Prof. Allan Bateman from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia, UPC Barcelona Tech, Spain, visited the Amritapuri campus in late April-early May 2016.
Dr. Ingrid Paoletti, Associate Professor of Building Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (Polytechnic University of Milam – POLIMI), Italy, visited Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in October 2016 as a part of the Rector’s Delegation to India.
Prof. Kamal Bijlani, Director, Amrita E-Learning Research Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, delivered a keynote speech on the topic “Future of MOOCs in India” at Global Education Summit’16. The Leaders Speak magazine organized the Global Education Summit on 21st and 22nd October, 2016, in New Delhi to extend the message on Quality Education Accessible to All.
Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi announces the results of the Final BDS Degree (Part II) Examination – September/October 2016.
It becomes a matter of great importance to find the individual’s place in the rapidly transforming world we live in, especially at times of great socio-political chaos. To this end, Amrita Darshanam, International Centre for Spiritual Studies, celebrated the ‘World Philosophy Day’ on November 14, 2016, in association with the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi.
A two-day hands-on workshop on “Simulation of Networks Using ns-3” was conducted from November 14-15, 2016, by the Department of CS & IT, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, in collaboration with the CSI student branch.
India’s very first Centre for Aortic Diseases with Marfan Clinic has opened at the 1,300-bed Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi. MLA, Kerala State Sri. O. Rajagopal inaugurated the function. It is the only facility dedicated to comprehensive care of aortic diseases with full range of interventions, both invasive and non-invasive.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, delivered two invited talks during the First Latin American Conference on Ayurveda held at Rosario, Argentina on 5th and 6th of November, 2016 (1 er. Encuentro LatinoAmericano de Ayurveda).
Prashant R. Nair, Vice-Chairman, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, was selected for the international and national boards and conference committees in 2016.
During November 12th and 13th, 2016, over 2000 volunteers participated in a massive clean-up drive at Sabarimala in Kerala. Amrita volunteers have been part of the cleanup drive for seven consecutive years.
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