IIT Picturescirca 1970-71

Early View of the IIT-B Campus

Main Building

View of Convocation Hall from Main Building

Historical Note: The predecessor event to Mood Indigo was a Hostel IV Function called Metamor4sis, which was the first Hostel Function to take place in the Convocation Hall and

involve campus-wide and outside IIT participation (1969-70). The Director, Dr. Bose, had been invited, but was out of town at the time of the event. When he returned, he was very upset that such an event took place in the Convocation Hall, which led to

profuse apologies and peace-making gestures on the part of H4. But, the stage was thereby set for other such cultural events.

IITB Gymkhana Committee, 1969-70, with Dr. Kelkar, Director, and Dr. J. T. Pannikar, and other administrators (Adm). Not all students can be identified, but some are:

Standing: Kamal Mehta, X, X, X, X, Sitaram, X. Seated: X, Beheruz N. Sethna (General Secretary), Adm., Dr. Kelkar, Dr. Pannikar, Adm., Rev. Francis D’Mello (Social Sec.) Homi C. Bhedwar (Dramatics Sec).

BNSA Catholic PriestThis was not the

Director who got mad at us; this is his successor.

Head of DuPont in India

Four IIT GSs (General Secretaries*), all from St. Xavier’s High School, Bombay

L to R: Pratap V. Sirur, 1968-69 (“Bounce”; now deceased), Beheruz N. Sethna, 1969-70,

Mark D’Mello, 1970-71, Hemant Shah, 1971-72 (separate picture)

* In those days, there was only one Gymkhana GS – not separate ones for various functional areas

Hostel IV

View of Rear Hill from Hostel IV

Hostel IV – Graduating 5th-Year Students, 1971

Hostel IV Student Council, 1970-71

Standing: X, Dadi Ratnagar, Hemant Shah, X, Erach Tarapore, X.

Seated: Ravi Navare, Beheruz N. Sethna, Barkat T. Virani (Hostel General Secretary), Rajaram, Rajiv Ved

View from the Terrace of Hostel IV – Graduating 5th-Year Students, 1971, from the Wing just below:

Veeraf Sanjana, Beheruz N. Sethna, Rajaram, Krishnamurty