A meeting in progress during the visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig and Mr. H. Westphal to IIT Madras, 1965

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Administrators , Institute Events , Visiting VIPs

Prof. Hilbig and Mr. Westphal were from the Technical University, Berlin. They took part in a series of meetings spread across a few days, meeting administrators and faculty from IIT Madras.

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.

Seated, from left, Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar, second from left), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, third from left), Dr. P. Hilbig (Vice-Rector, Technical University, Berlin, fourth from left) and Mr. H. Westphal (Director, Academic Foreign Relations Office, Technical University, Berlin, fifth from left). The other persons are yet to be identified.

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_0172_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