Invitation (front) to the farewell function for Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar

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Seen in the image is the front of the invitation card to Dr. A. L. Mudaliar’s (first Chairman, Board of Governors) farewell function. The front of the card has information about the event such as the date (30th August 1969), time (05:30 pm), venue (Open Air Theatre) and the presiding staff member (Mr. H. V. R. Iengar, Chairman, Board of Governors). The venue given on the card is the Open Air Theatre, but on the day of the event, the venue was shifted to the Aero Hangar on the campus due to unfavourable climatic conditions.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Farewell function in honour of Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, First Chairman, Board of Governors

Photograph ID:

001/0018/IMG_0618_1

Album ID:

0018

Date:

30th August 1969

Place:

Aero Hangar

Event:

Farewell

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1926-2002). 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.