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Seen in the academic procession: R1 – Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar), R2 (L to R) - Mr. Nazir Ahmed (Librarian) and Prof. V. Anantharaman (Humanities and Social Sciences department), R3 – Mr. S. S. Mani (Workshop Superintendent) and Prof. B. V. A. Rao (Applied Mechanics department), R4 – Prof. R. S. Alwar (Applied Mechanics department), R5 – Prof. N. V. C. Swamy (Applied Mechanics department). Also seen in the image behind the academic procession are the graduating students in their convocation robes.
The eighth convocation of IITM took place on July 31, 1971. The event began at 05:00 pm that Saturday and the chief guest and speaker for the event was Prof. M. G. K. Menon (Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay and Chairman, Electronics Commission, Govt. of India). Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors) presided over the event. The majority of the event consisted of the conferment of degrees and awards which was followed by the chief guest’s convocation address.
An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0236 under the ID: 001/0236/IMG_0706
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