The School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, organized ‘Kayikamritam’, a two day sports event, in the campus from April 21-22, 2016.
Forest and Wildlife Department along with the student and staff volunteers Mathrubhumi SEED club of the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus organized a Nature Camp at Athirapally – Vazhchal on April 18, 2016.
A Nature cum Art Camp was organized by the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, in collaboration with Mathrubhumi SEED, Kochi to Athirapalli and Vazhachal on April 18, 2016.
The Department of Visual Media and Communication, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, organized a three-day Art and Portfolio Extravaganza, Dakshina 2016, in the campus from April 11-13, 2016.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was featured in the International Comparative Research Base (2009-14) – A Bibliometric Analysis.
Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi, has released the tentative examination dates 2016 for B. Pharm., Pharm. D. and M. Pharm. programs.
Prof. Jayakumar R. (Professor) and Dr. Ullas Mony (Assistant Professor) of Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine visited Chang Gung University, Taiwan, as part of an Indo-Taiwan Joint Research Program in Science and Technology Cooperation programme, jointly funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Taiwan, and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA).
A 67-year-old woman, Amaloor Pavam, underwent a rare medical procedure at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) to repair the damaged aortic valve of her heart without opening of the chest. The non-surgical procedure, called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), was performed by a team led by Dr. C. Rajiv, Professor of Cardiology, AIMS, Kochi. The team performed this procedure for the first time in Kerala.
A three-day advertisement-cum-cinematography workshop was organized by the department of Visual Media and Communication, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, from March 26-28, 2016, for the post graduate students.
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.