Mr. P. Raghavendran receives the President’s Prize from Mr. H. V. R. Iengar

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Seen in the image from the left: Mr. P. Raghavendran (President’s Prize winner) and Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors). The gentleman seated behind the Chairman wearing spectacles is the chief guest, Dr. S. Bhagavantam (Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence, India).

Mr. P. Raghavendran (3 year B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering) won the President’s Prize (awarded to the B. Tech. degree student who held the best academic record) in the year 1969. After his graduation, he joined Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) as a management trainee, and continued with them until 1994 in various capacities. During his time at IOC he also completed a two year management program at Sloan, MIT (1981-1983) and spent two years in charge of Petroleum in the Planning Commission, Government of India (1983-1985). He joined Reliance in 1994 and was involved in the planning and setting up of its two giant refineries at Jamnagar. He recently retired from his position as President (Refinery Business) but continues to be involved with the Reliance group in a mentorship role. Apart from this he has taken up teaching at various business schools including several IIMs and Government of India training institutions for the petroleum industry.

An identical photograph can be found in the Central Photographic Section Collection and the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0055 and 0269 under the ID: 001/0023/IMG_0724_1 and 001/0269/IMG_0163

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

6th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0055/IMG_1664_1

Album ID:

0055

Date:

1969-08-02

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