A student receives an award from Mr. H. V. R. Iengar

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Seen standing to the right of the image is Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors). The gentleman seated behind the Chairman wearing spectacles is the chief guest, Dr. S. Bhagavantam (Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence, India).

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 are: President’s Prize (for the B. Tech. degree student who held the best academic record), Governor’s Prize (for all-round proficiency in the B. Tech. degree course), Institute Special Merit Prize (for the student of the 3-year B. Tech. degree course with the best academic record), Institute Merit Prizes (for the students with best academic record in each discipline of each course) and the Siemens Prizes (presented by M/s. Siemens Engineering and Manufacturing Company of the India Limited, Madras, to the students with the best academic records in the Electrical Engineering branch of the M. Tech. and 5-year B. Tech degree course). In the year 1969, three new prizes were awarded. They were: Philips India Prize (Donated by Philips India Ltd. to the student with the best academic record in Electronics and Communication Engineering), Banco Foundation Prize (Donated by Banco Foundation to the student with the best academic record in Mechanical Engineering) and Prof. B. Sengupto Prize (Donated by Dr. A. l. Mudaliar to the student with the best academic record in Mechanical Engineering). These prizes were graciously handed over by Mr. H. V. R. Iengar to the students.

An identical photograph can be found in the Central Photographic Section Collection and the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0055 and 0269 under the ID: 001/0023/IMG_0727_1 and 001/0269/IMG_0187

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

6th Convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0055/IMG_1662_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