Dr. A. L. Mudaliar receives Mr. M. C. Chagla at the second convocation, 1965

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Convocations , Institute Events

M. C. Chagla had an illustrious career. He was first a member of the Muslim League, and later he founded the Muslim Nationalist Party, in Bombay. He worked as a Professor of law at the Government Law College, Bombay in 1927, where he worked alongside Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. He was appointed a judge at the Bombay High Court in 1941. He served as Chief Justice from 1948 to 1958. He had the privilege of leading the first Indian delegation to the UN in 1946. In 1956, he was the Acting Governor of the state of Bombay from 4th October to 10th December. From 1957 to 1959, Chagla served as ad hoc judge to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. He held the post of Union Education Minister from 1963 to 1966, following which he was the Minister for External Affairs of India.

Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors) is to the right, while Mr. M. C. Chagla (chief guest and Union Education Minister) is to the left.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0242 under the ID: 001/0242/IMG_0012

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Second Convocation, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0002/IMG_0135_1

Album ID:

0002

Date:

3 April 1965

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:

Second Convocation

Place:

Possibly outside the Open Air Theatre (OAT)