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Power Handshakes

Vintage black and white photo: Ajay Rungta (Dadu) seated with Deputy Prime Minister Morarji Desai during a meeting.Sepia photo: Ajay Rungta at a podium, addressing a FICCI seminar in 1977. A banner on rural development is visible behind him.Image of a formal letter from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Shri A.K. Rungta, dated July 6, 2004.Sepia photo: Ajay Rungta (Dadu, right) with Minister Prof. D.P. Chattopadhyay and others at an official event.Sepia photograph: Ajay Rungta (Dadu) stands addressing seated members at an Indo-British Association meeting in London.Monochrome photo: Ajay 'Dadu' Rungta greets Minister A.B. Vajpayee with a handshake at the BCC Platinum Jubilee.Black and white photo: Ajay Rungta (left, in suit) conversing with George Fernandes (right, in glasses) at a 1977 Calcutta event.Dadu (Ajay Rungta) in a suit shakes hands with former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, dressed in a kurta and vest, outdoors.Ajay Rungta (Dadu, second from left) and three colleagues at a formal meeting. Black and white photo of men at a table.Letter on 'Prime Minister' letterhead from Atal Bihari Vajpayee to A.K. Rungta, dated May 23, 1996, thanking for good wishes.Ajay Rungta (K. Rungta nameplate) at CACCI council meeting, Tokyo 1978. Men sit around a conference table.Ajay Rungta (Dadu) in a suit, receiving an award from former Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujral at a Rotary Club event.Ajay Rungta in a suit and tie, seated between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and another man at a conference table.Black and white photo of Ajay Rungta (Dadu) at a formal meeting table with Sri Sikander Bakht and other officials in 1977.Close-up of Ajay Rungta beside President Shankar Dayal Sharma, who is lighting a large, traditional Indian oil lamp.B&W photo: Ajay Rungta (BCC President) presents relief fund cheque to West Bengal CM Jyoti Basu, with others present.Ajay Rungta speaking at a podium in 1973 as SWMAI Vice-President, with Minister Subodh Handa and another official seated.Sepia photo: Ajay Rungta, Vice-Chairman of Red Cross, seated while Governor A.L. Dias of West Bengal speaks at an event.Ajay Rungta respectfully greets President Pranab Mukherjee. Dadu is in a suit with hands in namaste; the President wears white.Vintage black and white photo: Ajay Rungta in a light suit, speaking at a podium, holding papers. Two men are seated listening.Formal group photo, FICCI Committee event. Dr. P.C. Alexander with S.K. Birla, B.P. Poddar, and other notable figures.Ajay Rungta shaking hands with former Indian Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda at an event. Another person is partially visible.Black and white photo: Ajay Rungta (Dadu) as FIMI VP with Commerce Minister at a panel in 1967.Formal photograph of Ajay Rungta (Dadu) and Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao seated at an event, with the date '10, 1994' visible.1968 photo: Dadu (Ajay Rungta), as FIMI President, greets DPM Morarji Desai with a namaste. Both in profile.