Prof. P. C. Varghese reads the Annual Report during the Sixth Institute Day, 1965

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Puthenveetil Chandapillai Varghese joined IIT Madras in 1961 after working for a few years at IIT Kharagpur. Prof. Varghese served as Head of Department of Civil Engineering Department in IIT Madras from 1962 to 1973. He was the Gymkhana President from 1965 up to the 1966-67 academic year after which Prof N. Klein took charge.

Seen in the photograph from left, Mr. Lionel Paul (Gymkhana General Secretary), Prof. G. Rouve, Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar), Mr. M. Bhaktavatsalam (Chief Minister of Madras State and chief guest), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), and Prof. P. C. Varghese (Gymkhana President).

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0268 under the ID: 001/0268/IMG_0151

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Sixth Institute Day, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0025/IMG_0762_1

Album ID:

0025

Date:

4 April 1965

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). 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:

Sixth Institute Day