A prize winner shakes hands with the chief guest of the eighth convocation, Prof. M. G. K. Menon

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8th Convocation

Administrators , Institute Events , Students

Also seen in the image, standing behind M. G. K. Menon, F. R. S. (Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay and Chairman, Electronics Commission, Govt. of India) is Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM). Seated behind the chief guest is Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors).

A total of 21 students were awarded prizes at the eighth convocation of the Institute that was held on 31st July, 1971. The President of India Prize (for the student of the B.Tech. degree course with the best academic record) was awarded to Mr. Satish Ramadhyani (Mechanical Engineering) and the Governor’s Prize (for all-round proficiency in the B.Tech. degree course) was awarded to Mr. S. Kannan (Mechanical Engineering). The other prizes awarded that year were Merit Prizes, the Siemens Prizes, the Philips India Prize, the Banco Foundation Prize and the Prof. B. Sengupto Prize.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0236 under the ID: 001/0236/IMG_0726

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

8th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0029/IMG_0861_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