Major General Virendra Singh inspects a guard of honour, 1965

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Campus Buildings , Inaugurations , Institute Events

This photograph was taken during the inauguration of the NCC building on 14 December 1965. Major General Virendra Singh (Director-General of NCC) was the chief guest for the occasion.

The NCC 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.

The NCC building is located roughly opposite the Ocean Engineering Department. It currently houses the JEE/GATE office (as of September 2021).

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0231 under the ID: 001/0231/IMG_0620

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_0176_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:

Inauguration of NCC Building and NCC Day celebrations

Date:

14 December 1965

Place:

NCC Building