Prof. K. A. V. Pandalai welcomes the gathering during the Computer Centre inauguration, 1973
Administrators , Inaugurations
Prof. Pandalai had recently become Director on the first of October 1973 over a month prior to the inauguration of the Computer Centre. He was the Director who succeeded Prof. A. Ramachandran. In his speech at the inauguration, Prof. Pandalai expressed interest in IIT Madras becoming self-reliant after the German aid ended. According to a report in the book ‘Computer Education in India: Past, Present and Future’, “He appealed to faculty members to think in terms of promoting self reliance, keeping expectations from others to the minimum.” The Archive of IIT Madras has documented the original speech in a text format.
In 1967, Prof. Pandalai was invited to set up the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at IIT Madras. During his tenure as the Director, six Research Centres were established in the Institute including the Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre (RISC), Centre for Energy Research, Composite Structures (FRP) Research Centre, Materials Science Research Centre, Design Engineering Centre and Industrial Consultancy Centre. This has been documented in Prof. Pandalai’s article in the Silver Jubilee Souvenir as well as the Annual Report of IIT Madras, 1974.
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