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The eleventh convocation of IIT Madras took place on the 9th of September, 1974 at the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) ground which is situated within the Institute’s premises. The chief speaker was Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India. Mr. K. T. Chandy (Chairman, Board of Governors) presided over the event.

Seen standing in the image is Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India). Also seen seated on the dais from the left is Prof. K. A. V. Pandalai (Director, IITM), Prof. K. T. Chandy (Chairman, Board of Governors), Mr. K. K. Sha (Governor of Tamil Nadu) and Mr. C. Subramaniam (Union Minister). The eleventh convocation of IIT Madras took place on the 9th of September, 1974. The chief speaker was Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India. The convocation commenced at 04:00 pm that day and a large audience was present to witness the event. Identical photographs can be found in…

Seen in the image, standing to the left is Prof. K. A. V. Pandalai (Director, IITM). Also seen in the background, seated on the dais and in discussion with one another are Prof. S. Sampath (second from the right) and the Minister of Finance, Mr. V. R. Nedunchezhiyan. The eleventh convocation of IIT Madras took place on the 9th of September, 1974. The ceremony was held in the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) ground which is situated within the Institute’s premises. The chief speaker was Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India. The convocation commenced at 04:00 pm that day and a large…

Seen in the image standing to the right is Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India). The eleventh convocation of IIT Madras took place on the 9th of September, 1974. The ceremony was held in the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) ground which is situated within the Institute’s premises. The chief speaker was Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India. At the eleventh convocation a total of 551 students received their degrees (B.Tech.- 236, D.I.I.T.- 23, M.Tech.-182, M.Sc.- 39, M. S. – 26, Ph.D.- 45). Apart from the degrees that were distributed at the ceremony, prizes were awarded to…

Seen in the image, a student is seen receiving his degree from Prof. K. A. V. Pandalai (Director, IITM). Also seen seated on the dais from the left (after the empty seat) is Prof. K. T. Chandy (Chairman, Board of Governors), Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India), Mr. K. K. Sha (Governor of Tamil Nadu) and Mr. C. Subramaniam (Union Minister). The eleventh convocation of IIT Madras took place on the 9th of September, 1974. The ceremony was held in the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) ground which is situated within the Institute’s premises. The chief speaker was Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime…

Seen in the image is Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India) arriving at the KV ground by a car that appears to be a Plymouth. The eleventh convocation of IIT Madras took place on the 9th of September, 1974. Unlike most of the previous convocation ceremonies which were held at the Open Air Theatre (OAT) of the Institute, this ceremony was held in the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) ground which is situated within the Institute’s premises. The chief speaker was Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India. Upon arrival at the Institute, the chief speaker was received by Prof. K. T. Chandy…

Seen in the image on the right is Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India). The eleventh convocation of IIT Madras took place on the 9th of September, 1974. The ceremony was held in the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) ground which is situated within the Institute’s premises. The chief speaker was Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India. At the eleventh convocation a total of 551 students received their degrees (B.Tech.- 236, D.I.I.T.- 23, M.Tech.-182, M.Sc.- 39, M. S. – 26, Ph.D.- 45). Apart from the degrees that were distributed at the ceremony, prizes were awarded to students for…

Seen in the image at the podium is Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India). The eleventh convocation of IIT Madras took place on the 9th of September, 1974. The chief speaker was Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India. The convocation commenced at 04:00 pm that day and a large audience was present to witness the event.   

There is a mention of the Professors’ quarters in Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy’s article in the Souvenir Volume to commemorate the visit of His Excellency Dr. Heinrich Luebke to IIT Madras on 3 December 1962 to lay the foundation stone. Mr. Ramaswamy writes that the residential quarters were being built as close to the Guindy-Adyar Road as possible to provide residents easy access to the main road and transport services. The plan was to carry out the construction of 20 Professors’ quarters as a part of the first phase of construction. The Annual Report of IIT Madras, 1962 confirms the completion of…

This water tank is possibly the one near the Building Sciences Block (BSB), near the road on Alumni Avenue. It is a fairly tall structure scaling at least 70-100 feet in height. As of 2014, there were a total of seven overhead water tanks on campus. The BSB water tank had a dome roof. Album 0049 does not have a photograph of the Student Activities Centre (SAC) which was completed in 1983, but it does have a photograph of Quark, which was completed around 1980. Thus the date of the album is probably 1981 or 1982.

Quark was a canteen born out of the students’ interest in the early 1980s. The building was located between the hostels Saraswathi and Godavari in the hostel zone. The canteen would open late in the evening, allowing students to grab a post-dinner snack or a hot drink. In an article in The Hindu, former IITian Vijaysree Venkatraman writes that the idea for the canteen arose out of the students’ desire to have a separate building which looked different from the rest of the buildings in the IIT Madras campus. The article mentions how Quark turned out to be a hub for cyclone relief in 1985 when…

The Structural Engineering Lab is located next to the Building Sciences Block. The Engineering Unit took up the construction of the Structural Engineering Lab in the 1967-1968 academic year. The lab was reportedly (Annual Report of IIT Madras, 1968) being built along with four other labs to accommodate the machinery and equipment from West Germany. Under the Second Indo-German agreement, the Institute got aid from West Germany in the form of machinery and equipment. The completion of the lab has been reported in the Annual Report of IIT Madras, 1970. Album 0049 does not have a photograph…

The Centre for Systems and Devices Block is located in the Electrical Sciences Block (ESB). The construction was completed sometime in the 1970s. Album 0049 does not have a photograph of the Student Activities Centre (SAC) which was completed in 1983, but it does have a photograph of Quark, which was completed around 1980. Thus the date of the album is probably 1981 or 1982.

In the Souvenir Volume to commemorate the visit of His Excellency Dr. Heinrich Luebke to IIT Madras on 3 December 1962 to lay the foundation stone, Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy (Superintending Engineer) writes that a small hospital with 15 beds was proposed to be constructed on campus. The Convocation Brochure of IIT Madras, 1966 reports that a new hospital building was built and commissioned in that year. The Annual Number of IIT Madras, 1965-1966 also makes note of the completion of a new hospital building at a cost of about 2.23 lakh rupees. The Institute Hospital website however affirms that the…

It is not clear to us where this building was located. Details of this facility are sought. Album 0049 does not have a photograph of the Student Activities Centre (SAC) which was completed in 1983, but it does have a photograph of Quark, which was completed around 1980. Thus the date of the album is probably 1981 or 1982.