H. E. Theodor Heuss delivering a speech at the lunch table during his visit to IIT Madras, 1960

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Visit of Theodor Heuss, 1960 and Inauguration of Vanavani School, 1963

Visiting VIPs , Administrators

When Heuss visited, IIT Madras had its office at CLRI and classrooms at A.C. Tech. Heuss was the former President of the Federal Republic of Germany. His term as President ended in 1959, around a year before he visited IIT Madras.

Seated from left, Prof. Nayudamma (Director of CLRI), a person (yet to be identified),a gentleman likely to be Heuss' translator, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras) and Dr. Wolfgang Hahn (Mathematics Department). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Visit of Theodor Heuss, 1960 and Inauguration of Vanavani School, 1963

Photograph ID:

001/0022/IMG_0709_1

Album ID:

0022

Event:

Visit of Theodor Heuss

Place:

Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)