The distinguished guests pose for a photograph at the Central School building inauguration, 1965

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Campus Facilities , Inaugurations , Campus Buildings

The distinguished guests pose for a photograph at the inauguration ceremony of the new Central School building at IIT Madras in 1965.

Seen in the picture (from the left): Rev. Father L. D. Murphy (Professor of English, Loyola College), Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar (Member, Board of Governors), Dr. C. D. Deshmukh (Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy (Superintending Engineer, IIT Madras), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, IIT Madras) and Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar, IIT Madras).

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Central School building inauguration, IIT Madras

Photograph ID:

001/0281/IMG_0488

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.