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His Excellency Baron Dietrich von Mirbach at IIT Madras, 1967

Academic Facilities , Administrators , Faculty

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.

Seen in the photograph, Prof. H. Heitland (Mechanical Engineering Department, second from left), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar, third from left), Mr. Baron von Mirbach (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, fourth from left), Dr. Edgar Reichel (Consul-General in Madras, sixth from left), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, seventh from left) and Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director, extreme right).

Collection:
Central Photographic Section Collection
Photograph ID:
001/0013/IMG_0445_1
Album ID:
Event:
Visit of Baron Dietrich von Mirbach
Date:
6 January 1967
Place:
Thermodynamics and Combustion Engineering Laboratory

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