Major General Virendra Singh is escorted by Prof. B. Sengupto during the inauguration of the NCC building, 1965

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Administrators , Campus Buildings , Inaugurations

Major General Virendra Singh (Director-General, NCC, second from right) inaugurated the NCC building on 14 December 1965. He was associated with IIT Madras even prior to 1965, when he was the chief guest during NCC Day on 4 December 1963.

Prof. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, extreme right) was the first Director of IIT Madras. He served as Director from 1959 to 1967. Prof. Sengupto was responsible for a great deal of development and construction of buildings on the campus.

The building in the background is the NCC building. The building was completed at a cost of 5.8 lakhs (according to the Seventh Annual Number of IIT Madras, 1965-66). It was constructed to house the different units of the NCC in IIT Madras. During the time, IIT Madras had four technical NCC units which had replaced the NCC Rifles in 1964. The units were 6 Madras Engineer Coy., 3 Madras Signal Coy., 6 Madras (Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Unit (2 Coy.) and 4 Madras Technical Air Squadron. The NCC unit in IIT Madras currently has one unit, 4 (TN) Air Sqn. Tech. NCC.

An identical photograph can be found in the Central Photographic Section Collection in Album 0004 under the ID: 001/0004/IMG_0174_1

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

NCC Building Inauguration and NCC Day Celebrations, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0231/IMG_0609

Album ID:

0231

Date:

14 December 1965

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:

Inauguration of NCC Building and NCC Day celebrations

Place:

NCC building