Mr. H.V.R. Iengar addresses the audience at the eighth convocation ceremony

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8th Convocation

Administrators , Faculty , Institute Events

Seen to the right of the Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors) is: Prof. M. G. K. Menon (Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay and Chairman, Electronics Commission, Govt. of India), an individual who is yet to be identified, Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy(Mechanical Engineering department), Prof. E. G. Ramachandran(Metallurgical Engineering department) and Prof. M. V. C. Sastry(Chemistry department). Seen to the left of the Chairman is: an individual who are yet to be identified, Prof. N. Rajagopalan (Civil Engineering department) and Prof. D. Venkateswarlu(Chemical Engineering department).

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.

Identical photographs can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Albums 0236 and 0280 under the IDs: 001/0236/IMG_0731 & 001/0280/IMG_0480

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

8th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0029/IMG_0865_1

Album ID:

0029

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