The work entitled “Effect of Cristallinity of Nb2O5 Electron Blocking Layer in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” won the best poster award in the Physical Sciences section, at the 102nd Indian Science Congress (ISC) 2015. The award carries prize money of Rs.5, 000/- besides a Certificate of Merit. The conference was held at the University of Mumbai from January 3-7, 2015.
Dr. Gillian Murphy, Professor Emeritus of Cancer Research Cell Biology and Deputy Head of Department, at Cambridge University addressed the students and faculty of Amrita School of Biotechnology on February 4th 2015.
The Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru and IIT Kharagpur organized a two-week ISTEWorkshop on Control Systems, as part of the MHRD program, National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT) from December 2-12, 2014.
Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru organized an International Conference on VLSI Systems, Architecture, Technology andApplications (VLSI – SATA 2015) from January 8 – 10, 2015.
On 28th of January 2015, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, one of the premier institutions of higher learning in India, is inaugurating the Amrita Automotive Research & Technology Center (AARTC), a joint venture between Amrita University and Automotive Test Systems.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi installed the da Vinci Surgical System, a robotic surgical platform, in December 2014. Two surgeries has been performed using the da Vinci Surgical System.
Ms. Megna Paulo, BSc Respiratory Therapy 2012 batch student and Ms. Sruthi S., BSc Medical Radiological Technology 2012 batch student of Amrita Center for Allied Health Sciences, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi won the zonal prizes in the All- India EssayWriting Event 2014organized by Shri. Ramachandra Mission in collaboration with the United Nations Information Centre for Indiaand Bhutan. The topic of the essay competition was “To be truthful is to be human.”
Prof. Sunil Moothedath, Professor at the Amrita College of Nursing, Kochi won the Dr. MIMS Award 2014 for “Best Health Education Initiative through Media.”
The department of Mathematics, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore campus organized a two-day international conference on Applications of Fractals and Wavelets (ICAFW) – 2015 from January 10-11, 2015. The two-day conference was inaugurated by Padma Shri. V. P. Dimri, Former Director, Distinguished Professor, CSIR – National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India
The first center for integrated study, research and patient care in Allopathy, Ayurveda and Yoga will come up in Kochi, Kerala under the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The Amrita Institute of. . .