Interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary studies are key to many success stories of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s research projects. Ministry of HRD’s National Mission in Education through Internet and Communication Technologies (NMEICT) had funded a massive project on building Virtual Laboratories for students who did not have access to laboratory education and skill training.
AmritaCREATE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, conducted a teacher training program on Online Labs for School Lab Experiments (O-Labs) at Radcliffe School, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on May 25, 2017. Fifteen science teachers from the school participated in the training programme.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Summer Camp students and Amrita Multi Modal Application Using Computer and Human Interaction’s (AMMACHI Lab) Community Organizers in Kimana and Dunda villages celebrated World Environment Day on June 5, 2017, by planting trees and plants. An event also was organized at Nani Borvai village in Gujarat.
AMMACHI Labs team along with Amrita SeRVe and Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Manglore, introduced a machine that makes Areca nut plates in Byse village of Karnataka. These eco friendly and biodegradable nut plates are made from the leaves fallen from Areca nut trees. The production of these plates comes in two sizes- 10” & 4.5″. This initiative is expected to generate income for the women in Byse and be a suitable replacement for the widely used plastic plates. The team from Amrita has successfully completed the skill training for the women in Byse village.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s VALUE Virtual Labs research team conducted Annual Nodal Centre Conference on May 12, 2017, at Amritapuri Campus, as a part of the VALUE Nodal Center Program.
Amrita School of Business, Amritapuri Campus, organised a workshop on ‘Digital Transformation & Marketing- Are You Future Ready’ on 3rd March, 2017.
The Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (Amrita WNA) Director, Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh, was invited as the chief guest for the National Technological Day celebrations held at Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), DRDO in Kochi on May 11, 2017.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Technology Business Incubator (TBI) has won the National Award for being the best Technology Business Incubator in the country from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, on 11th May 2017 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
AmritaCREATE, one of the research initiatives of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, conducted a one-day workshop on Online Labs at Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, on April 20, 2017. Twenty-two science teachers from five nearby schools participated in the workshop.
Amrita RITE organised a Amrita Bala Kendra summer camp for the village children at the Mothakkara ashram in Wayanad on 29th April, 2017. Around 70 tribal students from Class 1 to 10, from 7 tribal colonies attended the camp.
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