C. Rajagopalachari gives Gurusharan Singh Sidhu his B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering degree, along with the President's Prize for the year 1967

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The President’s Prize was awarded to the best student of the B. Tech. Degree Course. Gurusharan S. Sidhu, who won the prize in 1967. In Vol. V, No. 4 of Campastimes (April 1967), R. K. Prakash’s humorous poem titled ‘Sidhu’ accompanied by a caricature of Sidhu, by Vasu, describes Sidhu’s academic prowess. The poem makes note of Sidhu’s incomparable nature; “Few guys can with Sidhu compare, / In his work, no efforts does he spare”.

Also seen in the image, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, to Mr. Rajagopalachari’s right hand side), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors, third from right), Prof. K. S. G. Doss (Member of Board of Governors of IIT Madras and Director, Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, second from right) and Prof. P. C. Varghese (Head of Civil Engineering Department, extreme right).

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Album 0230: Fourth Convocation, 1967

Photograph ID:

001/0230/IMG_0582

Album ID:

0230

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.

Event:

Fourth Convocation

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

Date:

22 July 1967