An athlete cruising through the lane during a track event, 1970

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Sports , Institute Events

This photograph was taken during the Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet which was held at IIT Madras. The track events were dominated by IIT Kanpur who managed to gather 39 points in the track events alone. IIT Bombay had 30, IIT Madras 25, IIT Kharagpur 24 and IIT Delhi 5. IIT Madras was unable to score points in the sprints, but did fairly well in the hurdles and middle and long distance races.

It is not clear to us who the athlete in the photograph is, nor do we know the event he is participating in.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet, 1970

Photograph ID:

001/0310/IMG_0409

Album ID:

0310

Date:

28 to 31 December 1970

Place:

Stadium

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:

Inter-IIT Sports Meet