The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, was in the forefront of the Mission ‘Reconnect’ program, initiated by Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) for the flood-affected people of the Kerala state, as part of restoring electricity to their consumers.
A three-day Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp (EAC) was conducted at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, from September 28-30, 2018. About eighty budding entrepreneurs at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, were delighted to be part of the highly-motivating camp.
The Department of Physical Education, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, organized the Inter Amrita Power Lifting Championship for the year 2018-19 at the campus from October 4-5, 2018.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, has emerged on top of the Swachh Campus Rankings 2018 of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India, for the second successive year.
Mr. Aaryan Oberoi, an undergraduate student (VII Semester) from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru campus, was the only student who has been selected from the state of Karnataka to participate in the Mobile Robotics Skill at India Skills South 2018.
Amrita Centre for Excellence in Computational Engineering & Networking (Amrita CEN), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, organized a placement oriented workshop on September 22, 2018, for B.Tech. / M.Tech. students who are interested in gaining in-depth knowledge in data science, big data analytics, machine learning, etc.
The third-year B.Tech. students of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, were awarded the first runner-up in the ‘Wear Your Smarts’- a national level hackathon organized by Titan Company Limited.
The students of School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, were awarded the second prize in the Python Innovation Day – Intel Python Hack Fury by Intel Software. The event was held at IISER Pune from September 6-7, 2018.
Khooshboo Dani, who completed a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, spent her time as an intern for the Center of Space Nuclear Research (CSNR) at the Idaho National Laboratory, a group which develops advanced nuclear systems for space travel.
Students from the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, participated in the European Mars Rover Challenge (ERC) 2018, one of the biggest international space and robotics events in the world. It took place in Starachowice, Poland from September 14-16, 2018.