His Excellency Baron von Mirbach in the Chemical Engineering Laboratory, 1967
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Baron Dietrich von Mirbach was a German diplomat who was born in 1907. He worked at the German embassy in Cairo (1952-55) and was the German Ambassador to Canada (1970-72). At various points in his career, he worked at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bonn and the Joint Export Import Agency.
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 left, Baron von Mirbach (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, extreme left), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, second from left), Dr. Edgar Reichel (Consul-General in Madras, in middle), a gentleman (yet to be identified) and Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director, Department of Electrical Engineering, extreme right).
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