Mr. Walter Scheel at the Central Workshop, 1963

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Visiting VIPs , Administrators , Academic Facilities

This photograph was taken at the Carpentry Shop during the visit of Mr. Walter Scheel to IIT Madras. In the image, a student appears to be using a planing machine while Mr. Scheel inspects a block of wood.

Construction of the Central Workshops was completed in June 1961. The Workshops were one of the first constructions to come up on campus. The idea behind the Central Workshops was to provide students with a practical knowledge of subjects in engineering that they were studying in classes. In this way, they would not only be theoretically sound, but also practically so.

Seen in the photograph, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, extreme right) and Mr. Walter Scheel (Minister of Economic Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany, second from right). The student in the image has not been identified.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Visit of Mr. Walter Scheel

Photograph ID:

001/0270/IMG_0737

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