September 23rd & 24th 2015, marked the third annual International Conference on Sustainable Development held at Columbia University in New York City. The conference’s theme, Implementing the SDGs: Getting Started had riveting discussions concerning the United Nation’s latest endeavour to launch the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Ms. Evie Evangelou founder of Fashion 4 Development (F4D) awarded Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) the “Medal of Honour” for more than 25 years of humanitarian work in the fields of human rights, health and well-being, including food, access to water and power, housing, medical care, and the right to education and skill-training.
The students of School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi campus, visited the “Mathruchaya” orphanage on September 22, 2015. Carrying with them a bunch of gifts, they spent an evening with more than 50 inmates. Lady inmates of the adjoining orphanage Madhavam also joined the gathering.
Five years ago, a group of socially committed Amritians decided to conduct a cycle rally. This September 22nd, 2015 marked its 5th prolific edition. In the current juncture when the world is finding it difficult to cope with escalating air pollution, the event was really relevant. September 22nd is celebrated as “world car free day” and as a part of it, Amrita Sanjeevani, the seva organisation at Amritapuri Campus, conducted a cycle rally and 10 km fun run from Karunagapally to Amritapuri.
Dr. P. Balasubramanian, Associate Professor, Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore presented a paper on ‘Sunk Cost Fallacy– Effect of Situational Knowledge on Irrational Choices’ at Singapore Economic Review conference (SERC) 2015 from August 5th-7th.
Amrita Technology Business Incubator, one of the top-5 most prolific incubators for startups in the country, and the Indian Angel Network, India’s first and Asia’s largest network of angel investors, signed an MOU on September 11, 2015 to promote entrepreneurship in India.
The IEEE Power Electronics Society Student Branch Chapter was inaugurated by Dr. Priya Ranjan Mishra, Principal Scientist, Philips, Bangalore and Dr. Balaraman Kannan, PRDC, Vice Chair of PES Chapter, Bangalore at the Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru Campus on September 10th, 2015.
The Department of Mathematics, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru organized a two-day workshop on Graph Theory and its Applications on 6th and 7th August 2015. About 30 delegates from various engineering colleges of India and around 30 members, including faculty members, research scholars and M.Tech. students from Amrita, attended the workshop.
A two-day National Seminar on Internet Economy was conducted by the Department of Commerce and Management, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus from September 18 – 19, 2015.
The students of Adarsh Special School visited School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, on September 17, 2015.
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