Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, has emerged on top of the Swachh Campus Rankings 2018 of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India, for the second successive year.
Honorable Prime Minister of India, Sri. Narendra Modi and UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, presented Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, with a special award in recognition for having made the largest contribution to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan during the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention, the world’s largest sanitation convention with over 50 countries participating, held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in Delhi, on October 2, 2018.
Adarsh P.S., a student from the Department of Commerce & Management, School of Arts & Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, won the Gold Medal in the National Muay Thai Championship 2018 held from September 28-October 1, 2018.
Mr. Aaryan Oberoi, an undergraduate student (VII Semester) from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru campus, was the only student who has been selected from the state of Karnataka to participate in the Mobile Robotics Skill at India Skills South 2018.
“With a healthy heart, the heartbeat goes on”. Today’s lifestyle has increased heart risk, which calls for spreading awareness about heart health. To spread awareness on the importance of heart health, students of the Department of Visual Communication, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru Campus, celebrated “World Heart Day” on September 28, 2018.
Amrita Darshanam- International Centre for Spiritual Studies, celebrated Saṁskṛta-saptāha-samārohaḥ, Sanskrit-Week-Celebrations from August 21-27, 2018, in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus.
Amrita School of Business (ASB) Hyderabad Chapter Meet was organized at the Fortune Park Vallabha Hotel, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on September 23, 2018.
65 students of Amrita School of Arts & Sciences, Mysuru, participated by donating blood in the ‘Annual Blood Donation Camp’ organized at its premises by Amrita Kripa Hospital, Mysuru, in association with ‘Blood Bank’, Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, K R Hospital, Mysuru, on September 25, 2018.
Amrita Centre for Excellence in Computational Engineering & Networking (Amrita CEN), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, organized a placement oriented workshop on September 22, 2018, for B.Tech. / M.Tech. students who are interested in gaining in-depth knowledge in data science, big data analytics, machine learning, etc.
The third-year B.Tech. students of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, were awarded the first runner-up in the ‘Wear Your Smarts’- a national level hackathon organized by Titan Company Limited.