The dignitaries stand for the invocation before the commencement of the convocation ceremony

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Institute Events , Convocations

In the image, the dignitaries (members of the Council, Senate and Board of Governors) stand during the invocation that took place before the start of the ceremony.

IIT Madras’s sixth convocation was held at the Institute’s Open Air Theatre. The chief guest and speaker at the event was Dr. S. Bhagavantam, Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Mr. H. V. R. Iengar, Chairman of the Board of Governors, presided over the convocation.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0269 under the ID: 001/0269/IMG_0170

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Sixth Convocation, 1969

Photograph ID:

001/0019/IMG_0641_1

Album ID:

0019

Date:

2 August 1969

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:

Sixth Convocation