The 12th issue of SAMVIT, the Bi-Annual Cultural Magazine, was released by Prof. R. Vaidyanathan, former Professor of Finance, IIM Bangalore, who has been featured in Thinkers50 India list, on 3rd October, 2017, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus.
A training program on Online Labs for School Lab Experiments, one of the educational research project of AmritaCREATE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, was held at the Ashram Public School, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, on September 22, 2017. Fifty-two science teachers from ten schools participated in the training programme.
Amrita School of Business (ASB), Amritapuri, inaugurated its Sustainability Club, “Vasudha”, on September 9, 2017, in the presence of the Chief Guest Br. Shubhamrita Chaitanya, one of the senior disciples of The Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetha, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma).
Honourable President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind was the chief Guest at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor’s 64th Birthday Celebrations on 8th October, 2017.
Amrita Center for Research in Advanced Technologies for Education (AmritaCREATE), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organised Online Labs workshops, for the first time, at different schools in United Arab Emirates (UAE), as part of the Online Labs training programme from 11th to 22nd September, 2017.
AmritaCREATE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized a one-day training programme on Online Labs at Hans Roever Public School, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, on September 16, 2017. Thirty-four science teachers from five schools participated in the training Programme.
Amrita Center for Cyber Security System and Networks, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, designed a new Android App, Bsafe, that can be used to monitor the safety of women and is useful for everyone.
Amrita Center for Research in Analytics and Technologies for Education (AmritaCREATE), one of the research initiatives of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, trained over 1087 tribal children and adults in Wayanad, Idukki and Attapadi districts of Kerala in Computer Awareness Skills.
AmritaCREATE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized Online Labs workshop at different schools in Delhi from August 7- 18 , 2017, as part of Online Labs training programme. More than three hundred science teachers from one hundred and twenty schools got the opportunity to explore Online Labs during the training program.
The Final Year B.Tech students of Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Campus, won the third position in the 1st AICTE-ECI Chaatra Vishwakarma Award held at AICTE Headquarters, New Delhi, on 17th September, 2017.