Prof. A. Ramachandran addressing the audience at the Ninth Institute Day celebrations at the Open Air Theatre, 1968

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Prof. Arcot Ramachandran (Director) started his career as a faculty member of the Department of Power Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. It was in 1959 that Prof. A. Ramachandran’s association with IIT Madras began when he attended a summer course at the Institute. A decade later, he would become the second Director of the Institute. His father, Dr. Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar was the first Chairman, Board of Governors of the Institute (1959-1969).

Seated from left: Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), chief guest Dr. Karl Pfauter (Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany), Prof. N. Klein (Gymkhana President) and the Student Secretary (yet to be identified).

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0265 under the ID: 001/0265/IMG_0091

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Ninth Institute Day, 1968

Photograph ID:

001/0020/IMG_0646_1

Album ID:

0020

Date:

23 March 1968

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

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:

Ninth Institute Day