Guests of honour and audience stand for the invocation on the occasion of the Tenth Institute Day in 1969

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The invocation was a part of the proceedings on Institute Days in the 1960s. People usually stood up during the invocation. On the dais from left: Mr. K. S. Loganathan (Gymkhana General Secretary), Prof. S. Sampath (Deputy Director), Prof. A. Ramachandran (Director), chief guest Mr. H. V. R. Iengar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Prof. N. Klein (Gymkhana President) and Mr. C. V. Sethunathan (Registrar). The singers are possibly students or ladies residing on campus.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

10th Institute Day, 1969

Photograph ID:

001/0249/IMG_0168

Album ID:

0249

Date:

22nd March 1969

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:

10th Institute Day