Dr. Chandrashekar Janakiram, Professor and Head of the Department of Public Health Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, successfully completed a fellowship in Oral Health Informatics (OHI) and a residency in Dental Public Health from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health, USA.
On July 17, 2019, Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham heartily welcomed its new batch of students in a unique induction program titled “Swagatham 2019”. The day commenced with the lighting of the lamp by each of the new students and placing it at the feet of the statue of Saraswati Devi, Goddess of knowledge, an age-old tradition symbolizing the absence of darkness and ignorance in the light of knowledge.
Dr. Kalyani Suresh, Vice Chairperson, Department of Mass Communication, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, was awarded the Prof. Indira Parikh 50 Women in Education Leaders award on July 4, 2019, at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
An Amrita delegation visited Northern Illinois University near Chicago, USA, on July 11, 2019. The University at Illinois already had hosted Amrita students and will be planning joint engagements including internship opportunities in USA for Amrita students.
A two-week Indo-French Summer Camp on Technology & Culture was held at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, from July 8-19, 2019.
Dr. Leena P. Nair, Associate Professor in the Department of Basic Principles, School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, delivered a talk on “Healthy Regimens in Rainy Season- Varsha Rithucharya” at Government LP School, Perungala, Kayamkulam, on July 19, 2019.
Teams SAK, Bend and Vindicators, three student teams from the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, have been ranked among the top 15 teams nation-wide in the Cisco ThingQbator program.
Dr. Maanasi Madhavan Menon, Associate Professor at School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham since February 2014, was invited by the Agnivesha Ayurveda Anushtana , Bengaluru, to talk about her article on “Hypertension in Ayurveda” and to share some of her clinical experiences.
The students and faculty of the Department of Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, took part in an environmental initiative by planting 4 saplings in the college premises on July 11, 2019. The program was conducted. . .
The students and faculty of the School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, took part in an environmental initiative by planting 4 saplings in the college premises on July 11, 2019.