The academic procession makes its way to the stage

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Administrators , Faculty , Institute Events

Seen in the image from the left: R1 – A person who is yet to be identified, Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), R2 – Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy (Mechanical Engineering department), R3 – A person who is yet to be identified and Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director) and R4 – Prof. M. G. K. Menon (Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay and Chairman, Electronics Commission, Govt. of India) and Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors).

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. 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.

Identical photographs can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Albums 0236 and 0280 under the IDs: 001/0236/IMG_0705 & 001/0280/IMG_0483

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

8th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0029/IMG_0848_1

Album ID:

0029

Date:

31 July 1971

Place:

Open Air Theatre

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1926-2002). 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