Prof. Sengupto’s speech at one of the meetings during the visit of two gentlemen from the Technical University, Berlin, 1965
- Photographs , Administrators, Faculty, Institute Events , 1960s
This photograph was taken during the visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig (Vice-Rector, Technical University, Berlin) and Mr. H. Westphal (Director, Academic Foreign Relations Office, Technical University, Berlin). They took part in a series of meetings which involved the faculty and administrators of IIT Madras over the course of their visit to the Institute. Seated, from left, Prof. S. Rajaraman (Member of the Board of Governors and Director of Technical Education, Kerala, second from left), Prof. W. Koch (Department of Physics), Dr. P. Hilbig, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras) and Mr.…
Major General Virendra Singh addresses the audience on NCC Day, 1965
- Photographs , Inaugurations, Institute Events, Visiting VIPs , 1960s
As the NCC flag proudly flies high, the audience tunes in to listen to Major General Virendra Singh’s (Director-General, NCC) speech. The NCC flag has three colours representing the armed forces, red for the Army, deep blue for the Navy, and light blue for the Air Force. A wreath of lotus flowers encircles the letters NCC which are printed in gold in the middle of the flag. The opening ceremony of the new NCC building took place on the same day with Mr. Singh as the chief guest. The event has been recorded in the Annual Number of IIT Madras, 1965-66 with a couple of photographs and a brief…
Mr. H. Westphal explaining a point to Prof. B. Sengupto, 1965
- Photographs , Administrators, Institute Events, Visiting VIPs , 1960s
Mr. Westphal and Prof. Hilbig visited IIT Madras in December 1965. They spent a few days at the Institute having meetings with faculty and administrators from the Institute. This photograph was published in the Convocation Brochure of 1966 to highlight the importance of this visit. The photograph was one from the series of meetings which took place over the course of their visit to IIT Madras. According to the article ‘Tu Berlin And IIT’ by DJN published in Campastimes, the two gentlemen visited all the departments and met with the Director in order to get an idea about the Institute and…
A meeting in progress during the visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig and Mr. H. Westphal to IIT Madras, 1965
- Photographs , Administrators, Institute Events, Visiting VIPs , 1960s
Prof. Hilbig and Mr. Westphal were from the Technical University, Berlin. They took part in a series of meetings spread across a few days, meeting administrators and faculty from IIT Madras. According to the article ‘Tu Berlin And IIT’ by DJN published in Campastimes, the two gentlemen visited all the departments and met with the Director in order to get an idea about the Institute and the ways in which Technical University, Berlin could help IIT Madras under the Second Indo-German Agreement. They came to the conclusion that although the Technical University, Berlin would not be able to…
Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy addresses the audience, 1965
- Photographs , Administrators, Inaugurations, Institute Events , 1960s
The photograph was taken during the inauguration of the new NCC building on 14 December. NCC Day was also held on the same date. Mr. Ramaswamy (Superintending Engineer) came to IIT Madras in 1961 to head the construction programme on campus. He was employed in the CPWD. It was under Mr. Ramaswamy that the construction programme progressed rapidly. The CPWD was responsible for the constructions before Mr. Ramaswamy joined the Institute. Seated on the stage, from left, Commodore Jimmy D. Mody (Director of NCC, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, first from left), Major General Virendra Singh (…
At IIT Madras, 1965
- Photographs , Administrators, Institute Events, Visiting VIPs , 1960s
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…
The Director of IIT Madras with visitors from Germany and other persons, 1965
- Photographs , Administrators, Faculty, Institute Events , 1960s
This photograph was taken during the visit of Prof. Hilbig and Mr. Westphal from the Technical University of Berlin. There were a series of meetings spread over a few days in which the two gentlemen met with the administrators and faculty of IIT Madras. This photograph seems to have been taken outside campus, but it is difficult to determine the exact location. According to the article ‘Tu Berlin And IIT’ by DJN published in Campastimes, Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig and Mr. H. Westphal visited all the departments and met with the Director in order to get an idea about the Institute and the ways in…
Prof. G. S. Laddha and Prof. S. Rajaraman in conversation with a gentleman during the visit of Prof. P. Hilbig and Mr. H. Westphal, 1965
- Photographs , Administrators, Institute Events , 1960s
This photograph was found in the album which contains pictures from the visit of Prof. P. Hilbig and Mr. H. Westphal from the Technological University, Berlin. Prof. Hilbig and Mr. Westphal took part in a series of meetings during their visit to IIT Madras and this photograph is possibly from one of the meetings. Sitting, from left, a gentleman (yet to be identified), Prof. G. S. Laddha (Member of the Senate and Director of A. C. College of Technology) and Prof. S. Rajaraman (Member of the Board of Governors and Director of Technical Education, Kerala, second from left).
A meeting in progress during the visit of Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig and Mr. H. Westphal to IIT Madras, 1965
- Photographs , Administrators, Institute Events, Visiting VIPs , 1960s
This photograph was taken during the visit of Prof. Hilbig and Mr. Westphal from the Technical University of Berlin. There were a series of meetings spread over a few days in which the two gentlemen met with the administrators and faculty of IIT Madras. According to the article ‘Tu Berlin And IIT’ by DJN published in Campastimes, Prof. Dr. P. Hilbig (Vice-Rector, Technical University, Berlin) and Mr. H. Westphal (Director, Academic Foreign Relations Office, Technical University, Berlin) visited all the departments and met with the Director in order to get an idea about the Institute and…
A member of the German Delegation addresses the audience at the MEMH Laboratory foundation stone laying ceremony, 1968
- Photographs , 1960s
Seen seated on the dais from the left: Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy (Mechanical Engineering department), an individual who is yet to be identified, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director, IITM), Dr. G. Kerckhoff (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany) 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)…
Dr. G. Kerckhoff addresses the audience at the MEMH Laboratory foundation stone laying ceremony
- Photographs , 1960s
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…
Prof. A. Ramachandran addresses the audience at the MEMH Laboratory foundation stone laying ceremony, 1968
- Photographs , 1960s
Seen in the image from the left: Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Mechanical Engineering department), an individual who is yet to be identified, Dr. G. Kerckhoff (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany) 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 to IIT…
Prof. A. Ramachandran addresses the audience at the MEMH Laboratory foundation stone laying ceremony, 1968
- Photographs , 1960s
Seen in the image from the left: Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy (Mechanical Engineering department), an individual who is yet to be identified, Dr. G. Kerckhoff (Minister for Economic Co-operation, Federal Republic of Germany) 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 to IIT…
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