Mr. Walter Scheel addresses the gathering, 1963

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Visiting VIPs , Institute Events , Administrators

Mr. Scheel was the Minister of Economic Cooperation for the Federal Republic of Germany. He visited IIT Madras toward the end of 1963 and visited the facilities which had been constructed such as the Central Workshops and some of the laboratories which had been newly built.

Seen in the image, Mr. Walter Scheel (Minister of Economic Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany, standing), Dr. G. A. Sonnenhol (Ministerialdirektor, Federal Republic of Germany, to Mr. Scheel’s left hand side), Mr. Gerhard Fischer (Consul General, Federal Republic of Germany, extreme right, at the end of Mr. Scheel’s table), Dr. Y. Nayudamma (Director of CLRI, second from Mr. Scheel’s right hand side), Prof. M. V. C. Sastri (Head of Chemistry Department, seated on table opposite Mr. Fischer in light coloured suit), Prof. G. Rouve (Civil Engineering Department, seated opposite Prof. Sastri), Prof. G. Stahl (Mechanical Engineering Department, on Prof. Sastri’s table, fifth from right) and Prof. H. Heitland (Mechanical Engineering Department, on Prof Sastri’s table, seventh from right). Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar, seated next to the lady) is also seen in the image.

An identical photograph can be found in Album 0178 of the Central Photographic Section Collection under the ID: 001/0178/0003_1

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Visit of Mr. Walter Scheel

Photograph ID:

001/0270/IMG_0738

Album ID:

0270

Date:

4 December 1963

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:

Visit of Mr. Walter Scheel

Place:

Possibly Machines Laboratory