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Amrita Nano Centre Faculty Selected for Material Research Society of India’s Medal 2017

Amrita Nano Centre Faculty Selected for Material Research Society of India’s Medal 2017

October 6, 2016

Dr. R Jayakumar, Professor at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, was selected for the MRSI Medal from Material Research Society of India for the year 2017, for his outstanding contribution to the field of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Amrita Ayurveda Research Director Speaks at Niramaya 2016, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Amrita Ayurveda Research Director Speaks at Niramaya 2016, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

October 4, 2016

Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda at the Amrita School of Ayurveda, delivered a keynote address on the topic “Research Trends in Ayurveda: Scope and Challenges” on 29 July, 2016, at Rani Dullaiya Smriti Ayurvedic PG Chikitsalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh during the National Seminar on “New Research Prospects in the Globalisation of Ayurveda”.

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Amrita Dean of Research Felicitated for Contribution to Technology Vision 2035 for Medical Sciences & Healthcare Committee

Amrita Dean of Research Felicitated for Contribution to Technology Vision 2035 for Medical Sciences & Healthcare Committee

October 3, 2016

Dr. Shantikumar V. Nair, Dean of Research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Director,Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, was felicitated by Shri Y. S. Chowdary, the Honourable Minister of State, Ministry of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, for being a contributing member of Advisory Committee on Technology Vision 2035 for Medical Sciences & Healthcare, spearheaded by TIFAC (Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council), Govt. of India.

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Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar Launched Amrita OceanNet

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar Launched Amrita OceanNet

September 26, 2016

Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of HRD, inaugurated Amrita OceanNet, in the presence of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amma, on September 26, 2016.

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Amrita Computational Neuroscience Invited Talk at Italy’s INdAM Meeting

Amrita Computational Neuroscience Invited Talk at Italy’s INdAM Meeting

September 17, 2016

Amrita School of Biotechnology Associate Professor Dr. Shyam Diwakar presented an invited talk on modelling the computations of cerebellum circuits and how robotic arms can employ such reconstructions for movement control at the NeuroMath Meeting.

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Amrita Signs MoU with Genpact to Build Analytics and Research Talent Pool

Amrita Signs MoU with Genpact to Build Analytics and Research Talent Pool

September 3, 2016

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Genpact, a global leader in digitally-powered business process management and services, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for an academia-industry collaboration to meet the ever-increasing demand for data scientists, at the institution’s Bengaluru campus. This unique academia-industry collaboration is a strategic initiative aimed at meeting talent requirements for industry-ready data scientists.

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INDO-US Workshop on Sensors and Small Satellite Technology for Disaster Management (SSTDM 2016)

INDO-US Workshop on Sensors and Small Satellite Technology for Disaster Management (SSTDM 2016)

August 30, 2016

The Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications(Amrita WNA) co-hosted an Indo-US workshop with Lockheed Martin Space Systems and CANEUS International on Sensors and Small Satellite Technology for Disaster Management (SSTDM 2016) from August 17th-19th, 2016. 

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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham & Jawaharlal Nehru University Collaborate on Drug Repurposing Workbench Project

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham & Jawaharlal Nehru University Collaborate on Drug Repurposing Workbench Project

August 29, 2016

Drug repurposing refers to finding alternate indications to approved drugs, leads in regular development cycles, or even compounds previously discontinued from development. This collaborative project between Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeethyam (Bengaluru Campus) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) aims to develop web-based UI landscapes to provide a data-centric deep mining technique that lets researchers formulate sophisticated drug repositioning hypotheses.

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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapetham, SAARC Members, CIRDAP Joined for Expert Consultation Meeting at Coimbatore Campus

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapetham, SAARC Members, CIRDAP Joined for Expert Consultation Meeting at Coimbatore Campus

August 20, 2016

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapetham, in collaboration with SAARC Countries and Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), conducted an expert consultation meeting on “Assessment of the Role of Agro-processing as a Key Component of Rural Mass Employment and Rural Development Models” at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapetham, Coimbatore on 18th-19th August, 2016. 

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Amrita Nano Centre Scientists Win International Patents for Novel Invention on Cancer-Nanomedicine

Amrita Nano Centre Scientists Win International Patents for Novel Invention on Cancer-Nanomedicine

August 16, 2016

Amrita Centre for Nanoscience and Molecular Medicine, Kochi scientists lead by Prof. Manzoor Koyakutty and Prof. Shantikumar Nair (Centre Director) received two international patents from USA, Europe, Japan and China for a path-breaking invention in cancer-nanomedicine for treating drug-resistant cancers.

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