A student receives an award from Sir C. V. Raman

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3rd convocation

Administrators , Faculty , Institute Events

After the conferment of the Degrees, the Registrar presented the graduates for the award of prizes: 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). The chief speaker, Sir C. V. Raman, graciously handed over the prizes to the awardees.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

3rd convocation

Photograph ID:

001/0241/IMG_0091

Album ID:

0241

Date:

1966-07-30

Place:

OAT

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.

Event:

Convocation