Amrita School of Biotechnology conducted a seminar titled “Phytochemicals: validation of Mother Nature’s values: A brief glimpse of evidence based research”, on 14th August, 2017, and the resource person of the event was Dr. Sanjit Dey, Professor at the Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta.
Tummala Akhil Suman, 2nd year Mechanical Engineering student, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, participated in the South India Power Lifting Championship and bagged gold medal in sub junior, 105 weight Category.
Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi celebrated the Harvest Festival on January 17, 2017, as part of their Amrita Values Programme (AVP) and Student Empowerment for Environmental Development (SEED).
Rajesh Velayuthasamy, Co – Founder and Managing Director of Integra Global Solutions Corp addressed the students of Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore on August 24, 2017.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham faculty members was awarded a grant of Rs. 37.24 lakhs from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for developing a novel electrochemical packed bed reactor technology for removing heavy metals from water.
The mechanical design engineers at AMMACHI Labs (Amrita Multi Modal Applications Using Computer & Human Interaction), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, used 3D modeling to design N easy-to-make toilet, with less material and skilled labour, which will benefit thousands of families in rural India.
Prof.(Dr.) Bhaskaran Pillai, Professor and Head, Medical Physics & Radiation Safety, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, has been elected as Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).
AmritaCREATE, the Amrita Center for Research in Analytics & Technologies for Education at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized a one-day workshop on Online Labs at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ranchi, Jharkhand, on July 15, 2017. Twenty-seven science teachers from eleven schools participated in the workshop.
Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, celebrated the Independence and Ramayana Week, on August 16, 2017, to inculcate moral and ethical values among students.
The School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, organized a two-day National Seminar on Scientific Research Writing and Latex Skills from August 18-19, 2017.