Dr. S. Bhagavantam at IIT Madras, 1969

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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. Prior to the convocation, he examined the laboratory equipment and workshop facilities across the Institute. This photograph was taken at the Central Workshop. This can be ascertained by the fact that Mr. Hasenbein and Mr. Mani are in the photograph. The workshop instrument visible in the image is also evidence that the photograph was taken at the Central Workshop.

Seen from left, Mr. Willi Hasenbein (Expert in machine tools), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), Mr. S. S. Mani (Workshop Superintendent), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence) and Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director).

An identical photograph can be found in the Central Photographic Section Collection in Album 0053 under the ID: 001/0053/IMG_1641_1

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Visit of Dr. S. Bhagavantam, 1969

Photograph ID:

001/0239/IMG_0048

Album ID:

0239

Date:

2 August 1969

Event:

Visit of Dr. S. Bhagavantam

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.

Place:

Central Workshop