His Excellency Baron Dietrich von Mirbach at the Central Workshops, 1967
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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, from right, Mr. S. S. Mani (Workshop Superintendent, wearing bowtie), Dr. Edgar Reichel (Consul-General in Madras), Mr. Baron von Mirbach (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, third from right) and Prof. F. W. Lohr (Mechanical Engineering Department, fourth from right, yet to be confirmed). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.
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