The academic procession enters the hall of the Student Activities Centre (SAC) of IIT Madras during the 20th Convocation Day celebrations in 1983
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This photograph was taken on the 20th Convocation Day of IIT Madras in 1983. The academic procession is a tradition where dignitaries wear convocation robes and enter the convocation hall before the event proceeds. Seen in the photograph are (in bottom left corner) Prof. P. S. Srinivasan (HOD, Applied Mechanics), Dr. H. V. Hande (Health Minister), Prof. M. Ramanujam (HOD, Chemical Engineering), Prof. P. V. Indiresan (Director), Prof. C. N. Pillai (HOD, Chemistry), Prof. L. N. Ramamurthi (HOD, Civil Engineering), Prof. R. Kalyana Krishnan (HOD, Computer Science and Engineering), Prof. A. V. Krishna Rao (HOD, Humanities and Social Sciences), Mr. Giani Zail Singh (chief guest and President of India), Mr. A. Sivasailam (Chairman Board of Governors), Prof. Kuppurajulu (HOD, Electrical Engineering), Mrs. Sheila Kaul (Union Minister of Education and Culture), Mr. Shanmugam, Deputy Registrar (later Registrar from 1988), Mr. Veeraraghavan (Administrative Staff). The other persons in the photograph are yet to be identified.
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