During the proceedings of the seventh convocation, the chief guest, Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India) unveiled a bust of Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (first Chairman, Board of Governors). Today the bust can be found at the Institute’s Heritage Centre. Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (1887-1974) was a renowned Indian educationist and physician. He was the longest serving Vice-Chancellor of Madras University (27 years), principal of Madras Medical College and Chairman, Board of Governors of IIT Madras. He was also elected as the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board in 1949 and…
Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India) hands out an award to a prize winner. Also seen standing on the dais in between the prize winner and the chief guest is Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director). Standing behind the chief guest is Mr. Rajagopalan (Deputy Registrar). At the seventh convocation, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM) conferred the degrees and diplomas on 214 candidates, who attended the convocation and in absentia on 346 students. The chief speaker distributed prizes to the prize winners and delivered the convocation address. The President’s Prize was awarded to Mr. Sachindra…
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From the left, Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar, second from left), Dr. D. Venkateswarlu (Head of Chemical Engineering Department, third from left), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director, fifth from left), Lord Fenner Brockway(Labour Peer, United Kingdom, sixth from left) and Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, third from right). The Heritage Centre would be grateful to receive more information regarding this photograph. This section will be updated when we receive more details.
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