Sampoojya Swami Baba Ramdevji, the Yoga Guru, visited Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and leading research labs of Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus on 18th September, 2017.
The Graduation Ceremony of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, was celebrated on 10th September, 2017, at Mata Amritanandamayi Math. Mr. M. Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Health Sciences and Mr. G. Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, were the Chief Guests of the event.
AmritaCREATE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized a one-day workshop on Online Labs for School Lab Experiments at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Una, Himachal Pradesh, on August 24, 2017. Twenty science teachers from different schools participated in the workshop.
Mr. Sreeram Kongeseri, Senior Consultant, AMMACHI Labs (Amrita Multi Modal Applications Using Computer & Human Interaction), and Christopher Coley, Project Manager, Center for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, Amritapuri, presented a paper at SOCSIC 2017 held at Bangkok, from September 5-7, 2017.
AmritaCREATE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized a one-day workshop on Online Labs at Chinmaya Vidyalaya School, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, on August 26, 2017. Thirty-six science teachers from nine schools participated in the workshop.
AmritaCREATE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized a one-day workshop on Online Labs for School Lab Experiments, an educational research project designed and developed by AmritaCREATE and C-DAC, Mumbai, at Thrissur Sahodaya, Kerala, on July 19, 2017. Two hundred and ninety science teachers from different schools of Thrissur Sahodaya participated in the workshop.
Amrita Chess Club member student, Mr. M. S. Sasankan, 3rd year Computer Science and Engineering, Amritapuri, secured 5th place in the 2nd Champions International FIDE Rated Tournament Below 1600 rating, held at Salem, Tamil Nadu.
AmritaCREATE, one of the research initiatives of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized a one-day workshop on Online Labs for School Lab Experiments at Pragathi Central School, Telangana, on April 24, 2017. One hundred and thirty science teachers from sixteen schools participated in the workshop.
Amrita faculty member, Mr. Shyam Diwakar, Director, Computational Neuroscience and Neurophysiology, and Associate Professor at Amrita School of Biotechnology, was invited to give talks at IIT Hyderabad and IIT Madras on August 17th and 23rd August, 2017.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s PhD students Hemalatha Sasidharakurup and Nidheesh Melethadathil, along with, Dr. Bipin Nair, Dean, School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, Director, Computational Neuroscience and Neurophysiology, Amritapuri, published a paper titled, “A Systems Model of Parkinson’s Disease Using Biochemical Systems Theory” in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, in the month of August 2017.