On November 11, 2019, the Kerala State Renewable Energy Award in the category of Research and Innovation was presented to the Kochi campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, by Kerala Chief Minister Mr. Pinnarayi Vijayan on behalf of ANERT, the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technologies, at a function held in Trivandrum. The award recognized the deployment of solar panels in the campus and the research being conducted using Nanotechnology for batteries and solar cells. Dr. Shantikumar Nair, Dean of Research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, received the award on behalf of the campus.

Amit Meenakshi (Director ANERT), MLA Mr. Prasanth, and Mr. Kadakampally Surendran (Minister of Tourism) were also present on the occasion.