Mr. Walter Scheel at IIT Madras, 1963

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Visiting VIPs , Administrators

Mr. Scheel, Minister of Economic Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany, seen standing fourth from left, visited the Institute in December 1963. Here, he is seen standing with Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar, extreme left) and Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, second from left). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.

According to the Annual Report of IIT Madras, 1962-63, road construction was completed in 1962-63. In the Souvenir Volume which was published in 1962 to commemorate the visit of Dr. Heinrich Luebke (President of the Federal Republic of Germany), Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy (Superintending Engineer) notes that 7.5 miles of the road construction was completed. He also notes that the three main roads were named Delhi Avenue, Bonn Avenue and Madras Avenue “to symbolise the common efforts being put by the West German Government, the Government of India and the Government of Madras in the setting up of this Institute.”

An identical photograph can be found in Album 0270 of the Gourishankar Collection under the ID: 001/0270/IMG_0742

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Visit of Mr. Walter Scheel, 1963 and Miscellaneous Photographs

Photograph ID:

001/0178/0014_1

Album ID:

0178

Event:

Visit of Mr. Walter Scheel

Date:

4 December 1963

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). 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.