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A section of the audience at the Central Lecture Theatre, 1988

Faculty , Visiting VIPs

This photograph was taken during the function held to officially hand over the Siemens 7580-E computer system to IIT Madras. Mr. Hans Klein (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany) was the chief guest at the event. The Siemens 7580-E computer system made computing a lot easier as it would not require one to use punch cards. According to a Campastimes interview, 80 terminals had arrived from Siemens. They were to be distributed across the campus, while the Computer Centre would have 30-35.

Seen in the image, Prof. S. V. Raghavan (Systems Engineer, Computer Science and Engineering Department, first row, middle), Prof. Surjit Singh (Chemistry Department, second row, second from right), Prof. H. Raman (Civil Engineering Department, second row, fourth from right) and Prof. G. V. N. Rayudu (Mechanical Engineering Department, second row, fifth from right). The others in the photograph are yet to be identified.

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Collection:
Central Photographic Section Collection
Photograph ID:
001/0068/IMG_2108_2
Album ID:
Date:
22 March 1988
Event:
Handing Over Siemens 7580-E Computer System to IIT Madras
Place:
Central Lecture Theatre (CLT)

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