The audience witnesses the inauguration of IIT Madras' Central School building, 1965

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Central School building inauguration, IIT Madras

Campus Facilities , Inaugurations , Campus Buildings

The audience features the first batch of school students, who are dressed in the classic white and navy blue uniform. This uniform, which had been in use since the inception of Central Schools in India in 1963, was changed in 2012-13.
The event took place outside the main entrance of the Central School building, which is visible in the picture. This entrance, however, is no longer the main entrance to the school. The second entrance was possibly built later in time.
The name ‘Central School’ was later changed to Kendriya Vidyalaya.

Seen in the picture (from the left): Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar, IIT Madras) is seated in the first row, wearing sunglasses. Mrs. Y. S. Ramaswamy (wearing sunglasses) is in the second row. Rev. Father L. D. Murphy (Professor of English, Loyola College) is seated further back, behind the unidentified gentleman wearing a turban. Dr. E. G. Ramachandran (Department of Metallurgy) is also in the picture.

A similar photograph was also found in this album under the ID 001/0281/IMG_0485.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Central School building inauguration, IIT Madras

Photograph ID:

001/0281/IMG_0489

Album ID:

0281

Event:

Inauguration

Date:

20 January 1965

Place:

Central School

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.