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.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, organized the Amritotsavam 2016 Cultural Fest which concluded on April 1, 2016.
An expert in the field of fermentation technology and a Professor Emeritus from the M.S. University of Baroda, Dr. Avinash Shah, has spent the week of March 16, 2016, at Amrita School of Biotechnology (ASBT), teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
“Interfacing PV Modules and Staircase Modulation Technique with Implementation of LC Filters”, a seminar by Mr. Roland Henron Patrao, Associate Software Engineer, Embedded Division, BOSCH & alumnus of Amrita school of Engineering (ASE), Bengaluru, was organized by IEEE PES & IAS student branch joint chapter of Amrita school of Engineering (ASE), Bengaluru, on April 1, 2016.
In connection with World Kidney Day 2016, the Department of Nephrology at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, organized various public awareness programs in Kochi, especially in schools aimed at educating teachers and parents about how to recognize symptoms of kidney disease in children at the earliest.
The IEEE Power Electronics Society Student Branch Chapter at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru campus, organized a seminar on “Power Electronics Applications in Power Systems” by Mr. V. Suresh Babu, Asst. Director, NPTI (PSTI), Ministry of Power, Govt. of India. The seminar was held on March 2nd, 2016, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru Campus.
Dr. Oleg Sorokin, MD, PhD, Specialist in Human Physiology; Director, Biokvant Limited, Russia and Managing Director, National Ayurvedic Medical Association, Russia, addressed students and faculty of Amrita School of Ayurveda and gave an extensive talk on Ayurvedic Pulse Diagnsosis Based on Heart Rate Variability Analysis.
An awareness class on Cyber Crime was organized at Amrita School of Ayurveda on February 26, 2016. The program was organised in order to educate the students to make use of the facilities for the right purpose and to protect values to built a stable nation.
To drive home the importance of antimicrobial stewardship in the face of rising drug resistance, a Continuing Medical Education (CME) on Good Antibiotic Prescription Practices was held on February 21, 2016 at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.
On the occasion of World Cancer Day 2016, the Department of Oncology at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, along with Canserve Society, organized a cancer awareness program on February 4, 2016.