During this COVID-19 outbreak, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a pioneer in online education in India, has gone online with its classes and is actively supporting other organizations to conduct online education,. . .
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham participated in the Transforming Education Conference for Humanity (TECH) 2017, held at Visakhapatnam, from 16th to 18th December, 2017.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Amrita Multi Modal Application Using Computer and Human Interaction (AMMACHI Labs) along with Amrita E-Learning had a fruitful interaction with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister(CM) Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu, on 26th June, 2017.
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Arvind Panagariya presented the FICCI National Award for Excellence in Technology to Prof. Kamal Bijlani, Director, Amrita E-Learning Research Lab, Amrita University on November 10th, 2016, at Fridayat Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Prof. Kamal Bijlani, Director, Amrita E-Learning Research Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, delivered a keynote speech on the topic “Future of MOOCs in India” at Global Education Summit’16. The Leaders Speak magazine organized the Global Education Summit on 21st and 22nd October, 2016, in New Delhi to extend the message on Quality Education Accessible to All.
On July 26th 2016, the State Higher Education Minister of Uttarakhand, Dr. Indira Hridyesh, launched A-VIEW for all the colleges and state universities. She said, “A-VIEW (Amrita Virtual Interactive E-Learning World) software will be given to all 2300 colleges in Uttarakhand, this A-VIEW technology will help in improving the quality of higher education in the state”.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has collaborated with Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) and School Education Department to run a pilot project called “Redesigning Educational Pathways using Technology andInnovative Pedagogical Constructs for Scalable Quality Education and Lifelong Learning” in selected state model school.
A National Convention on Higher Education, Jnana Sangama 2016, was conducted by the Department of Higher Education, Government of Karnataka on 27th and 28th of May 2016 at Bangalore. As the keynote speaker,. . .
Dr. Nitin Vaidya, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, visited the Coimbatore and Amritapuri campuses between January 11th–13th, 2016. During his visit to Amrita, Dr. Vaidya gave two talks, held interactive sessions with faculty members and students, discussed potential areas of collaborations, and visited several research labs.
Prof. Kamal Bijlani, Director, Amrita E-Learning Research Lab gave a keynote talk on Amrita Blended Learning Platforms at the 2nd edition of National Higher Education Conclave organized by The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
