Prof. O. Prabhakar and his wife Chitra.
Group photo: B.Tech- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Batch of 1965, IIT Madras. Prof. O Prabhakar- in the second row.
Once a PhD candidate successfully defends his dissertation, the young scholar is dressed up and paraded to the Berlin Rat Haus to give a small speech. Here you see on candidate who obtained his Ph.D. in Giessereikunde, University of Berlin, is paraded. Ms. Manuela Machut is seen pulling the trolley while Herr Steinberg is directing. Photo Taken in 1971.
A replica of the famous Sanchi Stupa at the entrance of Berlin Museum. The stupa is an important monument of Indian architecture. It was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka in the 3 rd century BCE. Photo taken in 1971.
This is the photo taken in Pfauen Insel situated in Berlin-Wannsee in the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in South Western Berlin. Pfauen in German means Peacocks.
Foreign guests are always invited to the German Houses during weekends or holidays. Here is one such occasion when O. Prabhakar visited Ms.Manuela Machut’s house enjoying the hospitality.
Happy hour in the Department on a Friday evening.
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