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Mr. Tata visited IIT Madras in December, 1969. He visited some of the laboratories and facilities at the Institute.  On the same day that Mr. Tata visited IIT, he met Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at the latter’s residence. The previous day, he received the Business Leadership Award from the Madras Management Association (MMA) on 15 December 1969, and delivered a lecture at the event after receiving the award.  The photograph was taken in the Conference Room on the fifth floor of the Administration Block. The Administration Block had been completed and occupied in 1968.…

Mr. Tata visited IIT Madras in December, 1969. He visited some of the laboratories and facilities at the Institute during his visit.  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 test section variant with a single fan variable speed DC motor Ward Leonard Drive. The wind tunnel was eventually dismantled some…

In the early years of the Institute an autograph book was maintained and the visiting VIPs were requested to sign it. This book can now be found at the Heritage Centre. The photograph was taken in the Conference Room on the fifth floor of the Administration Block. The Administration Block had been completed and occupied in 1968. Mr. Tata’s inscription in the autograph book reads, “I wish I could have spent more time in this fine institution. I hope to come again!” Mr. Tata did visit IIT Madras again in the 1980s, when he gave an extramural lecture at the Student Activities Centre (SAC…

The wind tunnel 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 test section variant with a single fan variable speed DC motor Ward Leonard Drive. The wind tunnel was eventually dismantled some decades after it was put up. Prof. Santhakumar Sundaram (Aeronautical Engineering Department) notes that he used to see parts of the wind tunnel lying outside the Fluid…

This image was created by digitising a negative in the collection provided by Mr. C. Gourishankar's family. The negative was in an envelope marked 'Civil Engineering', and no annotations were present. Use the links provided below to view the images created from the other negatives in the same envelope. We know that Mr. Gourishankar was commissioned by Mr. Hans Wagner and the ICC (now IC&SR) to photo-document equipment from various laboratories in IIT Madras during the 1970s. This image was possibly shot then. The image appears to be equipment used in Structural Engineering or in the…

This image was created by digitising a negative in the collection provided by Mr. C. Gourishankar's family. The negative was in an envelope marked 'Civil Engineering', and no annotations were present. Use the links provided below to view the images created from the other negatives in the same envelope. We know that Mr. Gourishankar was commissioned by Mr. Hans Wagner and the ICC (now IC&SR) to photo-document equipment from various laboratories in IIT Madras during the 1970s. This image was possibly shot then.  This image is of a hypar (hyperbolic paraboloid) shell element…

This image was created by digitising a negative in the collection provided by Mr. C. Gourishankar's family. The negative was in an envelope marked 'Civil Engineering', and no annotations were present. Use the links provided below to view the images created from the other negatives in the same envelope. We know that Mr. Gourishankar was commissioned by Mr. Hans Wagner and the ICC (now IC&SR) to photo-document equipment from various laboratories in IIT Madras during the 1970s. This image was possibly shot then. This image is of a hypar (hyperbolic paraboloid) shell element used for…

This image was created by digitising a negative in the collection provided by Mr. C. Gourishankar's family. The negative was in an envelope marked 'Civil Engineering', and no annotations were present. Use the links provided below to view the images created from the other negatives in the same envelope. We know that Mr. Gourishankar was commissioned by Mr. Hans Wagner and the ICC (now IC&SR) to photo-document equipment from various laboratories in IIT Madras during the 1970s. This image was possibly shot then.  This image is of a hypar (hyperbolic paraboloid) shell element used…

This image was created by digitising a negative in the collection provided by Mr. C. Gourishankar's family. The negative was in an envelope marked 'Civil Engineering', and no annotations were present. Use the link provided below to view the images created from the other negatives in the same envelope.  We know that Mr. Gourishankar was commissioned by Mr. Hans Wagner and the ICC (now IC&SR) to photo-document equipment from various laboratories in IIT Madras during the 1970s. This image was possibly shot then. The image appears to be a number of equipment and instruments that…

This image was created by digitising a negative in the collection provided by Mr. C. Gourishankar's family. The negative was in an envelope marked 'Civil Engineering', and no annotations were present. Use the link provided below to view the images created from the other negatives in the same envelope. We know that Mr. Gourishankar was commissioned by Mr. Hans Wagner and the ICC (now IC&SR) to photo-document equipment from various laboratories in IIT Madras during the 1970s. This image was possibly shot then. The image appears to be equipment used in Structural Engineering or in…

This image was created by digitising a negative in the collection provided by Mr. C. Gourishankar's family. The negative was in an envelope marked 'Civil Engineering', and no annotations were present. Use the links provided below to view the images created from the other negatives in the same envelope. We know that Mr. Gourishankar was commissioned by Mr. Hans Wagner and the ICC (now IC&SR) to photo-document equipment from various laboratories in IIT Madras during the 1970s. This image was possibly shot then.  The image appears to be equipment used in Structural Engineering or…

This image was created by digitising a negative in the collection provided by Mr. C. Gourishankar's family. The negative was in an envelope marked 'Civil Engineering', and no annotations were present. Use the links provided below to view the images created from the other negatives in the same envelope. We know that Mr. Gourishankar was commissioned by Mr. Hans Wagner and the ICC (now IC&SR) to photo-document equipment from various laboratories in IIT Madras during the 1970s. This image was possibly shot then.  The image appears to be equipment used in Structural Engineering or…

The Heritage Centre would be grateful to receive more information regarding this photograph. This section will be updated when we have more details.

The Heritage Centre would be grateful to receive more information regarding this photograph. This section will be updated when we have more details.

The Heritage Centre would be grateful to receive more information regarding this photograph. This section will be updated when we have more details.