Sudarsan S, a final year student of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, co-authored a paper titled, “Detection of a Westward Hotspot Offset in the Atmosphere of Hot Gas Giant CoRoT-2b”, which was published in the Nature Astronomy journal, on January 22, 2018.
Ajmal Nazar, second-year B.Tech. student in Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Amritapuri, won two gold medals and a bronze medal in the National Roller Skating Championship 2017 held at Central Stadium, Trivandrum, from January 19-21, 2018.
The National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (NSFMFP), in collaboration with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized the 44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP – 2017) at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, from December 14-16, 2017.
Sooraj Subrahmanyan of AMMACHI Labs presented a paper titled “Pluralism and Coexistence in Dharma Tradition” at the 4th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference on “State and Social Order in Dharma Dhamma Traditions” at Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar.
A twelve member delegation from Hunan Xiangtan University and Hunan Xiangtan Daonan Academy, located in the Hunan District in China, visited the Kochi and Amritapuri campuses of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, on December 17-18, 2017.
Amrita Vasudha, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized an awareness session on the topic, “Saukhyam Reusable Pads” on 2nd November, 2017 at the Amritapuri Campus as well as on 3rd November, 2017 at Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi.
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications (AmritaWNA) has received two new US patents (Patent numbers US 9826196 and US 9852647) for the National Knowledge Network (NKN) – A gateway to the Global Classroom project on 21st November and 26th November, 2017.
The ‘Jivamritam’project of Mata Amritanandamayi Math has been successfully deployed at 9 Karayogams in Alappad, Kollam district, Kerala, benefitting approximately 22000 people in the area.
The women’s Table Tennis team of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, led by Maanasa B., third-year, School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri, won the championship in Inter Amrita Table Tennis Championship held at Coimbatore Campus, from September 14-16, 2017.