Dr. Y. Nayadumma, Dr. V. V. Giri and Prof. A. Ramachandran enter the Open Air Theatre adorned in the convocation robes

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7th Convocation

Administrators , Institute Events , Visiting VIPs

Seen in the image from the left: The acting Chairman, Board of Governors, Dr. Y. Nayadumma (Director, CLRI), Dr. V. V. Giri (President of India) and Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM). Seen in the second row from the left: Mr. Gunter Diehl (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in India), an individual who is yet to be identified, and an individual who is possibly the chief guest’s bodyguard.

The seventh convocation of IITM was held on a Saturday evening at 5:00 pm, the 29th of August, 1970. Dr. Y. Nayudamma, representing the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute (Mr. H. V. R. Iengar), presided over the ceremony. The chief guest for the event was Dr. V. V. Giri. The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in India, Mr. Gunter Diehl, also attended the event.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0279 under the ID: 001/0279/IMG_0442

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

7th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0036/IMG_1053_1

Album ID:

0036

Date:

29 August 1970

Place:

Open Air Theatre

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.

Event:

Convocation