Major General Prakash Singh Grewal is escorted into the stadium by the Director and others, 1970

< Back

Institute Events , Administrators , Visiting VIPs

This photograph was taken during the Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet at IIT Madras. Grewal was the General Officer Commanding for Tamil Nadu, Mysore and Kerala.

Seen in the photograph, from left, a gentleman (yet to be identified), Prof. R. K. Gupta (Gymkhana President), Mr. Navzer Mehta (General Secretary), Major General Prakash Singh Grewal (chief guest), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director) and Mr. T. N. Venkataraman (Chief Security Officer).

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Eighth Inter-IIT Sports Meet, 1970

Photograph ID:

001/0310/IMG_0424

Album ID:

0310

Date:

28 to 31 December 1970

Place:

Stadium

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:

Inter-IIT Sports Meet