Prof. B. Sengupto (Director) introduces the Council, Board of Governors and the Senate to chief guest Mr. M. C. Chagla (chief guest and Union Minister for Education)

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Institute Events , Convocations , Administrators

From left, Prof. G. Stahl (Mechanical Engineering Department), Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy (Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering), Prof. E. G. Ramachandran (Head of Department, Metallurgy), a gentleman (yet to be identified), Prof. Y. Nayudamma (Director, Central Leather Research Institute) and a board member. Mr. Akbar Alikhan (Member of Parliament, Andhra Pradesh), Mr. T. N. Venkataraman (Chief Security Officer) and Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors) are seen at the back of the picture.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Second Convocation and Sixth Institute Day, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0242/IMG_0005

Album ID:

0242

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:

Second Convocation

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

Date:

3 April 1965