Pole vault event in progress during the Third Inter-IIT Sports Meet, 1964

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Sports , Sports Facilities , Student Activities

This was the first time that the Inter-IIT Sports Meet was held at IIT Madras. IIT Kharagpur had won the previous two meets which were held in Bombay (1961) and Kharagpur (1963). IIT Kharagpur managed to make it a hat trick of wins when they clinched the trophy once again at IIT Madras.

It is not clear who the student in the photograph is. This photograph was also published in the Annual Number of IIT Madras, 1964-65.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0317 under the ID: 001/0317/IMG_0531

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Third Inter IIT Sports Meet

Photograph ID:

001/0001/IMG_0103_1

Album ID:

0001

Date:

28-31 December 1964

Event:

Third Inter IIT Sports Meet

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.

Place:

Stadium