Prof. H. Heitland explaining the working of a ‘piece’ designed by the Director, to His Excellency Baron von Mirbach, 1967

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We know from the Convocation Brochure (1967) that this photograph was taken at the Thermodynamics and Combustion Engineering Laboratory.

Baron von Mirbach (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany) visited IIT Madras a few months after the Second Indo-German agreement was signed in New Delhi. The signing of the agreement kicked off the establishment of 5 laboratories. It also made provisions to complete the 20 laboratories which were in progress. The agreement was an effort to further the development of IIT Madras through a collaboration between India and Germany.

In the photograph, Mr. Baron von Mirbach (fourth from left, closest to camera), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, fifth from left), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director, sixth from left) and Prof. H. Heitland (Mechanical Engineering Department, extreme right).

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Visit of Baron Von Mirbach, Visit of Dr. Linus Pauling, 1967

Photograph ID:

001/0013/IMG_0451_1

Album ID:

0013

Event:

Visit of Baron Dietrich von Mirbach

Date:

6 January 1967