Mr. Walter Scheel with administrators and distinguished guests at IIT Madras, 1963

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Visiting VIPs , Administrators

This photograph was taken during the visit of Mr. Walter Scheel to IIT Madras. It appears that either lunch or refreshments have been served to the distinguished guests and administrators. It is very likely that this photograph was taken at the Machines Laboratory on the ground floor of the Electrical Science Block (ESB). This assumption has been made on the basis that the window grills in the Machines Laboratory today (2022) match the grills in the photograph.

Mr. Walter Scheel was the first Minister of Economic Cooperation for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Seen in the photograph, from right, Dr. R. A. Kraus (former Adviser to the Government of India for I. I.T., Madras, extreme right), Dr. G. A. Sonnenhol (Ministerialdirektor, Federal Republic of Germany, second from right), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors, third from right), Mr. Walter Scheel (Minister of Economic Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany, fourth from right) and Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, fifth from right).

An identical photograph can be found in Album 0270 of the Gourishankar Collection under the ID: 001/0270/IMG_0735

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Visit of Mr. Walter Scheel, 1963 and Miscellaneous Photographs

Photograph ID:

001/0178/0017_1

Album ID:

0178

Place:

Possibly Machines Laboratory

Date:

4 December 1963

Event:

Visit of Mr. Walter Scheel

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.