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The chief guest, Dr. V. V. Giri, addresses the audience at the seventh convocation ceremony

Administrators , Faculty , Institute Events

Seen standing on the dais is Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India). Seen in the image seated in the last row is Mr. Mani (Workshop Superintendent) and in front of him is Mr. Sethunathan (Registrar). The individual who is seen standing behind the chief guest appears to be his bodyguard. Seen seated in the front row from the right: Prof. R. K. Gupta (Humanities and Social Sciences department), Prof. D. Venkateswarlu (Chemical Engineering department), Prof. P. C. Varghese (Civil Engineering department), Prof. M. V. C. Sastry (Chemistry department), Prof. E. G. Ramachandran (Metallurgy department), Prof. Venkat Rao (Electrical Engineering department), Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Mechanical Engineering department) and Mr. Gunter Diehl (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in India).


The chief guest and speaker of the seventh convocation of IITM was Dr. V. V. Giri. Varahagiri Venkata Giri was an Indian politician and activist who served as the fourth president of India. He was the only president to be elected as an independent candidate. After the end of his full term he was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975.

 
An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0279 under the ID: 001/0279/IMG_0461
 

Collection:
Central Photographic Section Collection
Album Name:
Photograph ID:
001/0036/IMG_1077_1
Album ID:
Date:
29 August 1970
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

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