Guests at Mr. R. Natarajan’s (Registrar) farewell tea ceremony pose for a photograph
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Mr. R. Natarajan, the first Registrar of IIT Madras, spent five and a half years at the Institute. His involvement with IIT Madras went well beyond fulfilling his administrative duties. The relationships he maintained with the staff and students were warm and friendly. He was known to have handled any problem presented to him with a lively personal concern. He brought infectious enthusiasm to bear on the organization of all the Gymkhana activities. A farewell party was organised in his honour in April 1965. The guests identified in the image: Standing from the left -Mr. Venkataraman (CSO), an individual who is yet to be identified, Prof. P. C. Varghese (Department of Civil Engineering), Mr. Sampath Kumaran (Asst. Registrar), Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (incoming Registrar), Prof. C. Rama Sastry (Department of Physics), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy (Superintending Engineer), Mr. R. Natarajan, Prof. M. V. C. Sastri (Department of Chemistry), Prof. R. Krishnamurthi (Department of Humanities), Mr. Rajagopalan (Deputy Registrar), Prof. V. Sethuraman (Civil Engineering Department) and an individual who is yet to be identified. The two women standing (left to right): Mrs. Shanti Sengupto (wife of the Director) and possibly Mrs. Y. S. Ramaswamy. Seated from the left: Mr. V. Ramachandra Iyer (Mr. R. Natarajan's father), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director) and Mrs. Parvatham Natarajan holding her daughter Priya.
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