Warden’s Quarters (Number 1), Currently NCC Office

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Campus Buildings , Campus Facilities

The building in the photograph has been identified as the Warden’s quarters (number 1). It currently serves as the NCC office, and it is located behind Himalaya Student’s Mess. Compared to the photograph, the area surrounding the building is currently (as of April 2021) surrounded by plenty of trees. In the Souvenir Volume of 1962, Superintending Engineer Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy writes “The residential quarters are being located as near to the main Guindy-Adyar Road as possible in order to give easy access to the occupants of the quarters to the main-road, the State Transport etc. In the lay-out of the quarters efforts have been made to have a mixed colony, the houses for the Professors, Assistant Professors and Lecturers being intermingled with each other.” According to Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy, 20 Professors’ quarters were to be built as a part of the first phase of construction.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Visit of the German President and Buildings of IIT Madras, 1962

Photograph ID:

001/0259/IMG_0343

Album ID:

0259

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.

Place:

Warden’s Quarters (Number 1), Currently NCC Office