On 9th April, 2016, a workshop on Advanced Network Implementation-CISCO was conducted by Mr. Vinod N. V., Member of Technical Staff, Juniper Networks Pvt. Ltd. The interactive sessions included Computer Network Fundamentals, TCP/IP and OSI Layers, IP Addressing, Static Routing and Dynamic Routing.
A two day national workshop on ‘Photography & Videography’ titled “Cam’era 2016” was conducted at the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus, from April 5-6, 2016, by the department of Visual Communication, for students of colleges in the Mysuru city.
A one-day workshop on Raspberry Pi was conducted on 7th April 2016, by Mr. Sajith Warrier, Research Associate at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus.
Dr. Manzoor Koyakutty is one of the researchers at the forefront of the ACNSMM work concerning multifunctional nanomedicines for targeting key oncogenic pathways in drug resistant cancer cells.
Prof. Jayakumar R. (Professor) and Dr. Ullas Mony (Assistant Professor) of Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine visited Chang Gung University, Taiwan, as part of an Indo-Taiwan Joint Research Program in Science and Technology Cooperation programme, jointly funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Taiwan, and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA).
As part of the B. Tech. elective course, coded HUM 259, Understanding Science of Food and Nutrition, a workshop on Food Service Management and Dietetics was organized by the department of Humanities under the guidance of Dr. Janci Rani P. R. and Dr. Tharanidevi N. on 31st March and 1st April 2016.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, organized the Amritotsavam 2016 Cultural Fest which concluded on April 1, 2016.
Efficient and eloquent public speaking is a major asset in the skillset of any dynamic leader in the management domain. Understanding its significance, Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore organized a two-day workshop on public speaking at the campus for its MBA students.
A 67-year-old woman, Amaloor Pavam, underwent a rare medical procedure at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) to repair the damaged aortic valve of her heart without opening of the chest. The non-surgical procedure, called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), was performed by a team led by Dr. C. Rajiv, Professor of Cardiology, AIMS, Kochi. The team performed this procedure for the first time in Kerala.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director of Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda has been invited as a Keynote Speaker to present his views on “Preventive and Therapeutic Implications of Vegetarian Diet in Traditional Indian Medicine” at VegMed 2016.
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