Dr. B. Ranganathan, Associate Professor at the department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi was conferred with the APP Young Achiever Award during the Fourth Annual National Convention of the Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) held on January 31, 2015 at Invertis University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
Dr. Manitha Nair (Assistant Professor), Annapoorna Mohandas (PhD Scholar) and Dr. Arun Kumar R (Researcher) of Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Kochi won awards at BiTERM 2015, an Indo–Australian Conference on Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery System & Regenerative Medicine, organized by the Department of Chemistry, Anna University, Chennai.
Amrita Center For Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine (ACNS) at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Campus (AIMS), Kochi is organizing a one day program Nanotech-Molecular Medicine Student Open House on March 28, 2015.
The Amrita ABB Robotics Lab, the first of its kind by an Indian university, was inaugurated at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham(Amritapuri Campus) on February 25th by Shri. P. K. Kunhalikutty, Minister of Industries and IT, Government of Kerala. The state of the art lab is expected to herald a new era for robotics research and academics in India. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s AMMACHI Labs has collaborated with ABB Robotics for setting up the Robotics Research Lab with two ROS-Industrial robots.
Dr. Sasi K. Kottayil, Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore campus was honored with a commendation certificate by the editorial board of Energy, in recognition for his outstanding contributions to the quality of the journal.
Amrita Alumni Shruthi Kamath, Ethical Hacker and Security Analyst with Infosys, shared her thoughts on women involvement that can help Information Security industry evolve. Shruthi Kamath graduated from the Amrita’s Bengaluru campus with a BTech degree.
Students of Amritapuri campus made Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham proud by emerging as champions in the Kollam District Powerlifting Championship held on February 2015 and Kerala State Power lifting Championship held at Cherthala from February 21-22, 2015.
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) conducted a national level quiz competition, Mahindra Auto Quotient (AQ) at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Bengaluru campus on 11th and 12th February 2015. This is a unique quiz for auto enthusiasts and has established its position as India’s largest automotive quiz, where students showcase their passion for automobiles. This year’s theme was “Sustainability in Automobiles.”
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences observed World Cancer Day on February 4, 2015.
For the fourth successive year, the Computer Society of India (CSI) student branch of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore has been adjudged as the best student branch in India.