Mr. H. V. R. Iengar signs the Record of Degrees

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Seen in the image seated from the right: Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy(Mechanical Engineering department), an individual who is yet to be identified, Prof. M. G. K. Menon (Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay and Chairman, Electronics Commission, Govt. of India), Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director) and an individual who is yet to be identified. Also seen standing in the image is Mr. R. Rajagopalan (Deputy Registrar).

The eighth convocation of IITM took place on July 31, 1971. The event began at 05:00 pm that Saturday and the chief guest and speaker for the event was Prof. M. G. K. Menon. Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors) presided over the event. The majority of the event consisted of the conferment of degrees and awards which was followed by the chief guest’s convocation address.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

8th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0236/IMG_0713

Album ID:

0236

Date:

31 July 1971

Place:

Open Air Theatre

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:

Convocation