The chief guest, Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India), addresses the audience at the seventh convocation ceremony

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Seen standing on the dais is Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India). Seen seated on the dais in the front row from the right: Mr. Sethunathan (Registrar), Prof. K. A. V. Pandalai (Aeronautical Engineering department), Prof. Rama Sastry (Physics department), Prof. D. V. Reddy (Applied Mechanics department), Prof. S. D. Nigam (Mathematics department), Prof. R. K. Gupta (Humanities and Social Sciences department), Prof. D. Venkateswarlu (Chemical Engineering department) and Prof. P. C. Varghese (Civil Engineering department). The person in uniform, standing behind the chief guest appears to be a bodyguard.

The chief guest and speaker of the seventh convocation of IITM was Dr. V. V. Giri. Varahagiri Venkata Giri was an Indian politician and activist who served as the fourth president of India. He was the only president to be elected as an independent candidate. After the end of his full term he was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0279 under the ID: 001/0279/IMG_0459

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

7th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0036/IMG_1075_1

Album ID:

0036

Date:

29 August 1970

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