Prof. B. Sengupto salutes a cadet before his farewell function, 1967
Institute Events , Administrators , Student Activities
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. Some of the buildings that came up during his time were the four department buildings (including one for Humanities and Sciences), ten laboratories, the Open Air Theatre (OAT) and several other landmarks in the campus. The Administration Block was also almost completed by the time Prof. Sengupto left. In his report in the Silver Jubilee Souvenir, Prof. Sengupto lists some of his achievements including: completing 210000 square metres of buildings, ten hostels for the boys and one for the girls, 600 quarters for the staff, two schools on campus (Vanavani and Kendriya Vidyalaya) and other buildings such as the staff club, ladies club and the swimming pool.
The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified. The guard of honour would usually be inspected and received by chief guests at important occasions such as the convocation.
An identical photograph can be found in Album 0051 with the ID 001/0051/IMG_1614_1.
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