A section of the audience at the second convocation of IIT Madras, 1965

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Visiting VIPs

Delivering the chief guest’s address, Mr. M. C. Chagla called the convocation “one of the most imposing convocations I have ever addressed.”

Seated in the first row (L to R), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar-to-be) and Mr. Rajagopalan (Deputy Registrar). Sethunathan would take over the post of Registrar 3 days after the convocation. The officer (sixth from right in first row) has been identified as Commodore Jimmy D. Modi (Director, Directorate of NCC Tamil Nadu, identified by Cmdr. M. D. Menon). In the first row, Mrs. Shanti Sengupto (wife of Director Sengupto, fourth from right).

Rev. Father L. D. Murphy (Chairman, Managing Committee of Vanavani Primary School and English Professor at Loyola College, wearing a white cassock) is seated in the audience. To the right of the picture are seated a few German professors with their families.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0242 under the ID: 001/0242/IMG_0782

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Second Convocation, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0005/IMG_0191_1

Album ID:

0002

Date:

3 April 1965

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:

Second Convocation

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)