Prof. W. Koch addresses a gathering during the transfer of charge for the Director’s post, 1967

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Prof. W. Koch was a Professor from Germany. He taught at the Department of Physics. The photograph was taken on the day when Prof. B. Sengupto handed over Directorship to Prof. A. Ramachandran after around eight years of service to the Institute. Prof. Sengupto, the first Director of the Institute, had joined in 1959. He was responsible for the development of the Institute in its early years.

Seen in the photograph from left, Prof. N. Klein (Department of Humanities), Prof. W. Koch (Department of Physics), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), Prof. B. Sengupto (Former Director), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar) and Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Head of Mechanical Engineering Department).

An identical photograph can be found in Album 0051 with the ID 001/0051/IMG_1588_1.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Transfer of charge

Photograph ID:

001/0250/IMG_0210

Album ID:

0250

Place:

Building Sciences Block (BSB)

Event:

Transfer of charge

Date:

11 December 1967

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.