His Excellency Baron Dietrich von Mirbach addresses the gathering at IIT Madras, 1967
Administrators , Faculty , Visiting VIPs
Baron von Mirbach visited IIT Madras a few months after the Second Indo-German agreement was signed in New Delhi. The signing of the agreement kicked off the establishment of 5 laboratories. It also made provisions to complete the 20 laboratories which were in progress. The agreement was an effort to further the development of IIT Madras through a collaboration between India and Germany.
In the photograph, Prof. W. Scheer (Mechanical Engineering Department, to Mr. Mirbach’s right hand side), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director, second from left from Mr. Mirbach’s left hand side), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar, fourth from left from Mr. Mirbach’s left hand side), Prof. W. Koch (Physics Department, fifth from left from Mr. Mirbach’s left hand side), Mr. S. S. Mani (Workshop Superintendent, wearing a bow tie, sitting at the head of the table) and Prof. P. C. Varghese (Civil Engineering Department). Prof W. Lutz (Mechanical Engineering Department) and Prof. E. G. Ramachandran (Metallurgical Engineering Department) can also be seen sitting opposite to Prof. Scheer. The other persons are yet to be identified.
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