The chief guest of the eighth convocation, Prof. M. G. K. Menon, arrives at the Institute

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Administrators , Institute Events , Visiting VIPs

Seen in the image from the left: Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Prof. M. G. K. Menon, F. R. S. (Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay and Chairman, Electronics Commission, Govt. of India) and Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM).

Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, F. R. S. (28 August 1928 – 22 November 2016) was a, Indian physicist and policy maker. He played a prominent role in the development of science and technology in India. One of his important contributions was developing the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. He undertook experiments with cosmic rays to explore the properties of fundamental particles. He was actively involved in setting up balloon flight experiments and underground experiments with cosmic ray neutrinos in the mines at Kolar Gold Fields. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1970. The asteroid 7564 Gokumenon was named in his honour in late 2008.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0236 under the ID: 001/0236/IMG_0710

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

8th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0029/IMG_0844_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