Mr. R. Natarajan and Mr. H. J. Ebert at high tea, 1961

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Second Institute Day, 1961

Administrators , Institute Events , Staff

This photograph was taken during the Second Institute Day of IIT Madras.

Mr. Ebert was an Expert Workshop Staff Member. In 1959, he worked for three months as a planner for I.I.T. Madras on the staff of Prof. Dr. R. A. Kraus at Bonn. He joined the institute on 14 April 1959.

R. Natarajan, the first Registrar of IIT Madras, is one of the key figures who played a significant role in the inception of the Institute during the initial stages. He served as the Registrar from 1959 to 1965. Known for his “genial and smiling countenance”, as M. Vikram Rao puts it in his article in a 1963 edition of Campastimes, Natarajan was a keen administrator of the Institute.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Second Institute Day, 1961

Photograph ID:

001/0293/IMG_0138

Album ID:

0293

Date:

4 April 1961

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:

Second Institute Day

Venue:

Premises of Cauvery Hostel