Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham at Kochi, developed the first fully scalable process for making nano cloth and nano threads at rates up to several meters per minute.
In the State level competition held at Kochi on December 12th, 2016, to select the “Most Promising UG & PG Students” from among dental students across Kerala, students of Amrita School of Dentistry emerged toppers.
The International Gita Chanting Event, initiated by Kurukshetra Development Board, on behalf of Haryana Govt., was conducted in a befitting manner at the Central Atrium of Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences on December 10th, 2016. The idea was to chant Gita across the globe at one moment in time for strength and peace. The selected 18 slokas were chanted exactly at IST 6.00 p.m., one sloka from each of the eighteen chapters of Gita.
Amrita Center for Allied Health Sciences, Kochi, won awards in the scientific competitions of the 4th National Conference and 17th Annual conference (SILEX’16) held at Thrissur, Kerala, during December 2-3, 2016.
Prof. Raj Vedam, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, gave a talk on the topic “The Erased History of Ancient India” on December 6, 2016 at the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus.
In a major relief to patients of lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) across the country, India’s most comprehensive lymphoedema treatment clinic has been established at the 1,300-bed Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi.
Amrita Values Programme which aims at inculcating life values in students, is now part of the university curriculum.
An invited talk on Gender Sensitivity was organized by the Student Nurses Association of Amrita College of Nursing on November 24, 2016.
Amrita College of Nursing, Kochi, conducted an awareness session for students by Bodhini on November 1, 2016. Bodhini is an awareness programme on violence against women and on child abuse.
Dr. Sanjeev K. Singh, Medical Superintendent, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, has received the prestigious British Medical Journal Award – 2016 (South Asia) in the category ‘Infectious Disease Initiative of the Year’.
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