Part of a list of captions to photographs of Album 0017

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Institute Events

The title at the top of the list says ‘Institute Day - 12th March 1966’. The list describes 14 photographs. The entire list has 23 captions, the remaining nine of which are in a separate photograph.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Seventh Institute Day

Photograph ID:

001/0017/IMG_0591_1

Album ID:

0017

Date:

12 March 1966

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:

Seventh Institute Day