On June 7, 2019, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham joined European Union (EU) missions to India and more than 14 others and signed the “Green Pledge”, extending the commitment to a number of sustainable measures including reducing plastic use, managing waste responsibly and reducing water and electricity consumption.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD-PR) have signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) on May 15, 2019 at the Amritapuri campus.
Dr. Rajeshwari P. N., Associate Professor, Department of Shalya Tantra, School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, presented a scientific paper at the 5th World Congress on Traditional and Complimentary Medicine (TraditionalMed 2019), held at Osaka, Japan, from May 20-21, 2019.
The national Virtual Laboratories project of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, along with IIT Delhi; IIT Bombay; IIT Kanpur; IIT Kharagpur and others, has been enhancing the laboratory education of students online for more than a decade.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with King’s College London (KCL) for potential multidisciplinary collaborative opportunities in academics and research.
Dr. Ganesh Neelakanta Iyer, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, delivered a tutorial on “Game Theory and its Applications in Networks and Distributed Systems” as part of the 26th IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 2019) held at Hanoi, Vietnam, from April 8-10, 2019.
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.
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.
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