Mr. Y. S. Ramaswamy addresses the audience, 1965

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Administrators , Inaugurations , Institute Events

The inauguration took place on 14 December 1965, the same day as NCC Day.

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 early construction programme gathered momentum and direction.

Seated on the stage, from right, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, third from right), Major General Virendra Singh (Director-General, NCC, fourth from right) and Commodore Jimmy D. Modi (Director of NCC, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, fifth from right). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

NCC Building Inauguration and NCC Day Celebrations, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0231/IMG_0617

Album ID:

0231

Date:

14 December 1965

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:

Inauguration of NCC Building

Place:

NCC building