A view of the audience at the Open Air Theatre (OAT) during the Sixth Institute Day in 1965

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This photograph was taken on the occasion of the Sixth Institute Day in 1965. In the first row (second from right): Mrs. Shanti Sengupto, wife of Director Prof. B. Sengupto, and (fourth from right) Mr. Akbar Alikhan (M.P. and Member, Board of Governors).

In the second row: (third from right) Prof. Y. Nayudamma (Director, CLRI) and (fourth from right) Prof. G. S. Ladda (Director, A. C. College of Engineering) and (sixth from right) possibly Mr. P. M. Reddy (General Manager, Hindustan Aircraft Ltd., and Member, Board of Governors).

An identical photograph can be found in the Gourishankar Collection in Album 0268 under the ID: 001/0268/IMG_0157

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

6th Institute Day

Photograph ID:

001/0025/IMG_0776_1

Album ID:

0025

Date:

4 April 1965

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1936-2002). A geologist by qualification, Gourishankar started his career as a photographer after working for many years with the Geological Survey of India. In everything that he did, Gourishankar strove to achieve flawlessness and impeccable quality. Thus his photography too was characterised by this drive for perfection. Every photograph that Gourishankar took was meticulously planned and shot and printed with diligence and patience. Gourishankar carried out most of the official photography at IIT Madras in the 1960s.

Event:

Sixth Institute Day