January 31, 2017
Cosmetically appealing heart surgery in children is increasingly becoming popular. It is now very possible for children with low-risk cardiac diseases to opt for cosmetic cardiac surgery and live the rest of their lives with a scar-free body, explained doctors attending a seminar on pediatric cardiology at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.
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January 31, 2017
Amrita School of Biotechnology (ASBT) organized a two day event called the “Biocrest 2017” on January 19-20, 2017. The International Symposium was on Microbial Pathogenesis.
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January 31, 2017
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) have always been a source of concern in Kerala. Dr. K. N. Panicker, Professor Emeritus, Department of Community Medicine, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi and Chairman of Indian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases- An Amrita Initiative, represented the Asian continent at an international gathering, “Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases”, in London, recently.
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January 31, 2017
The National Pharmacy Week celebrations 2016 by Amrita School of Pharmacy commenced from 21st November, 2016. The theme of this year’s pharmacy week as per Indian Pharmacy Association was “Pharmacists for a Healthy India; Role in Prevention and Management of Diabetes.”
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January 30, 2017
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham recently joined an International Consortium and won a grant for the project titled,‘Landslide Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment, Preparedness and Early Warning in South Asia: Integrating Meteorology, Landscape and Society (LANDSLIP).’
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January 30, 2017
The Department of Cultural Education, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore campus, organized a motivational session for the first year students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham as part of their cultural education orientation course on January 23, 2017.
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January 29, 2017
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham faculty members and researchers, Coimbatore campus, met with a delegation of the Indian Army on January 26, 2017 to discuss developing lightweight bunkers, smart hybrid power sources in the field and bio friendly waste management systems, among other solutions.
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January 28, 2017
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham secured top honors in the Computer Society of India’s (CSI) national convention. Amrita bagged 10 national awards, more than any other university or institution at the CSI 2016 Convention held at Hotel Le Meridien, Coimbatore on January 23-24, 2017.
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January 27, 2017
Dr. U. Krishnakumar, Sri. D. Harikrishnan, Asst. Professor and HOD, Dept. of Visual Media and Communication, Ms. Nitha L., Asst. Professor, Dept. of CS & IT, Ms. Ranjidha Rajan, Asst. Professor, Dept. of CS & IT and Mr. Yadhu Krishna M., 2015 Integrated BCA-MCA, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, attended the 51st Annual Convention of Computer Society of India – CSI-2016, organized by Coimbatore Chapter on the theme “Digital Connectivity – Social Impact” from January 23- 25, 2017 at Le Meridien, Coimbatore.
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January 25, 2017
A workshop on virtual learning project ‘Online Labs for School Lab Experiments’ was organized at Bharani Vidhyalaya Senior Secondary School, Karur, Tamil Nadu, on October 22, 2016, by AmritaCREATE, one of the research and project development wings of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Eighty-five science teachers from twenty-five schools participated in the workshop.
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