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H. E. Theodor Heuss delivering a speech at the lunch table during his visit to IIT Madras, 1960

Photographs , Visiting VIPs, Administrators , 1960s

When Heuss visited, IIT Madras had its office at CLRI and classrooms at A.C. Tech. Heuss was the former President of the Federal Republic of Germany. His term as President ended in 1959, around a year before he visited IIT Madras. Seated from left, Prof. Nayudamma (Director of CLRI), a person (yet to be identified),a gentleman likely to be Heuss' translator, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras) and Dr. Wolfgang Hahn (Mathematics Department). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.

Lunch during the visit of H. E. Theodor Heuss to IIT Madras, 1960

Photographs , Administrators, Visiting VIPs, Faculty , 1960s

There are clues to the place and time of the event in the photograph. The ‘CLRI’ painted on the chairs indicates that the lunch service was in the CLRI. The clock on the wall shows the time around ten minutes to one. Seated at the lunch table, facing the camera, from left to right, a person who has not been identified yet, Prof. G. S. Laddha (Director of A.C. Tech.), Prof. Nayudamma (Director of CLRI, fourth from left) H. E. Theodor Heuss (former President of the Federal Republic of Germany), a gentleman likely to be Heuss' translator and Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras).…

Vanavani School children are served juice on the occasion of the Vanavani School inauguration, 1963

Photographs , Institute Events, Inaugurations, Faculty , 1960s

Vanavani School was established on the IIT Madras campus in 1963. It was opened by Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors) on 8 July 1963. According to the school website (as of 2021) Vanavani School was started with a strength of 52 children. As of 2021, the number has grown to around 2000 students. Father Murphy’s article in the Annual Number of 1965-1966 titled ‘The Vanavani Primary School’, explains that the school was given its name by the Director Prof. B. Sengupto. Father Murphy notes that the name combines ‘knowledge’ with ‘goddess of the forest’. Seated in the…

Lunch during the visit of H. E. Theodor Heuss to IIT Madras, 1960

Photographs , Visiting VIPs, Administrators , 1960s

Seen at the lunch table facing the camera, Prof. Nayudamma (Director of CLRI, fourth from left), H. E. Theodor Heuss (former President of the Federal Republic of Germany, sixth from left), a gentleman likely to be Heuss' translator (seventh from left), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, eighth from left) and Dr. Wolfgang Hahn (Mathematics Department, ninth from left). The rest of the persons are yet to be identified.

H. E. Theodor Heuss during his visit to IIT Madras, 1960

Photographs , Visiting VIPs, Administrators, Academic Facilities , 1960s

According to a list of captions to the photographs preserved at the Heritage Centre, a caption suggests that this photograph was taken in a workshop. On closer observation, it appears that the location of the photograph appears to be a laboratory. Seen in the photograph, from left: Mr. T. N. Venkataraman (Chief Security Officer), Dr. Wolfgang Hahn (Mathematics Department), a gentleman likely to be Heuss' translator (fourth from left), H. E. Theodor Heuss (former President of the Federal Republic of Germany, fifth from left), Mr. Gerhard Fischer (second from right) and Prof. B.…

Prof. B. Sengupto with the distinguished visitors in the CLRI campus during the visit of H. E. Theodor Heuss to IIT Madras, 1960

Photographs , Visiting VIPs, Administrators , 1960s

Professor Theodor Heuss visited the Institute campus in November 1960. At the time, the IIT Madras campus was not being used since the infrastructure was in the process of being set up. Buildings in Alagappa College of Technology and Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) were being used instead. Seen in the photograph, seated, from left, a person who has not been identified yet, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras), a gentleman likely to be Heuss' translator (third from left) and H. E. Theodor Heuss (former President of the Federal Republic of Germany, fifth from left). Mr. Dubey…

Prof. B. Sengupto addresses the audience at the inauguration of Vanavani School, 1963

Photographs , Administrators, Institute Events, Inaugurations , 1960s

Vanavani School was established on the IIT Madras campus in 1963. It was opened by Dr. A. L. Mudaliar on 8 July 1963. Father Murphy’s article in the Annual Number of 1965-1966 titled ‘The Vanavani Primary School’, explains that the school was given its name by the Director Prof. B. Sengupto. Father Murphy notes that the name combines ‘knowledge’ with ‘goddess of the forest’. On the dais from left: Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Father Murphy (Professor of English, Loyola College) and Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras). Mr. T. N. Venkataraman (…