Programs
- M. Sc. Cognitive Sciences, Learning and Technology - Postgraduate
- Bachelor of Social Work – Honours with Research - Undergraduate
The ‘Team Vision’ and ‘Team Exalt’, two student hackathon teams from the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, showcased outstanding performances and secured a prominent position among top 20 teams that represented India, in the 30 hour Singapore-India Hackathon 2018.
On January 4, 2019, Dr. Balamurugan S., Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, has been awarded ‘National Innovative Teacher Award’ by the Honourable Minister of HRD, Shri. Prakash Javadekar, at a national awards ceremony conducted in New Delhi.
It was another proud moment for Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham as Mr. Vijey Shrivathsan, B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) 2016-2020 batch from Coimbatore campus became the first student from Amrita to secure the coveted IUSSTF-Viterbi research internship.
Since its inception in 2009, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has been actively engaged in knowledge exchange and activities to share best practices with various higher educational institutions and universities.
On 21st January, 2019, a senior administration team from O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, comprising of Dr. Y.S.R. Murthy, Registrar and Dr. Indranath Gupta, Controller of Examinations, visited Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus.
On Thursday, 10th January, 2019, The Institution Innovation Council (IIC) at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham organised its second workshop on the topic ‘Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)’.
As part of the Live-in-Labs® program, Engineering students from Coimbatore campus visited the Dewgain village in Namkum tehsil, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Even though about 90% of the population of Dewgain village are dependent on agriculture, severe water scarcity during the summer months had caused the agricultural yield in the village to go down in recent years.
In an intercollegiate rapid style chess tournament held at Kollam on December 9th, 2018, the Amrita chess team, comprising of four players, grabbed second prize which included Rs. 3000 cash prize, trophies and certificates.
On 11th January, 2018, Prof. Prashant R. Nair (Chairman, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has showcased Amrita Educational Technology Innovations at SNS College of Engineering, Coimbatore.
The ACM ICPC 2018 Asia-Amritapuri Multi-site Regional Contest was held on December 29, 2018, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri and Coimbatore campuses This years’ ICPC Asia-Amritapuri multi-site regional contest witnessed more than 275 teams from premier institutions like IITs, IIITs, NITs and IISc from India and Bangladesh.