A Ph.D. scholar receives his degree from Prof. A. Ramachandran

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Also seen standing in the image to the left is Mr. R. Rajagopalan (Deputy Registrar).

The eighth convocation of IITM was held at 05:00 pm on Saturday, the 31st July, 1971 in the Open Air Theatre of the Institute. At the ceremony, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM) conferred the degrees and diplomas on 225 candidates who attended the convocation and in absentia on 212 candidates who could not be present.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0236 under the ID: 001/0236/IMG_0721

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

8th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0029/IMG_0851_1

Album ID:

0029

Date:

31 July 1971

Place:

Open Air Theatre

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1926-2002). 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:

Convocation