MATSCIENCE EARLY YEARS (1962-1966)

Anniversary Symposia and Visitors (PHOTOS)

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  The eminent physicist Robert Marshak of the University of Rochester inaugurating the First Anniversary Symposium of MATSCIENCE, Jan 1963. On the dais is Prof. Fukuda (Japan), Professor Ramakrishnan and the Ministers of the Madras Government Cabinet.
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  Professor and Mrs Marshak (Univ. Rochester) at MATSCIENCE with Director Alladi Ramakrishnan, Finance Minister C. Subramaniam, Chief Minister M. Bhakthavatsalam and Education Minister R. Venkataraman -Jan 1963
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  The eminent physicist Robert Marshak and Mrs Marshak with Alladi and Lalitha Ramakrishnan and other guests at Ekamra Nivas - Jan 1963
  Professor Fukuda (Japan) is also in the picture.
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  Prof. Leonard Schiff of Stanford University at Ekamra Nivas, Feb 1963. Schiff released the First Anniversary Report of MATSCIENCE and gave a series of lectures on gravitation. Seated next to Schiff is Justice Patanjali Sastry, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Sastry, a neighbor of Alladi Ramakrishnan, did his apprenticeship under Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer, Ramakrishnan's father.
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  Professor Alladi Ramakrishnan leading a discussion with Russian visitors during a seminar at MATSCIENCE in Dec 1963. Seated next to Alladi Ramakrishnan is Professor Rosenfeld from Sweden, who was Niels Bohr Visiting Professor.
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  Professor Shreeram Abhyankar (Purdue University) and other visiting scientists at Ekamra Nivas with Alladi Ramakrishnan. From l to r: Professors Shreeram Abhyankar (Purdue), Paul Roman, Umezawa and Mishra with Alladi Ramakrishnan in Ekamra Nivas (1963). Abhyankar visited MATSCIENCE many times starting from 1963.
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  Education Minister Mr. C. Subramaniam meets the visiting foreign scientists at MATSCIENCE (1963)
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  Dinner at MATSCIENCE in honor of Marshall Stone (Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago). Prof. Stone is in conversation with Chief Minister of Madras, Mr. M. Bhakthavatsalam, while Mrs Lalitha Ramakrishnan is conversing with Mrs Stone - Dec 1963
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  Alladi Ramakrishnan in discussion at MATSCIENCE with Dr. Maurice Shapiro of the U.S. Naval Research Labs in Dec 1963. It was Shapiro's visit to the Theoretical Physics Seminar Sept. 1961 and his comments that prompted Minister C. Subramaniam to urge Prime Minister Nehru to meet Ramakrishnan and his students.
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  Professor Alladi Ramakrishnan presenting his book "Elementary Particles and Cosmic Rays" to Education Minister C. Subramaniam who inaugurated the Second MATSCIENCE Anniversary Symposium in Jan 1964. Seated to the right is Niels Bohr Visiting Professor L. Rosenfeld (Copenhagen) who gave the opening lecture at the Symposium.
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  Professor Rosenfeld of Copenhagen at Ekamra Nivas with Alladi Ramakrishnan, Lalitha Ramakrishnan, Minister C. Subramaniam and other guests - Jan 1964
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  Provost McCrea Hazlett of the University of Rochester delivering the Anniversary Address of MATSCIENCE in Feb 1964. Seated on the dais are the Ministers of the Madras Government, Niels Bohr Visiting Professor L. Rosenfeld, and Director Alladi Ramakrishnan
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  Provost McCrea Hazlett of the University of Rochester (near camera) at Ekamra Nivas. Young Krishna is next to his father - Jan 1964
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  The Hazletts are in Madras during the Pongal (harvest) season. At Ekamra Nivas, on Pongal Day, the staff of Alladi Ramakrishnan show the Hazletts the family cow all decorated! Jan 1964
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  Professor Alladi Ramakrishnan introducing eminent foreign visiting scientists of MATSCIENCE to Cabinet Minister C. Subramaniam - 1964
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  Prof. Victor Weisskopf (Director-General, CERN, Geneva) with Minister of Education R. Venkataraman and other guests at "Ekamra Nivas" - Jan 1965. Weisskopf inaugurated the Third Anniversary Symposium of MATSCIENCE
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  I.B.M. Von Neumann Professor Harish Chandra (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) at Ekamra Nivas - Jan 1965
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  Alladi Ramakrishnan walking with eminent Swedish physicist Gunnar Kallen towards the auditorium where Kallen gave the inaugural address of the Fourth Anniversary Symposium of MATSCIENCE - Jan 2, 1966
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  The great Indian Statesman Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer (standing) inaugurating the Fourth Anniversary Symposium of MATSCIENCE, Jan 1966. Prof. Gunnar Kallen (seated, next to Sir C.P.) from Sweden is the distinguished speaker of the Symposium. As president of the Inter-University Board, Sir C.P. made it possible for a student at MATSCIENCE to receive a PhD from any university in India. Sir C. P., an eminent lawyer, was a contemporary and close friend of Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer, Alladi Ramakrishnan's father.

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