More than 1,500 women from various parts of India poured into Amritapuri for the two-day event in early May – A Celebration of Empowerment. This was the capstone event of AMMACHI Labs’ Women Empowerment Project, co-funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The participants shared one thing in common: They were all graduates of AMMACHI Labs’ unique computerized vocational education and life enrichment education courses.
Over 1500 women from various parts of India traveled to Amritapuri for the two-day event: “A Celebration of Empowerment.” This was the capstone event of AMMACHI Labs’ Women Empowerment Project,. . .
The Hospital Safety Department at the Health Sciences campus observed World Day for Safety and Health at Work on April 30, 2014. Occupational diseases being the leading cause of work related. . .
In 2006, the Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine started as a blank slate – just a group of focused and passionate researchers led by Dr. Shantikumar Nair. Dr.Nair. . .
Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus organized a workshop on Topics in Engineering Failure Analysis in association with Society for Failure Analysis (SFA), Hyderabad. The key resource persons were from. . .
Amma was presented with the Pandit Karuppan Award at her program in Kochi today. The award was presented by Moopil Swamiyar Shankarananda Brahmananda Bhooti, the spiritual head of the Trissur Brahmaswom Matham, an Ashram in the lineage of Adi Sankaracharya dedicated to the propagation of Vedic knowledge. The award was given to Amma for her dedication, sacrifice and outstanding contributions to society.
Dr. Kalyan Sasidhar is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Amrita Wireless Networks and Applications. He recently attended the International conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) conducted. . .
Dr. Utpal S.Tatu, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Malaria has been a problem in India for centuries. Details of this disease can be found even in. . .
What makes ecstatic Dr. P. Venkat Rangan VC of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is being part of privately owned institution. Focusing on autonomous character, he emphasises, “We have freedom to innovate fast.” His expression sinks when he compares Indian context with West. He shares, “Unfortunately, the Government looks at private institutions with lot of doubts. If you look at US, 7 out of the top 10 universities are private players like MIT, Stanford. There is exceptional talent pouring in some private universities. The government should try to leverage from it.” He admits public private partnership is crucial. – Careers360’s interview with Dr. P. Venkat Rangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
The Department of Community Medicine at Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi organized a community action program in Araya LP School at Njarakkal, Kochi, to mark World Health Day, keeping with. . .