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At IIT Madras, 1965

Administrators , Institute Events , Visiting VIPs

The visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig and Mr. H. Westphal is recorded in the Annual Report of IIT Madras 1965-66, Convocation Brochure of IIT Madras 1966, Campastimes (15 February 1966) and the Annual Number of IIT Madras 1965-66. The year of the visit in the Annual Number is given as 1966, while the other sources confirm that the visit was in 1965. The book to Mr. Westphal’s left hand side appears to be the Souvenir Volume to commemorate the visit of His Excellency Dr. Heinrich Luebke (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) to IIT Madras on 3 December 1962 to lay the foundation stone The book is available at the Heritage Centre.

According to the article ‘Tu Berlin And IIT’ by DJN published in Campastimes, the two gentlemen visited all the departments and met with the Director in order to get an idea about the Institute and the ways in which Technical University, Berlin could help IIT Madras under the Second Indo-German Agreement. They came to the conclusion that although the Technical University, Berlin would not be able to send senior professors to IIT Madras on a long-term basis, they would be able to send professors for short periods of time to conduct seminars and group discussions and to give lectures.

From left Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras), Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig (Vice-Rector, Technical University, Berlin) and Mr. H. Westphal (Director, Academic Foreign Relations Office, Technical University, Berlin).

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Album 0004: Visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig, and Mr. Westphal, Technical University, Berlin, and Inauguration of NCC building, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0004/IMG_0170_1

Album ID:

0004

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). A geologist by qualification, Gourishankar started his career as a photographer after working for many years with the Geological Survey of India. In everything that he did, Gourishankar strove to achieve flawlessness and impeccable quality. Thus his photography too was characterised by this drive for perfection. Every photograph that Gourishankar took was meticulously planned and shot and printed with diligence and patience. Gourishankar carried out most of the official photography at IIT Madras in the 1960s.

Event:

Visit of Prof. Hilbig and Mr. Westphal

Date:

8-11 December 1965