Prof. K. T. Chandy addressing the audience during the 13th convocation, 1976

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Convocations , Institute Events

Apart from Prof. K. T. Chandy (Chairman), who is seen delivering the convocation address, other persons seated in the front row (from the left) include Prof. L. S. Srikanth (Department of Aerospace Engineering), Prof. R. Vasudevan (Department of Metallurgy), Prof. K. S. Sankaran (Department of Civil Engineering), Prof. J. C. Kuriacose (Department of Chemistry), Prof. R. S. Alwar (Department of Applied Mechanics), Prof. H. N. Mahabala (Department of Computer Science), Prof. Sathyanarayana (Department of Chemical Engineering), Prof. Ramani (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences), and Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar).

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0210 under the ID 001/0210/IMG_0343.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

13th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0033/IMG_0984_1

Album ID:

0033

Date:

20-08-1976

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