Dr. Karl Pfauter giving away a prize to a lady during the Ninth Institute Day celebrations at the Open Air Theatre, 1968

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Ninth Institute Day, 1968

Institute Events , Students , Visiting VIPs

Dr. Karl Pfauter (Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany) was the chief guest at the Ninth Institute Day at IIT Madras.

The Annual Report of IIT Madras from the year 1967 provides a list of prizes awarded at the Institute Day of 1968. We know from this list that the person receiving the award is Ms. M. A. Vedavalli (Electrical Engineering) from the three year B.Tech. degree course. In the list of prize winners, Ms. Vedavalli is the only female student who received an award.

An identical photograph can be found in the Central Photographic Section Collection in Album 0020 under the ID: 001/0020/IMG_0648_1

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Ninth Institute Day, 1968

Photograph ID:

001/0265/IMG_0093

Album ID:

0265

Date:

23 March 1968

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). 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.