Baron Dietrich von Mirbach with Prof. R. J. H. Bisanz at IIT Madras, 1967
Faculty , Visiting VIPs
Baron Dietrich von Mirbach (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, left) was a German diplomat who was born in 1907. He worked at the German embassy in Cairo (1952-55) and was the German Ambassador to Canada (1970-72). At various points in his career, he worked at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bonn and the Joint Export Import Agency.
Baron von Mirbach visited IIT Madras a few months after the Second Indo-German agreement was signed in New Delhi. The signing of the agreement kicked off the establishment of 5 laboratories. It also made provisions to complete the 20 laboratories which were in progress. The agreement was an effort to further the development of IIT Madras through a collaboration between India and Germany.
Prof. Bisanz (Department of Chemical Engineering, right) was one of the German professors who was a part of the Institute. During the Eighth Institute Day in March 1967, one of his daughters took part in the play ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’. There is a photograph from the event which shows the daughter in one of the scenes of the play.
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