A delegation of Amrita professors visited Purdue University on July 11, 2019. The team of professors included Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, Dean PG programs; Dr. Balakrishnan Shankar, Dean, Faculty of Arts; Dr. Shyam Diwakar, Faculty fellow at Amrita Center for International Programs and Prof. Praveen Bist.
A 3D Printing Workshop was conducted for school children of Amrita Vidyalayam Puthiyakavu, Kerala, by the Second Foundation Makerspace team of Ammachi Labs from June 24-26, 2019.
On 8th July, 2019, a delegation of Amrita’s senior faculty members met their counterparts at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Amrita’s Live-in-Labs® experiential learning program success stories that help India’s villages was showcased.
The inauguration of the academic activities of the School of Arts & Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, for 2019 was held on June 26, 2019. The inauguration of Vidyamritam Extramural lectures (17th Annual Extramural Expert Lecture series) and activities of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was also held on the same day.
Prof. Prashant R. Nair, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, has been named as an IEEE Region 10 (R10) Newsletter Editor.
An Amrita delegation visited Rutgers University, USA, on July 5, 2019, to strengthen ongoing and recent collaborations. Last year, both universities had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Amrita Deans Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan (PG programs); Dr. Bipin Nair (Biotechnology & Faculty of Sciences); Associate Dean of Engineering Dr. Balakrishnan Shankar; Department Chair of Chemical Engineering Dr. Sriram Devanathan and School of Biotechnology’s Dr. Shyam Diwakar met with the Rutgers team.
MSW students of the Department of Social Work, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, rallied on June 26, 2019, to mark the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
An Amrita delegation visited University of Texas at Dallas, USA, on June 25, 2019.
As part of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)’s knowledge exchange initiative and sharing of best practices of Amrita with other higher educational institutions, Prof. Prashant R. Nair, Chairman, IQAC, addressed 100+ faculty from various departments of Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering & Technology (SSIT), Coimbatore, in a Faculty -Development Program (FDP) held June 18-19, 2019.
On 13th June, 2019, Prof. Prashant R. Nair, Chairman, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, showcased Amrita’s curricular and ICT innovations such as Live-in-Labs®, A-VIEW and Virtual Labs at a Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Capacity Building & Enhancement in Higher Education at Sri Ramakrishna College for Women, Coimbatore.
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