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Seen in the image, on the right is Dr. G. Kerckhoff (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany) and to the left is Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM). Also seen in the image behind Prof. A. Ramachandran is Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy (Mechanical Engineering department). Dr. G. Kerckhoff (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany) visited IIT Madras on 11th March 1968. He was the chief guest at the Foundation Stone laying ceremony of the MEMH lab (Machine Elements and Mechanical Handling Laboratory), held on 14th March 1968. A formal event…

This photograph was taken in January 1968 when the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) held a seminar at IIT Madras. The DAAD was founded in 1925, offering merit-based grants to students from other countries to study in various universities in Germany. According to German News Weekly, around 500 Indians had received scholarships under the programme between 1952 and 1968. The seminar was attended by over 50 Indian grantees of German Scholarships. It was also attended by Dr. Karl Pfauter (Consul General, Federal Republic of Germany, extreme right), Dr. Emil Lehnartz (President of the…

Seen seated on the dais third from the left is Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM) and fourth from the left is Prof. Dr. Ing. H. Brauer (visiting prof. from West Germany). The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a seminar from 4th-10th February 1968 on ‘Development in Chemical Engineering’, with the objective of receiving recent developments (at that time) in Chemical Engineering which had a bearing on chemical process industries. The chemical process industries broadly include the traditional chemical industries, both organic and inorganic; the petroleum industry; the…

Seen seated on the dais third from the left is Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM) and fourth from the left is Prof. Dr. Ing. H. Brauer (visiting prof. from West Germany). The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a seminar from 4th-10th February 1968 on ‘Development in Chemical Engineering’, with the objective of receiving recent developments (at that time) in Chemical Engineering which had a bearing on chemical process industries. The chemical process industries broadly include the traditional chemical industries, both organic and inorganic; the petroleum industry; the…

Seen standing in the image is Prof. Venkateswarlu (HOD, Chemical Engineering). Also seen seated on the dais second from the left is Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM) and fourth from the left is Prof. Dr. Ing. H. Brauer (visiting prof. from West Germany). The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a seminar from 4th-10th February 1968 on ‘Development in Chemical Engineering’, with the objective of receiving recent developments (at that time) in Chemical Engineering which had a bearing on chemical process industries. The chemical process industries broadly include the traditional…

Seen seated on the dais second from the right is Prof. Dr. Ing. H. Brauer (visiting prof. from West Germany). The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a seminar from 4th-10th February 1968 on ‘Development in Chemical Engineering’, with the objective of receiving recent developments (at that time) in Chemical Engineering which had a bearing on chemical process industries. The chemical process industries broadly include the traditional chemical industries, both organic and inorganic; the petroleum industry; the petrochemical industry, which produces the majority of plastics,…

Seen seated on the dais second from the right is Prof. Dr. Ing. H. Brauer (visiting prof. from West Germany). The Department of Chemical Engineering organised a seminar from 4th-10th February 1968 on ‘Development in Chemical Engineering’, with the objective of receiving recent developments (at that time) in Chemical Engineering which had a bearing on chemical process industries. The chemical process industries broadly include the traditional chemical industries, both organic and inorganic; the petroleum industry; the petrochemical industry, which produces the majority of plastics,…

This photograph was taken at the seminar organized by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at IIT Madras. Dr. Pfauter (Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany) was one of the speakers at the event.  Dr. Karl Pfauter served as head of the cultural department at the German embassy in New Delhi in 1954, and from 1961, he was head of the economic department at the German embassy in Athens. Between 1964 and 1970 he was Consul General for South India in Madras. Seen in the photograph, from left, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Miss. Marga E. Schmitz (Officer-in-charge…

Seen in the image from the left: Dr. G. Kerckhoff (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany), Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy (Mechanical Engineering department), an individual who is yet to be identified, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM) and the German Delegation. The German delegation, Dr. G. Kerckhoff (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany), Dr. H. A. Havemann (Institute for International Technical Co-operation, Technical University, Aachen), Mr. Kretzschmar (B. A. W. Frankfurt) and Mr. F. Diederich (Technical University, Aachen) came…

Dr. Lehnartz visited IIT Madras in January 1968 when the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) organized a seminar to discuss further possibilities for improving the programme. It was attended by 50 Indian grantees of German scholarships. Dr. Lehnartz was in his final year as President of the DAAD when he visited IIT Madras. He was also accompanied by his wife Mrs. Lehnartz (also in the photograph). Seen in the image, seated at the table, from left, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director of IIT Madras) and Mrs. Lehnartz. Standing, Dr. E. Lehnartz (President of DAAD, extreme right) and next to…