The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker was conferred the degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) at a special convocation held at IIT Madras. He visited IIT Madras with his wife Marianne. This photograph was taken during his visit to the Institute in 1991. It appears that this photograph was taken at the Computer Sciences Block.
In the image, we can see Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (Chairman, Board of Governors, extreme left), Mrs. Marianne von Weizsäcker (third from left), Mrs. Eva Seitz (German Ambassador's wife, wearing a black and white dress, at the back), Ms. Maneka Gandhi (Union Minister of State [Independent Charge], Environment and Forests, wearing an orange and black sari), Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker (wearing a black suit) and Prof. R. Nagarajan (Head of Computer Sciences Department).
The Heritage Centre would be grateful to receive more information regarding this photograph. This section will be updated when we receive more details.
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