Mr. Lionel Paul addressing the audience at the Seventh Institute Day, 1966

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Lionel Paul played tennis, hockey and table tennis. He also participated in track and field events. During his time at IIT Madras he evolved into an outstanding tennis singles player and won the Stanley Cup, conducted by the Loyola College, for inter-collegiate tennis a number of times. His tennis prowess even allowed him to tuck away a win against the Wimbledon semi-finalist Anand Amritraj one year. Lionel Paul served as General Secretary of the student body (Gymkhana) during the final year of his B. Tech.

From left to right, a gentleman (yet to be identified), Dr. N. Klein (staff-in-charge of the Literary Committee), Prof. P. C. Varghese (Gymkhana President), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors and chief guest), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras), Dr. Raja Sir Muthiah Chettiar (Pro-Chancellor, Annamalai University and Member, Board of Governors) and Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar).

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0206 under the ID: 001/0206/IMG_0166

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Seventh Institute Day

Photograph ID:

001/0017/IMG_0596_1

Album ID:

0017

Date:

12 March 1966

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

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:

Seventh Institute Day