Mr. Basu John Vetteth receives the Governor's Prize for the year 1965 from Mr. M. C. Chagla

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Convocations , Institute Events , Students

The Governor’s Prize was a silver medal of the value of Rs. 25 given to the best all-round student of the B. Tech. Degree Course (curricular and extra-curricular). It was handed to Mr. Vetteth by chief guest and Union Minister for Education Mr. M. C. Chagla at the second convocation.

Vetteth (Mechanical Engineering Department) was called a "bustling aggressive player in the forward line" by K. Shashi Rao in an article 'Seven Years to Hockey Glory' in the blog ‘Chennai 36’. Vetteth ran a popular photo studio in Chennai later in his life.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0242 under the ID: 001/0242/IMG_0014

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Second Convocation, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0002/IMG_0143_1

Album ID:

0002

Date:

3 April 1965

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.

Event:

Second Convocation

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)