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Turbomachines Lab Water Hall: Assembly of testbeds for pumps

Turbomachines Lab: Workers at the erection of the lab halls

Turbomachines Lab Water Hall: Underground tanks for turbines and cavitation well for pump testing

Turbomachines Laboratory: Layout design

Turbomachines Lab: Lab hall under Construction

Turbomachines Lab Water Hall: Pelton turbine test by Dr. Kirmse and students

Dr. Suri Bhagavantam, the well-known visionary scientist, administrator and architect of defense research was the chief guest at IIT Madras’s sixth convocation. Prior to the proceedings of the sixth convocation, he visited the laboratories and workshop facilities in the Institute. From left, Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director) and Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Head of Mechanical Engineering Department). The gentleman to the extreme right is yet to be identified. The same…

Dr. Suri Bhagavantam, the well-known visionary scientist, administrator and architect of defense research was the chief guest at IIT Madras’s sixth convocation. Prior to the convocation, he examined the laboratory equipment and workshop facilities across the Institute. In the image, from right, a gentleman (yet to be identified), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific Advisor to the Minister of Defence) and Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director).

Dr. Suri Bhagavantam, the well-known visionary scientist, administrator and architect of defense research was the chief guest at IIT Madras’s sixth convocation. Before the convocation, he examined the laboratory equipment and workshop facilities across the Institute. In the image, from the left, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence), Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthy (Head of Mechanical Engineering Department), Prof. V. C. Venkatesh (Mechanical Engineering Department), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director). Identification…

Dr. Suri Bhagavantam, the well-known visionary scientist, administrator and architect of defense research was the chief guest at IIT Madras’s sixth convocation. Before the convocation, he examined the laboratory equipment and workshop facilities across the Institute. From right, Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific Advisor to the Minister of Defence), Prof. P. Venkata Rao (Head of Electrical Engineering Department) and Prof. Ramaswamy.

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 laboratories and workshop facilities in the Institute. The panels and the bench in the image constitute the Network Analyzer used to simulate and study the operation of large power systems. Information from Prof. V. G. K. Murti. In the image, from the left, Mr. T. N. Venkataraman (Chief Security Officer), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific…

Dr. Suri Bhagavantam, the well-known visionary scientist, administrator and architect of defense research was the chief guest at IIT Madras’s sixth convocation. Prior to the proceedings of the sixth convocation, he visited the laboratories and workshop facilities in the Institute. The wind tunnel in the photograph was a part of the Applied Mechanics Department and was located in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (One of the workshop-type laboratories). It was assembled by a team of German technicians and it was operational by the late 1960s. Technically, it is a low-speed closed circuit, open…

Dr. Suri Bhagavantam, the well-known visionary scientist, administrator and architect of defense research was the chief guest at IIT Madras’s sixth convocation. Before the convocation, he examined the laboratory equipment and workshop facilities across the Institute. This photograph was taken at the Electrical Engineering Laboratory. This can be ascertained by the fact that Prof. P. Venkata Rao and Prof. V. G. K. Murti are in the photograph. The photograph was taken in the Calibration Laboratory of the Measurements Section which relates to the Energy-meter Test Bench. Information from Prof…

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 laboratories and workshop facilities in the Institute. In this photograph, he appears to be either signing the Visitor’s Book or writing something on a book. In the Visitor’s Book which was maintained at the Institute, Dr. Bhagavantam’s signature can be found dated 2 August 1969. The book is now preserved at the Heritage Centre. Seen in the photograph,…

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 laboratories and workshop facilities in the Institute. From left: Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), a gentleman (yet to be identified), Dr. S. Bhagavantam (chief guest and Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence) and Prof. R. G. Narayanamurthi (Head of Mechanical Engineering Department). An identical photograph can…