His Excellency Baron von Mirbach (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany) in the Chemical Engineering Laboratory, 1967
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Baron Dietrich von Mirbach was a German diplomat who was born in 1907. He worked at the German embassy in Cairo (1952-55) and was the German Ambassador to Canada (1970-72). At various points in his career, he worked at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bonn and the Joint Export Import Agency.
Baron von Mirbach visited IIT Madras a few months after the Second Indo-German agreement was signed in New Delhi. The signing of the agreement kicked off the establishment of 5 laboratories. It also made provisions to complete the 20 laboratories which were in progress. The agreement was an effort to further the development of IIT Madras through a collaboration between India and Germany.
Seen in the photograph, from left, Baron von Mirbach, Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras), Dr. Edgar Reichel (Consul-General in Madras), a gentleman (yet to be identified) and Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director, Department of Electrical Engineering).
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