Dr. R. Mahadevan, former National President NIQR and Director of India Pistons was the Chief Guest at the 11th anniversary celebrations of the IIT-M Heritage Centre on 6th March 2017. He unveiled the IIT-Madras Heritage Trails App and a model of Gajendra Circle (a popular landmark on the IIT Campus) in its original form, as built in the 1950s. He is a 1964 batch alumnus of IIT Madras