On 29th November 2016, the Department of Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru, conducted a colloquium for MBA students. It was conducted by the E café (Entrepreneur’s café) which supports new entrepreneurs and also helps them in networking. Mr. Sarath Nair, Co-Founder of Ignitus Events and Ms. Anjali the Global Director of E-Café, were the speakers.
The Coimbatore campus of the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham joined the Global Gita Chanting event initiated by the Chinmaya Mission on 10th December, 2016.
Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik, Head, Research and Projects, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Coimbatore campus, was invited as a speaker for the Army Technology Seminar held at India Habitat Center, New Delhi on 5th December, 2016.
Dr. K. Unnikrishna Pillai, Professor, Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Amrita School of Ayurveda, Amritapuri, has been appointed as member for the governing body of the National Institute of Ayurveda for a period of three years.
Simna Mary Shaji of BSc Microbiology 2014-2017 batch, Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri campus, won two gold medals (Junior & Senior Level) in in the Kollam District Power-lifting Championship 2016.
Prof. (Dr.) Maneesha V. Ramesh, Director & Professor of Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA), attended TCS Sangam 2016, on 2nd and 3rd of December, 2016, at Hyderabad. TCS Sangam is an annual meeting of the Heads of Academic Institutes.
Amrita Center for Allied Health Sciences, Kochi, won awards in the scientific competitions of the 4th National Conference and 17th Annual conference (SILEX’16) held at Thrissur, Kerala, during December 2-3, 2016.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, participated as a resource person at the 7th World Ayurveda Congress held at Kolkata from 30th November to 4th December, 2016, at the Science City, Kolkata.
Prof. Raj Vedam, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, gave a talk on the topic “The Erased History of Ancient India” on December 6, 2016 at the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus.
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Arvind Panagariya presented the FICCI National Award for Excellence in Technology to Prof. Kamal Bijlani, Director, Amrita E-Learning Research Lab, Amrita University on November 10th, 2016, at Fridayat Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
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