His Excellency Baron Dietrich von Mirbach signing the visitor’s book of IIT Madras, 1967
Administrators , Faculty , Visiting VIPs
Baron von Mirbach visited IIT Madras a few months after the Second Indo-German agreement was signed in New Delhi. The signing of the agreement kicked off the establishment of 5 laboratories. It also made provisions to complete the 20 laboratories which were in progress. The agreement was an effort to further the development of IIT Madras through a collaboration between India and Germany.
The visitor’s book has a signature by Mr. Mirbach dated 6 January 1967. He signs as ‘Deutscher Botschafter in Indien’ which translates to ‘German Ambassador to India’. He signs as Dietrich Freiherr von Mirbach. ‘Freiherr’ corresponds to the rank of Baron.
In the photograph, from left, Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), Dr. Edgar Reichel (Consul-General in Madras), Mr. Baron von Mirbach (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras) and Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar).
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