Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi presents a student from his department for the passing of Grace

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Institute Events , Convocations

In the photo, Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Head of the Mechanical Engineering department) presents a student from his department for the passing of Grace. Behind Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi, on the dais, from the right; Prof. D. Venkateswarulu (HOD, Chemical Engineering), Prof. E. G. Ramachandran (HOD, Mettalurgy). Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi was Director at IIT Madras from 1977 to1979.

At the third convocation a total of 305 students (203 B. Tech. degrees, 38 M. Sc. degrees and 64 M. Tech. degrees) received their degrees. The event commenced with an invocation, and the ceremony was declared open by Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan), the Chairman of the Board of Governors. This was followed by the department-wise ‘passing of Grace’. The head of each department respectively supplicates ‘Doth it please you that this Grace be passed’ to the members of the Board of Governors and Senate. After each member of the Board of Governors assents, the Grace is passed.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0241 under the ID: 001/0241/IMG_94

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Third Convocation, 1966

Photograph ID:

001/0024/IMG_0746_1

Album ID:

0024

Date:

1966-07-30

Place:

Open Air Theatre

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:

Convocation