Dr. S. Bhagavantam at the Electrical Engineering Laboratory at IIT Madras, 1969
Campus Facilities , Academic Facilities , Visiting VIPs
Dr. Suri Bhagavantam, the well-known visionary scientist, administrator and architect of defense research was the chief guest at IIT Madras’s sixth convocation. Before the convocation, he examined the laboratory equipment and workshop facilities across the Institute. This photograph was taken at the Electrical Engineering Laboratory. This can be ascertained by the fact that Prof. P. Venkata Rao and Prof. V. G. K. Murti are in the photograph.
The photograph was taken in the Calibration Laboratory of the Measurements Section which relates to the Energy-meter Test Bench. Information from Prof. V. G. K. Murti.
Seen in the image, from left, Prof. P. Venkata Rao (Head of Electrical Engineering Department), Prof. V. G. K. Murti (Electrical Engineering Department), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence) and Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director). Identification by Prof. C.S. Swamy.
An identical photograph can be found in the Central Photographic Section Collection in Album 0053 under the ID: 001/0053/IMG_1636_1
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