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The Siemens Prize consisted of a bronze medal and a National Savings Certificate of the value of Rs. 75, which were given to the best student in electrical engineering. It was awarded to Mr. Kanianthra Mani Chandy (Electrical Engineering Department) by Mr. M. C. Chagla (chief guest and Union Minister for Education).
Chandy went on to do his Masters from New York University and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and went on to serve in the field of academics for over 40 years, having won several awards in the field and also from the University of Texas and Caltech, where he taught and guided over 30 Ph.D. students. He was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT-Madras in 2019.
An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0242 under the ID: 001/0242/IMG_0018
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