Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The British Geological Survey (BGS) of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation.
A three-day workshop on research was held for the post-graduate students, Ph. D. scholars and faculty members of the Department of Communication, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, from April 25-27, 2019.
Dr. P. R. Janci Rani, Assistant Professor, Food Nutrition and Health Education Center, Coimbatore campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, has been appointed as a ‘Roster Nutrition Consultant’ for four consecutive years (2018-2022) by UNICEF-India. She will join hands in meeting the prime objectives of the National Nutrition Mission.
Dr. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Center for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ACARA), School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, gave a plenary lecture at the “SAFIC National Seminar on Prenatal Education: Ancient Indian Perspective”, held at Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Vishwa Mahavidyalaya, Kancheepuram, India from April 11-12, 2019.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was awarded the eight rank with 59.22 scores in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2019 for best universities in India on April 8, 2019.
Dr. Ravi Varma, Professor Emeritus, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, and Dr. Beena Varma, Professor and HOD, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, School of Dentistry, Amrita Health Sciences, Kochi, received the Indian Dental Association (IDA) Excellence Award 2019 for their contribution to the field of Dentistry.
On February 28, 2019, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was invited to participate in a Cross Cultural Educational Symposium with Colorado State University at Taj Gateway Hotel in Kochi.
Dr. Saraswathy L., Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in Health and Medical Sciences for her contribution and achievement in the field of Physiology.
Dr. Damordaran. M. Vasudevan, Emeritus Professor and Head of PG Programs & Research at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, was honoured recently with the launch of a postage stamp by India Post on March 2, 2019, commemorating 50 years of his dedicated service to the cause of medical education and research.
Dr. Prema Nedungadi, Director, AmritaCREATE (Amrita Center for Research in Analytics & Technologies for Education) presented Amrita Learning, India’s first Intelligent Tutoring System, at Mobile Learning Week, MLW 2019, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from March 4-8, 2019.