The distinguished guests in conversation (after the convocation)

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Institute Events , Convocations

Seen in the image from the left: Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, IITM), Sir C. V. Raman, Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Mr. G. K. Chandiramani (Member of the Indian Institute of Technology Council) Mr. T. N. Venkataraman (Chief Security Officer). Seen behind (from left to right) are Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar) and Prof. S. Sampath (Head of the Electrical Engineering Department).

The chief guest and speaker at IIT Madras’s third convocation was Sir C. V. Raman, the Indian physicist, Nobel laureate and Bharat Ratna recipient. Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan), the Chairman of the Board of Governors, presided over the ceremony. This photo was captured as some of the dignitaries conversed casually with one another after the convocation.

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0241 under the ID: 001/0241/IMG_87

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Third Convocation, 1966

Photograph ID:

001/0024/IMG_0757_1

Album ID:

0024

Date:

1966-07-30

Place:

Open Air Theatre

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