Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was awarded the ‘World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction’ by the International Program on Landslides (IPL) at the fourth World Landslide Forum, which was held at Ljubljana, Slovenia from 29th May-2nd June, 2017. This title will be held by the institution till 2020.
Mr. Sreeram Kongeseri, a PhD Student and Research Associate at AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, participated in the 2017 CASOS Summer Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA, which was conducted from 4th -10th June, 2017.
Interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary studies are key to many success stories of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s research projects. Ministry of HRD’s National Mission in Education through Internet and Communication Technologies (NMEICT) had funded a massive project on building Virtual Laboratories for students who did not have access to laboratory education and skill training.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham will release the results for the Amrita Entrance Examination- Allied Health Sciences 2017 on June 8, 2017.
The World Environment Day, held on June 5th of every year, is the United Nation’s means of ensuring the protection of our environment.
AmritaCREATE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, conducted a teacher training program on Online Labs for School Lab Experiments (O-Labs) at Radcliffe School, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on May 25, 2017. Fifteen science teachers from the school participated in the training programme.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Summer Camp students and Amrita Multi Modal Application Using Computer and Human Interaction’s (AMMACHI Lab) Community Organizers in Kimana and Dunda villages celebrated World Environment Day on June 5, 2017, by planting trees and plants. An event also was organized at Nani Borvai village in Gujarat.
A 45-year-old patient of Parkinson’s disease, the only earning member of his family, got a new lease of life after undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) implantation at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital).
The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital) is going to provide state-of-the-art specialty medical care to members of Bangladesh Armed Forces (BAF), including retired personnel, and their family members.
AMMACHI Labs team along with Amrita SeRVe and Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Manglore, introduced a machine that makes Areca nut plates in Byse village of Karnataka. These eco friendly and biodegradable nut plates are made from the leaves fallen from Areca nut trees. The production of these plates comes in two sizes- 10” & 4.5″. This initiative is expected to generate income for the women in Byse and be a suitable replacement for the widely used plastic plates. The team from Amrita has successfully completed the skill training for the women in Byse village.
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