Prof. B. Sengupto addressing the gathering during the transfer of charge for the post of Director, 1967
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Prof. A. Ramachandran succeeded Prof. B. Sengupto as Director. Prof. Sengupto’s tenure, which had started in 1959, came to an end in December 1967. However, Prof. Sengupto was at the Institute until 21 January 1968, according to his article ‘A Personal Remembrance of Things Past’ which was published in the Silver Jubilee Souvenir.
Prof. Sengupto was the first Director of IIT Madras (1959 to 1967). He was responsible for the growth of IIT Madras in its early years. It was under his guidance that most of the infrastructure at the Institute, including the academic complexes, workshops and hostels came into existence. In the Convocation Brochure of 1968, it is mentioned, “As Prof. Sengupto completed his term of office in December 1967, he could look back with satisfaction on his eight years of unremitting toil which has helped to turn into reality his dream of an ‘academic township’.”
In the image, from right, Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Head of Mechanical Engineering Department), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Prof. B. Sengupto (Former Director) and Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director).
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