On July 26th 2016, the State Higher Education Minister of Uttarakhand, Dr. Indira Hridyesh, launched A-VIEW for all the colleges and state universities. She said, “A-VIEW (Amrita Virtual Interactive E-Learning World) software will be given to all 2300 colleges in Uttarakhand, this A-VIEW technology will help in improving the quality of higher education in the state”.
A workshop on Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC) using natural dyes was conducted at D. B. Pampa College, Parumala on July 22, 2016 by the Amrita Green Energy Lab team as a part of Physics Association inauguration “Oorjam 2016” of their department of Physics.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences conducted a one day symposium on “Evidence Based Medicine” on July 24, 2016. The program was inaugurated by Dr. Srinivas Merugu, Medical Director, United Health Care, Cleveland (USA). Dr. Prem Nair, Medical Director, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Chakravarthy (Chairperson) spoke on the occasion.
AmritaCREATE conducted workshops on Online Labs in Andhra Pradesh on 23rd and 24th of June, 2016. More than hundred teachers from rural schools were trained during these two days.
As the part of Amrita Online Labs training programme, AmritaCREATE conducted OLabs workshop at different schools in Madhya Pradesh from 16 – 19 June, 2016. More than 280 teachers from 120 schools participated in. . .
Amrita proudly hosted a three day national workshop on “Research Methodology in Fluid Mechanics” from July 14-16, 2016, which was organized jointly by the department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri campus and FMFP- Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Society (FMFP). FMFP is India’s most prestigious fluid mechanics society.
Amrita School of Biotechnology PhD students Arathi Rajendran and Sandeep Bodda participated at the 4th IBRO-APRC Bangalore Cognition Workshop held at Bengaluru, India from June 19-July 2, 2016.
Research Associate Ramesh Guntha of Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications (AmritaWNA) presented papers at the International Conference on Mobile & Wireless Technology (ICMWT 2016) held at Jeju Island, Korea from May 23-26, 2016 and the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment (INTETAIN 2016) held at Utrecht, Netherlands from June 28-30, 2016.
The department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus is organizing FMFP Workshop: Three Day 3rd National Workshop on Research Methodology in Fluid Mechanics from July 14-16, 2016.
Simple techniques like hand hygiene, surgical safety check-lists, and empowering nurses to confidently communicate patient concerns can drastically improve outcomes for infants and children undergoing heart surgery in India, according to world’s top pediatric cardiologists assembled at the Amrita Hospital in Kochi.