Dr. Binulal Nelson Sathy, an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine(ACNSMM), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, has been awarded the prestigious Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, for the year 2016-2017.
Dr. Jeena K, Research Associate, at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, won the Best Poster Award at the ‘9th Bengaluru India Nano 2017’ International Conference held at Bangalore, from 7th to 8th December, 2017.
Amrita Centre for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, received the ‘Best Exhibitor Award’ in the Content and Information Category at the Bengaluru India Nano 2017 International Conference held at Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru, from 7th to 8th December 2017.
Ms. Devika Das, Research Scholar, at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, won the Best Poster Award for her work titled “Anti-Cancer Drug Loaded Nanoimplant for Glioblastoma Treatment”, at the Nanobioteck – 2017 conference, organised by the Indian Society of Nanomedicine (ISNM) in partnership with Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.
Dr. Manzoor Koyakutty, Professor of Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, was awarded the ‘Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc)’ during the 87th Annual Meeting of the Academy held at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, on December 9, 2017.
The researchers at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi has found a way to burn liver cancer. They have turned a substance commonly found in bones into apotent weapon that can seek and kill tumour cells.
Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), the global leader in trusted insights and analytics for research and innovation, announced the 6th edition of the India Research Excellence-Citation Awards-2017, recognizing and honouring research excellence in the country on different fields and Dr. R. Jayakumar, Professor at the Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, has received this award under the “Medical & Health Sciences” discipline. The awards were held at Sheraton, New Delhi, on November 3, 2017.
Anitha A., a student of Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, under the guidance of Dr. Manitha B. Nair, Assistant Professor, Center for Nanosciences, Kochi, published her research work in the high impact journal, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces in 2017.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been doing several successful projects on Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technology. The inspiration and guiding force behind our successful projects is Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma).
Prof. Ravindranathan Thampi, Associate Professor of Solar Energy and Vice-Principal of Internationalization in Engineering and Architecture at University College Dublin (Ireland), visited the Kochi and Amritapuri campuses from November 9th – 14th, 2016. During this time, Prof. Thampi gave talks, held interactive Q&A sessions, and visited several research centers.