Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham recently received the ‘Premier Partner’ award from Cisco Systems for promoting, supporting and growing the Networking Academy program in the region.
As part of the B. Tech. elective course, coded HUM 259, Understanding Science of Food and Nutrition, a workshop on Food Service Management and Dietetics was organized by the department of Humanities under the guidance of Dr. Janci Rani P. R. and Dr. Tharanidevi N. on 31st March and 1st April 2016.
Efficient and eloquent public speaking is a major asset in the skillset of any dynamic leader in the management domain. Understanding its significance, Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore organized a two-day workshop on public speaking at the campus for its MBA students.
The MBA students from Class of 2016 of Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore presented their Business Research Projects (BRP) at the campus during the Research Day on 31 March 2016.
Dr. Sivasena Reddy, Assistant Professor (S.Gr.), Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, was invited by National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj (NIRD &PR), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, to present a research paper on “Regionalization of Watersheds for Prediction of Runoff in Unguaged Basins Using Clustering Analysis, Geospatial Techniques and SWAT Model” at the National Seminar on Geoinformatics Application in Natural Resource Management (NSGANM-2016).
Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar, Assistant Professor (SG), Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, was invited by the President, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), IIT Roorkee, to be a special invitee to the 184th Executive Committee Meeting of the ISET held on 2ndMarch 2016, at IIT Roorkee.
The Computer Society of India (CSI) Student Branch of Amrita School of Engineering (ASE), Coimbatore, has been adjudged as best CSI Student Branch in India for the fifth consecutive year.
Dr. Nitin Vaidya, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA, visited the Coimbatore and Amritapuri campuses between January 11th–13th, 2016. During his visit to Amrita, Dr. Vaidya gave two talks, held interactive sessions with faculty members and students, discussed potential areas of collaborations, and visited several research labs.
Drinks and Drugs (D&D) Awareness Program is a series of programs initiated on the Coimbatore campus to create awareness among the students about health compromising behaviors. The program was organized by Dr. C. S. Sowndaram, Professional Counsellor, and Mrs. Rajalakshmi S. A., Department of Students Welfare, on March 3, 2016.
Amrita Ph.D. Scholar, Mr. Kuruvachan K. George, has achieved global recognition in the recently held ‘Speakers in the Wild’ (SITW) Speaker Recognition Challenge organized by SRI International, Silicon Valley, United States. The speaker recognition technology developed at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham as part of his Ph.D. work secured 6th rank in the challenge.
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