The 1,300-bed Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, based in Kerala, India, and Nepal’s Association of Non-Government Hospitals (ANGHOS), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for improving patient care and healthcare delivery systems at ANGHOS member institutes.
Cosmetically appealing heart surgery in children is increasingly becoming popular. It is now very possible for children with low-risk cardiac diseases to opt for cosmetic cardiac surgery and live the rest of their lives with a scar-free body, explained doctors attending a seminar on pediatric cardiology at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences.
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) have always been a source of concern in Kerala. Dr. K. N. Panicker, Professor Emeritus, Department of Community Medicine, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi and Chairman of Indian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases- An Amrita Initiative, represented the Asian continent at an international gathering, “Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases”, in London, recently.
The National Pharmacy Week celebrations 2016 by Amrita School of Pharmacy commenced from 21st November, 2016. The theme of this year’s pharmacy week as per Indian Pharmacy Association was “Pharmacists for a Healthy India; Role in Prevention and Management of Diabetes.”
Twenty-two Pharm. D. students from Amrita School of Pharmacy attended and presented posters at the recently held 68th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), at Visakhapatnam, during December 16 – 18, 2016.
Annapurani R., Intern, represented Amrita School of Dentistry at the first National Dental Students’ Workshop organized in collaboration with the Dental Council of India at Ahmedabad, on January 7-8, 2017.
Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, announces the results of the BDS Degree Examination (Supplementary) – December 2016.
Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), under Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham had been fortunate in its ability to successfully graduate 31 PhD graduates in the 10 years since its establishment. Most of them are currently doing post doctoral research or employed in research positions all over the world.
Mr. John Joseph, Ph. D. scholar at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, has been selected for the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship by the UK Department of International Development (DFID) to pursue research on biodegradable vascular grafts at Bristol Heart Institute, United Kingdom (UK).
Students at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Centre for Storage Integrated Solar Panels, at Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala, have successfully made upto 250 watt Si solar panels in the lab which they then have deployed themselves in Indian villages that have no grid power.
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