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The Heritage Centre would be grateful to receive more information regarding this photograph. This section will be updated when we have more details.

The Heritage Centre would be grateful to receive more information regarding this photograph. This section will be updated when we have more details.

The Heritage Centre would be grateful to receive more information regarding this photograph. This section will be updated when we have more details.

This photograph was taken at IIT Madras’ Saarang cultural festival in 2001. Saarang 2001 was held from 23-28 January and this photo was taken on one of the last few days of the festival. Saarang, earlier known as Mardi Gras, is the cultural festival of IIT Madras that encompasses multiple individual and group competitions, and informal events. Apart from this, Saarang also includes classical and professional shows.  This photograph shows the group Moksha performing a professional show during Saarang 2001. The name of the festival “Saarang 2001” is seen on the stage and “Moksha” is…

This photograph was taken on one of the last days of Saarang 2001, held from 23 to 28 January, 2001. The photograph features the members of Moksha, the music group that performed the “Western Music Show” at Saarang 2001. This particular photograph focuses on the keyboard player who is also singing into the microphone; the flash of the photograph is seen reflected on the microphone stand. The keyboard is a Roland A-33 model. The name of the group, “Moksha”, is seen in the background on the stage, and the other members of Moksha are also seen. The edges of the border (short curtain which is…

This photograph shows audience members at a Saarang live music show. From the other photographs in this album, it is likely that this photograph was also taken during the same event: a live music show by the band Moksha. Moksha performed during the 2001 edition of Saarang. It was held from 23 to 28 January 2001. Saarang, earlier known as Mardi Gras, is the cultural festival of IIT Madras that encompasses individual and group competitions. In the photograph, audience members are seen enjoying the performance. A raised platform is also visible behind the students on the right. 

This photograph was taken at IIT Madras’ Saarang cultural festival in 2001. Saarang 2001 was held from 23-28 January and this photo was taken on one of the last few days of the festival. Saarang, earlier known as Mardi Gras, is the cultural festival of IIT Madras that encompasses multiple individual and group competitions, and informal events. Apart from this, Saarang also includes classical and professional shows.  This photograph shows the group Moksha performing a professional show during Saarang 2001. According to the 2001 Annual Report, this was a “Western Music Show” by the…

For the first time, the Inter-IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Madras. IIT Kharagpur clinched the trophy for the third consecutive time, followed by IIT Bombay and Madras.  Seated, from left, Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Prof. P. C. Varghese (Gymkhana President) and Mr. Syed Abdul Aleem (Student Secretary).    The student addressing the audience is yet to be identified. An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0317 under the ID: 001/0317/IMG_0572

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This was the first time the tournament was being held at IIT Madras. The first two were held in Bombay (1961) and Kharagpur (1963). The event also served as the inauguration of the stadium. According to Mr. B. S. Sudhir Chandra’s article in ‘Pradeep’, Pataudi gave a short speech, stressing on the role of games and physical training in Universities. The flag (in picture) has the logos of the IITs that participated. Although only four emblems are visible, we have reason to believe that the fifth is hidden in the fold, since five teams participated that year.   An identical photograph…

The Third Inter-IIT Sports Meet took place at IIT Madras. It was the first one to be held at Madras. IIT Kharagpur had won the previous two Inter-IITs and followed up with a hattrick of victories by winning this meet as well. IIT Bombay were runners up and IIT Madras secured third place. Mr. Srinivasan (Physical Training Instructor) is seen to the right of Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), and Mr. Syed Abdul Aleem (Student Secretary) is seen to the left hand side of the student who is receiving the prize. The student is yet to be identified.   An identical…

The cultural programme of the Inter-IIT Sports Meet was most likely held at the Open Air Theatre (OAT). This was the first meet to be held at IIT Madras. Some of the programmes in the cultural events included plays in Tamil, English and Hindi and group songs and music performances by students of the various IITs. The performers in the photograph are yet to be identified.   An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0317 under the ID: 001/0317/IMG_0544