A 15-member team of officials from the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to India, New Delhi, and constituent nations of EU, visited Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Kochi from November 23-24, 2017.
The researchers at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi has found a way to burn liver cancer. They have turned a substance commonly found in bones into apotent weapon that can seek and kill tumour cells.
Prof. K. R. Sundaram, Professor and Head of Biostatistics at Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, received the Smt. Ramrati Lalima Sahai Award for the year 2016 at its Thirty-fifth Annual National Conference, held on November 2-4, 2017.
The final year students of BSc Allied Health Sciences, Amrita Center for Allied Health Sciences, Amrita Health Sciences campus, Kochi, along with faculty members visited the Valaramkunnu village of Wayanad, Kerala, which is one of the 101+ villages adopted by Mata Amritanandamayi Math.
In the month of October “Dhwani” (Pharma Arts Fest) was officially inaugurated. The unimaginable grace from Lord Almighty as well as Amma and the magnificent support from the Principal of Amrita School of Pharmacy, Dr. Sabitha M., paved way for Dhwani 2017 to become a great success.
Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), the global leader in trusted insights and analytics for research and innovation, announced the 6th edition of the India Research Excellence-Citation Awards-2017, recognizing and honouring research excellence in the country on different fields and Dr. R. Jayakumar, Professor at the Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, has received this award under the “Medical & Health Sciences” discipline. The awards were held at Sheraton, New Delhi, on November 3, 2017.
Dr. Vijay Harish Somasundaram, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, presented a part of his doctoral work at the 15th annual ANMPI (Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India) conference held in association with the ICC (Indian Cancer Congress) 2017 conference at Bangalore, from November 8th to 12th, 2017.
Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi announces the result of Final BDS Degree Part – II Examination September/ October 2017.
A two-day Nature camp was arranged at Parambikkulam for B. Sc. Visual Media third Semester students of School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, from November 12 – 13, 2017.
Amrita faculty member, Dr. Rakesh S., Vice Principal, Amrita School of Dentistry, and Head of Department, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, attended and made a scientific presentation at the 3rd Annual World Pathology Conference at Rome, Italy, held July 8-9, 2017.