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.
Dravya Prabodhini, a series of monthly educational programs organized by the Department of Dravyaguna, School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, covers a wide range of interesting activities like guest lectures, field trips to gather deep knowledge about the subject and knowledge sharing sessions with eminent scholars from allied sciences.
Team bi0s from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, will attend the ISITDTU CTF 2019 Finals on August 10, 2019, at Vietnam.
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.
Dr. Minu Rosamma Joseph, First year PG Scholar, Department of Shalyatantra, School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, secured second prize in the poster presentation competition at THARVA-19 National Seminar on Emergency Management – An Ayurveda Approach, held at Government Ayurveda College, Trivandrum, from July 3-4, 2019.
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.
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (Amrita WNA) and Amrita Centre for Research and Development (ACRD), jointly organized a workshop on Modelling of Antennas using ANSYS HFSS on May 28, 2019, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus.
Dr. Anupama.J. Dileep, Dr. Aswathy Krishna and Dr. Ashita Ali, PG scholars from the Department of Shalakyatantra, School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, won first, second and third prize respectively for presenting scientific papers at Prayukta 2019 – National Seminar on Parasurgical Methods conducted by Sree Narayana Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, Pangode, Puthoor, on June 28, 2019.
Dorothy Bush Koch, daughter of 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush and sister of 43rd President George W. Bush, officially welcomed Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi to Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2019. “Doro” and her sister-in-law, Patricia Reilly Koch, garlanded Amma, received her blessings and offered a few words.