Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy addresses the audience, 1965

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Administrators , Inaugurations , Institute Events

The photograph was taken during the inauguration of the new NCC building on 14 December. NCC Day was also held on the same date.

Mr. Ramaswamy (Superintending Engineer) came to IIT Madras in 1961 to head the construction programme on campus. He was employed in the CPWD. It was under Mr. Ramaswamy that the construction programme progressed rapidly. The CPWD was responsible for the constructions before Mr. Ramaswamy joined the Institute.

Seated on the stage, from left, Commodore Jimmy D. Mody (Director of NCC, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, first from left), Major General Virendra Singh (Director-General, NCC, second from left) and Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, third from left). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0231 under the ID: 001/0231/IMG_0617

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Album 0004: Visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig, and Mr. Westphal, Technical University, Berlin, and Inauguration of NCC building, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0004/IMG_0181_1

Album ID:

0004

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:

Inauguration of NCC Building and NCC Day celebrations

Date:

14 December 1965

Place:

NCC Building