I spent four memorable years (1963-67) at IIT-Madras(IITM). It was Prof.S.Sampath who persuaded me and another friend to join the first M.Tech students' batch after we finished our B.E.(Telecom.) at College of Engineering, Guindy in 1963. The two years saw us with some of the best teachers I had ever seen : Professors S.Sampath, M.K.Achuthan, P.Venkat Rao, V.G.K.Murti and the list goes on. After finishing the M.Tech program in 1965, I stayed on as a Research Scholar (under the supervision of Dr.M.K.Achuthan) and a Part-time Lecturer for 2 more years. In many ways, I think my interest in an academic career probably sprang from those experiences. For some reasons, we could not get our M.Tech. degrees in the 65 Convocation and it was in the 3rd Convocation ( 30 July 1966) we got our degrees. In a way, it was a boon, because Sir C.V.Raman ,was the Chief Guest at that Convocation. I give below some related pictures.