Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar, Assistant Professor (SG), Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, was invited by the President, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), IIT Roorkee, to be a special invitee to the 184th Executive Committee Meeting of the ISET held on 2ndMarch 2016, at IIT Roorkee.
PhD Program in Ayurveda has been launched at Amrita School of Ayurveda. Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ACARA) is overseeing the PhD program.
A three-day advertisement-cum-cinematography workshop was organized by the department of Visual Media and Communication, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, from March 26-28, 2016, for the post graduate students.
Amrita School of Ayurveda in association with Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ĀCĀRA) conducted a one day workshop on PubMed Search and Reference Management for the PG and PhD Scholars on 29th March 2016.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director of Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda has been appointed as Advisor for the Research Council for History of Science, Indian National Science Academy, Government of India, New Delhi from the year 2016.
The Computer Society of India (CSI) Student Branch of Amrita School of Engineering (ASE), Coimbatore, has been adjudged as best CSI Student Branch in India for the fifth consecutive year.
In connection with World Kidney Day 2016, the Department of Nephrology at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, organized various public awareness programs in Kochi, especially in schools aimed at educating teachers and parents about how to recognize symptoms of kidney disease in children at the earliest.
The IEEE Power Electronics Society Student Branch Chapter at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru campus, organized a seminar on “Power Electronics Applications in Power Systems” by Mr. V. Suresh Babu, Asst. Director, NPTI (PSTI), Ministry of Power, Govt. of India. The seminar was held on March 2nd, 2016, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru Campus.
Amrita School of Ayurveda students participated in the Global Wellness Meet, held at Karnataka from 26th to 29th February 2016.
Dr. Nitin Vaidya, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, visited the Coimbatore and Amritapuri campuses between January 11th–13th, 2016. During his visit to Amrita, Dr. Vaidya gave two talks, held interactive sessions with faculty members and students, discussed potential areas of collaborations, and visited several research labs.
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