Major General Virendra Singh and Prof. B. Sengupto at the NCC building inauguration, 1965

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Administrators , Campus Buildings , Inaugurations

Major General Virendra Singh (Director-General, NCC, second from left) inaugurated the NCC building on 14 December 1965. He was also associated with IIT Madras even prior to 1965, when he was the chief guest on the Institute NCC Day on 4 December 1963.

Prof. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, extreme left) was the first Director of IIT Madras. He served as Director from 1959 to 1967. Prof. Sengupto was responsible for the early development and construction of buildings on the campus.

The building in the background is the NCC building. The building was completed at a cost of rupees 5.8 lakhs (according to the Seventh Annual Number of IIT Madras, 1965-66). It was constructed to house the different units of the NCC in IIT Madras. At the time, there were three different units of the NCC. They were the 6 Madras Engineer Coy, 3 Madras Signal Coy and 6 Madras (Electrical and Mechanical Engineering) Unit (2 Coy).

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

NCC Building Inauguration and NCC Day Celebrations, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0231/IMG_0609

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:

Inaugration of NCC Building

Place:

NCC building