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This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors) and Mr. Walter Scheel (Minister for Economic Co-Operation, Federal Republic of Germany) This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

Seen in the image from the left Prof. M. V. C. Sastri (Chemistry department), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Mechanical Engineering department), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence), Mr. Gerhard Fischer (Consul, Federal Republic of Germany). Dr. S. Bhagavantam was the chief guest to the sixth convocation at IIT Madras. He was a well-known visionary scientist, administrator and architect of defense research. Prior to the proceedings of the sixth convocation, he visited the…

This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Director) converses with Dr. Hans-Dietrich Genscher (Foreign Minister, Federal Republic of Germany). This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

In the Fourth Annual Number, Prof. R. Krishnamurthi’s article ‘3rd December 1962 – A Red-Letter Day’ talks about the proceedings of the event: “At exactly 4:30 p.m., the West German President and Mrs. Luebke entered the dais. With a pleasant smile, Dr. Luebke got on the platform followed by Mrs. Luebke, Dr. A. L. Mudaliar, Professor Humayun Kabir, Chief Minister Kamaraj, Sri. R. Venkataraman (Minister in-charge of Industries and Technical Education with the Government of Madras), Professor Sengupto, Mr. R. Natarajan, the Registrar and the Superintending Engineer, Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy.” He goes…

Inauguration of Computer Centre. Seen in the image from the left: Dr. Erhard Eppler (Minister of Cooperation, Federal Republic of Germany), Shri C. Subramanian (Union Minister), Prof. H. N. Mahabala (professor-in-charge, Computer Centre), Prof. K. T. Chandy (Chairman, Board of Governors). This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

In the 1960s, the Applied Mechanics Department of IIT Madras had a wind tunnel among its facilities. German technicians came to the Institute to assemble the tunnel which became functional in the late 1960s. It was used for industry work (smoke nuisance) and laboratory work for a few years. The wind tunnel was eventually dismantled some decades after it was put up.  The Applied Mechanics Department report published in Annual Report of IIT Madras 1969-70 notes that “The Wind Tunnel erection work including the calibration of the six component balance was completed.” According to a…

German campus residents performing a musical piece. (23rd March 1968) This album is being compiled. The Heritage Centre would appreciate any information that can be provided about the photograph.

The chief guest and speaker at IIT Madras’s first convocation that was held on the 11th of July, 1964 was Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India. On the day of the event, upon reaching the campus, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was received by Prof. B. Sengupto, Director of the Institute, and Mr. R. Natarajan, Registrar. The Chief Guest was then presented a guard of Honour by the cadets of the N.C.C. He inspected the guard along with Prof. G. V. N. Rayudu (2/Lt NCC commander, Department of Mechanical Engineering), which took place in front of the Humanities and Sciences Block (HSB…

The visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig and Mr. H. Westphal is recorded in the Annual Report of IIT Madras 1965-66, Convocation Brochure of IIT Madras 1966, Campastimes (15 February 1966) and the Annual Number of IIT Madras 1965-66. The year of the visit in the Annual Number is given as 1966, while the other sources confirm that the visit was in 1965. The book to Mr. Westphal’s left hand side appears to be the Souvenir Volume to commemorate the visit of His Excellency Dr. Heinrich Luebke (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) to IIT Madras on 3 December 1962 to lay the foundation stone The…