Prof. B. Sengupto (Director) and Mr. R. Natarajan (Registrar, in foreground) standing at the microphones while faculty members and guests of honour are seated behind them, 1965

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Administrators , Faculty , Institute Events

Seated on the stage, from left, Mr. M. C. Chagla (chief guest and Union Minister for Education), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), a gentleman (yet to be identified), Dr. Y. Nayudamma (Director, Central Leather Research Institute), Prof. P. Venkata Rao (Electrical Engineering Department), Prof. N. Klein (Humanities Department), Prof. P. C. Varghese (head of Department, Civil Engineering and Gymkhana President) and Prof. W. Lutz (Mechanical Engineering Department). Natarajan would complete his term as Registrar in a few days.

Collection:

Gourishankar Collection

Album Name:

Second Convocation, 1965

Photograph ID:

001/0242/IMG_0017

Album ID:

0242

Date:

3 April 1965

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)

Photographer:

C. Gourishankar (1926-2002). 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:

Convocation