Dr. A. L. Mudaliar addresses the audience at his farewell function

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Farewell function in honour of Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, First Chairman, Board of Governors

Administrators , Faculty , Institute Events

Seen on the dais from the left: a student representative, Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), Dr. Nikolaus Klein (professor of German), Dr. Nayadumma (Director, CLRI), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (first Chairman, Board of Governors), Mrs. Radha Bai (wife of Dr. A. L. Mudaliar) and Mrs. Susheela Iengar (wife of the Chairman, Board of Governors).

A farewell function was held in honour of Dr. A. L. Mudaliar on 30th August 1969. In his address, Dr. A. L. Mudaliar spoke about the genesis of the Institute. He reminisced about the very beginning in 1946 when the Education Member, Government of India called for a meeting of all members of various states, businessmen and industrialists to discuss the possibilities of setting up technical institutes in India. Dr. Mudaliar was part of this meeting and actively participated in the growth and development of IIT Madras, in particular, ever since. He served as the first Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT, Madras a total of 10 years, from 1959 to 1969. Dr. A. Ramaswami Mudaliar and Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar 81st Birthday Commemoration Volume (A Garland of Tributes to the Arcot Brothers - ‘The Pride of Bharath’) was released two years prior to the farewell on 14th October 1967 by Dr. Sir. M. A. Muthiah Chettiar and presented by Mr. C. N. Annaduari (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu) at a public function held at the Senate House, Madras on saturday 21st October 1967 at 05:15 pm.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Farewell function in honour of Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, First Chairman, Board of Governors

Photograph ID:

001/0018/IMG_0630_1

Album ID:

0018

Date:

30th August 1969

Place:

Aero Hangar

Event:

Farewell

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.