Prof. A. Ramachandran confers a Ph. D. to a student

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Seen in the image from the left: Mr. Rajagopalan (Deputy Registrar) and Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director).

At the sixth convocation a total of 470 degrees and diplomas (321 B. Tech., 76 M. Tech., 30 M. Sc., 19 Ph. D. and 24 D. I. I. T.) were granted. The Director of the Institite, Dr. A. Ramachandran, handed over the degrees to the students. During the convocation ceremony, apart from the conferment of degrees, it was customary for the Institute to bestow a few special prizes on a select few students. The prizes were handed over to the students by Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (sixth Governor of the Reserve bank of India), the Chairman of the Board of Governors.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

6th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0055/IMG_1679_1

Album ID:

0055

Date:

1969-08-02

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