The chief guest for the seventh convocation, Dr. V. V. Giri, arrives at the Institute

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Administrators , Institute Events , Visiting VIPs

Seen in the image from the left: Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM), Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India), an individual who appears to be the President’s bodyguard and an individual who is yet to be identified. Also seen in the image behind the Director is Dr. Y. Nayudamma (acting Chairman, Board of Governor).

The seventh convocation of IITM was held on a Saturday evening at 5:00 pm, the 29th of August, 1970. Dr. Y. Nayudamma, representing the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute (Mr. H. V. R. Iengar), presided over the ceremony. The chief guest for the event was Dr. V. V. Giri. A German delegate, Mr. Gunter Diehl (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in India) also attended the event.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0279 under the ID: 001/0279/IMG_0440

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

7th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0036/IMG_1049_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