An Amrita Workshop on Research Data Collection Methods for team members of SAS, Palakkad, was conducted on September 5, 2019, by Shri. S. Kanagaraj, Field Coordinator, Department of Social Work, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus.
The department of Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, held its Onam celebrations on September 8, 2019.
A student team, Team EXALTERS, from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, won the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) EngiNX Challenge 2019.
On September 7, 2019, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, celebrated its graduation day in the presence of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), Chief Guest Prof. Hemantha Kumar (Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore) and Guest of Honor, Dr. G. M. Nair (Secretary, Government of Kerala, India).
Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh, Dean of International Programs and Director of Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, was invited to present the ongoing research and development work on rainfall-induced landslide risk reduction at the India-UK Workshop: Science for Disaster and Emergency Risk Management, held at New Delhi, from August 29-30, 2019.
Amrita Darshanam – International Centre for Spiritual Studies (ICSS) conducted a three-day workshop on “Tantric Traditions of India”, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru campus, from August 2 – 4, 2019.
Dr. Amalendu Jyotishi, Professor, Amrita School of Business, Bengaluru campus, spoke on “Land Tenure Systems and Land Degradation Neutrality” at the UNCCD Conference of Parties (COP14) event “Sustainable Transitions of Shifting Cultivation Systems for Land Degradation Neutrality- Opportunities and Challenges in the Uplands of South and Southeast Asia” on September 4, 2019, organized by IFAD at New Delhi, India.
The Centre for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality (CWEGE), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, organized a one-day workshop ”The Dissemination of Compendium on the Juvenile Justice rules for the Stakeholders of Child Protection and Human Trafficking & Trauma Care” in collaboration with PRERANA-Mumbai and IJM, on September 4, 2019.
Ms. Sofi Dinesh, Assistant Professor, School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, presented her research papers entitled “The Role of Cognitive Complexity and Risk Evasiveness in Herd Behavior” and “Consumer Behavior in Collaborative Consumption: The Role of Cognitive Complexity and Psychological Empowerment on Customer Value” at 2019 AMA (American Marketing Association) Summer Academic Conference held at Chicago, USA, from August 9-11, 2019.
The students and faculty members of Amrita School of Business, Kochi, visited the Kerala’s very first bird sanctuary, Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, on July 25, 2019.