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The Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Madras from 28-31 December. In a Campastimes report from February 1971, it is mentioned that Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors) presided over the closing ceremony while Mrs. Iengar gave away the prizes. The overall winner was the host, IIT Madras who claimed 68 points, while IIT Kanpur came in second with 40 points. IIT Delhi. Kharagpur and Bombay tied for third place with 24 points apiece. Seen in the photograph, Mrs. Iengar (in saree) and Mr. Navzer Mehta (General Secretary, behind Mrs. Iengar). 

The IIT Madras hockey team tasted victory in the Inter-IIT Sports Meet for the first time in 1970, when they beat IIT Kharagpur. K. Sashi Rao, member of the IITM hockey team from 1965-66 to 1970-71 writes in an article titled ‘Seven Years To Hockey Glory’ in Chennai 36, “We put up a splendid all-round team performance both in attack and defense and it was a great team effort and avenged the previous year’s finals defeat.”  The trophy was presented by Mrs. Iengar, wife of the Chairman, Board of Governors. Seen in the photograph, from left, Raghavendra Rao, Prem Watsa (Sports…

The Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Madras from 28-31 December. In a Campastimes report from February 1971, it is mentioned that Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors) presided over the closing ceremony while Mrs. Iengar gave away the prizes.  The overall winner was the host, IIT Madras who claimed 68 points, while IIT Kanpur came in second with 40 points. IIT Delhi. Kharagpur and Bombay tied for third place with 24 points apiece. It was IIT Madras’ first ever win at the Inter-IIT Sports Meet. They had not won a championship prior to this. Seen in the…

The Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet took place in IIT Madras from 28-31 December. IIT Madras won their first Championship this year. It is not known to us when Prof. R. K. Gupta addressed the audience during the course of the event. During the time, Prof. Gupta was the Gymkhana President.                         Seated in the first row, second from the left, Mrs. Iengar, Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors) and Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director). Mr. Iengar was the second Chairman of the Board of Governors, while Prof.…

Mr. Iengar was the second Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Madras. He succeeded Dr. A. L. Mudaliar in 1969 and served as Chairman until 1972. According to a Campastimes report, Mr. Iengar presided over the closing ceremony while Mrs. Iengar distributed the prizes to the winners. Seen in the photograph, seated in the first row, from left, Mr. Navzer Mehta (General Secretary), Mrs. Ramachandran (wife of Director), Mrs. Iengar (wife of Chairman) and partially covered by Mr. Iengar, Prof. R. K. Gupta (Gymkhana President).

Prof. A. Ramachandran was the second Director of IIT Madras. He succeeded Prof. B. Sengupto in 1967. Prof. Ramachandran was the Director of IIT Madras from 1967 to 1973. Seen in the photograph are, Mr. Navzer Mehta (General Secretary, closest to camera), Prof. A. Ramachandran (to Mr. Mehta’s right hand side) and Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director, second from left).

The Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Madras from 28-31 December. In a Campastimes report from February 1971, it is mentioned that Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors) presided over the closing ceremony while Mrs. Iengar gave away the prizes. The overall winner was the host, IIT Madras who claimed 68 points, while IIT Kanpur came in second with 40 points. IIT Delhi. Kharagpur and Bombay tied for third place with 24 points apiece. Seen in the photograph are Mrs. Iengar (wearing saree) and Mr. Navzer Mehta (General Secretary, behind Mrs. Iengar). Mrs. Iengar was the…

The Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet took place in IIT Madras from 28-31 December. The hosts won the championship with a considerably large margin of points. It was IIT Madras’ first ever win at the Meet. This event has been recorded in the February 1971 issue of the student-run campus magazine Campastimes. The report on the event confirms that there was an impressive march-past of the contingents from all the IITs on this day. Seen in the photograph are, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, extreme left), Mr. Navzer Mehta (General Secretary) and Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors,…

In a Campastimes report from February 1971, it is mentioned that Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors) presided over the closing ceremony while Mrs. Iengar gave away the prizes. Seen in the photograph, Mrs. Iengar (in saree) and to her right hand side is Mr. Navzer Mehta (General Secretary). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.

The Director’s Bungalow is located on Delhi Avenue. It is situated near the Bose Einstein Guest House and across the road from the stadium. Whereas the bungalow is in the open in the photograph, it is now surrounded by trees and plants which provide it ample shade (as of February 2021).

A section of the audience at the Open Air Theatre. K. M. Kripanarayan writes in the 15 December 1962 edition of Campastimes, in his article titled ‘President Luebke Lays the Foundation Stone of I.I.T. Madras’, “The student gallery was packed to the full inspite of the Davis Cup Match”. Das Bundesarchiv from Germany has documented a video of the President’s visit to India. Titled Der Staatsbesuch in Indien, the technicolour video shows roughly two minutes’ worth content of President Luebke in Chennai and IIT Madras. It can be seen that the students all turned out in white for the occasion.

Prof. Humayun Kabir (Union Minister) was an educationist and politician. He also wrote poems, essays and novels in Bengali.  He was a renowned orator. In his speech, according to Prof. R. Krishnamurthi’s article in the Fourth Annual Number: “Professor Humayun Kabir referred with appreciation to the work done already during these three years to bring this Institute to its high level of efficiency. A city was rapidly growing up in the campus, dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and to the development of Science and Technology. He recalled how India has owed a great deal to Germany…

The logo of IIT Madras is the highlight of this photograph. It is located in front of the Building Sciences Block. It is visible from the first and second floors of the Building Sciences Block, and is currently (as of January 2021) surrounded by various trees and plants. The writing has been put together with bricks and cement. The structure is surrounded by shrubs in a decorative fashion (as of January 2021). The text, the motto of the institution, reads “Siddhirbhavati Karmajaa”. It means “Success is achieved through effort.” In Sanskrit, siddhi means ‘success’, bhavati means ‘through’ or ‘…

The E Type quarters have a ground, 1st and 2nd floor. In his article ‘The Campus’ in the Souvenir Volume of 1962, Superintending Engineer Y. S. Ramaswamy writes about the quarters that were being constructed on campus: “In the lay-out of the quarters efforts have been made to have a mixed colony, the houses for the Professors, Assistant Professors and Lecturers being intermingled with each other. Further, in the lay-out of each of the buildings, the natural ventilation aspect has been fully taken care of and most of the buildings are facing either the south or the east direction so that the…

The Central Workshop (CWS) was established in 1959 as part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. It was established with the support of the Federal Republic of Germany, to train B.Tech. students in various shop floor techniques and fabrication. Prof. Lechner was associated with the Central Workshop when it was started. The CWS received the ISO 9001:2000 quality certification from RWTUV, Germany in 2001. Over the years, the CWS introduced modern facilities such as gear and machine shops, which better suited the training in line with current industrial requirements. The workshop includes…