A student receives an award from Sir C. V. Raman

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Institute Events , Convocations , Students

Seen in the image on the right is Sir C. V. Raman (Indian physicist, Nobel laureate). Seen standing behind the chief guest is Prof. B. Sengupto (Director).

During the convocation ceremony, apart from the conferment of degrees, it was customary for the Institute to bestow a few special prizes on a select few students. The prizes are: President’s Prize (for the B. Tech. degree student who held the best academic record), Governor’s Prize (for all-round proficiency in the B. Tech. degree course), Institute Special Merit Prize (for the student of the 3-year B. Tech. degree course with the best academic record), Institute Merit Prizes (for the students with best academic record in each discipline of each course) and the Siemens Prizes (presented by M/s. Siemens Engineering and Manufacturing Company of the India Limited, Madras, to the students with the best academic records in the Electrical Engineering branch of the M. Tech. and 5-year B. Tech degree course). These prizes were graciously handed over by the chief guest to the awardees.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0241 under the ID: 001/0241/IMG_102

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Third Convocation, 1966

Photograph ID:

001/0024/IMG_0754_1

Album ID:

0024

Date:

1966-07-30

Place:

Open Air Theatre

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). A geologist by qualification, Gourishankar started his career as a photographer after working for many years with the Geological Survey of India. In everything that he did, Gourishankar strove to achieve flawlessness and impeccable quality. Thus his photography too was characterised by this drive for perfection. Every photograph that Gourishankar took was meticulously planned and shot and printed with diligence and patience. Gourishankar carried out most of the official photography at IIT Madras in the 1960s.

Event:

Convocation