Invocation at the special event held for the unveiling of the first Director’s portrait

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In the image, the distinguished guests stand for the invocation. Standing from left: Prof. R. K. Gupta (HOD, Humanities and Social Sciences), the artist who painted the portrait, Prof. M. S. Thacker (Director General, CSIR), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director).

A special event was held at the Institute’s Open Air Theatre in honour of Prof. B. Sengupto, the first Director of IIT Madras. A life size portrait of the first Director was unveiled and speeches were made at the event. The chief guest at the event was Prof. Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker, the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Prof. Thacker had worked at the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation, taught at engineering colleges and later joined the Department of Power Engineering at IISc.

An identical photograph can be found in Album 0051 with the ID 001/0051/IMG_1580_1.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Unveiling of the Portrait of Prof Sengupto

Photograph ID:

001/0261/IMG_0023

Album ID:

0261

Place:

OAT

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:

Unveiling of the Portrait of Prof Sengupto