Vanavani School children are served juice on the occasion of the Vanavani School inauguration, 1963
Institute Events , Inaugurations , Faculty
Vanavani School was established on the IIT Madras campus in 1963. It was opened by Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors) on 8 July 1963. According to the school website (as of 2021) Vanavani School was started with a strength of 52 children. As of 2021, the number has grown to around 2000 students. Father Murphy’s article in the Annual Number of 1965-1966 titled ‘The Vanavani Primary School’, explains that the school was given its name by the Director Prof. B. Sengupto. Father Murphy notes that the name combines ‘knowledge’ with ‘goddess of the forest’.
Seated in the audience are, Mrs. Shanti Sengupto, wife of the Director of IIT Madras Prof. B. Sengupto (talking to a young girl and pointing forward), Mrs. Kraus (in sunglasses to Mrs. Sengupto’s left hand side), Prof. R. A. Kraus (to Mrs. Kraus’ left hand side), Prof. Rouve (to Prof. Kraus’ left hand side) and Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar, to Prof. Rouve’s left hand side). Also seen in the photograph are Prof. G. Stahl and Prof. W. Scheer to the extreme right of the photograph.
An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0208 under the ID: 001/0208/IMG_0205
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