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A student receives an award from Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors)

Administrators , Faculty , Institute Events

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.

Collection:
Gourishankar Collection
Photograph ID:
001/0269/IMG_0189
Album ID:
Date:
2-8-1969
Place:
OAT
Event:
6th Convocation

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