of chemistry, NIT, Tiruchirapalli. Over his career he has guided several doctoral candidates and has published about 60 research papers in international journals. He has also co-authored two textbooks on Engineering Chemistry. He is presently (2020) the Head of the Department of chemistry and Dean of Examinations, SASTRA University, Thanjavur.

An identical photograph can be found in the Central Photographic Section Collection and the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0055 and 0269 under the ID: 001/0023/IMG_0718_1 and 001/0055/IMG_1681_1

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

6th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0055/IMG_1681_1

Album ID:

0055

Date:

1969-08-02

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