Senate Meeting at Humanities and Social Sciences Block, 1967

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Administrators , Faculty

The Senate met several times in a year. The Annual Report of IIT Madras, 1966 mentions that The Senate met seven times during the year, while the Annual Report of IIT Madras, 1967 notes that The Senate met six times during the year.

Prof. B. Sengupto served as Director until 10 December 1967, so the photograph is likely to be from a Senate session prior to this date, since he is present at the meeting.

From left, Prof. H. E. D. Zuern (Department of Metallurgy), Mr. V. Nazir Ahmed (Librarian), Prof. C. Ramasastry (Department of Physics), Prof. F. W. Lohr (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Mr. S. S. Mani (Workshop Superintendent), Prof. E. G. Ramachandran (Department of Metallurgy), Prof. B. S. Murthy (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Prof. B. V. Ramanamurty (Department of Physics), Prof. M. V. C. Sastri (Department of Chemistry), Prof. T. Balakrishnan Nayar, Prof. G. Stahl (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director, Department of Electrical Engineering), Prof. B. Sengupto (Chairman of the Senate, Director of IIT Madras) and Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Secretary, Registrar).

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

1. Senate in session 1967 2. Thermodynamic lab 3. NCC Buildings 4. Metrology 5. Library 6. Administrative Building

Photograph ID:

001/0245/IMG_0774

Album ID:

0245

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.