Recent News and Events
January 11, 2012
Amrita Center for Nanosciences participates in Bangalore Nano; Dr. Shanti Nair delivers invited talk on Nanomedicine and Tissue Nano-Engineering
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November 15, 2011
Dr. Shanti Nair travels to Donghua University to participate in Trilateral Conference of Materials Research Societies of India, Singapore and China
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October 30, 2011
Journal of Materials Science recognizes Amrita paper on chitin/nanosilver composite scaffolds for wound dressing as best paper published in 2010
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October 20, 2011
In a historical first, Center for Nanosciences licenses its new nano-photo-medicine to the European pharma industry for clinical trials and production
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October 16, 2011
Australia-India Joint Symposium on Smart Nano Materials in Victoria invites Amrita participation; Dr. Shanti Nair to deliver key note address
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September 24, 2011
Doctoral student Ranjusha R. from Nanosolar division of Amrita Center for Nanosciences completes research projects in University of South Korea
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September 19, 2011
New Indo-Portugal research project at ACNS aims to develop therapeutic nanodrugs to help fight lung cancer
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September 12, 2011
Amrita doctoral student wins award for poster presentation on nanohybrids for MRI and CT Imaging at nanosciences conference
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September 5, 2011
Amrita team combines novel nanotechnology techniques with traditional cancer research to create new, highly effective cancer treatment method
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July 21, 2011
Amrita presents its research work at symposium on Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials in Singapore
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June 3-5, 2011
Dr. Shanti Nair's keynote address at ICSTSD '11 focuses on use of nano technology in the service of society and as a driver for sustainable development
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May 9, 2011
International initiatives at ACNS see Dr. Shanti accompanying Indian S&T delegation to Seoul and a new Indo Portugal research project beginning
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April 18, 2011
Exchange Program at ACNS sees Amrita students at US universities, even as students and faculty from the US visit Amrita
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February 28 - March 1, 2011
Dr. M. K. Bhan, DBT Secretary, highlights the relevance of research in a medical setting at Amrita's Health Sciences campus
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February 28, 2011
Amrita's Dean of Research, Dr. Shantikumar Nair receives prestigious National Research Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology
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February 21, 2011
Amrita's nano research program in solar energy generation and storage impresses Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy
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January 18-19, 2011
Dr. Shiladitya Sengupta, PI at Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School tours Amritapuri and Kochi campuses
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January 13, 2011
Dr. Martin Chalfie, the 2008 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry addresses students, staff and faculty at Amrita’s Health Sciences campus
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January 10-14, 2011
Amrita Center hosts Dr. Sarah Heilshorn of Stanford University for initiating joint research programs in nanosciences
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January 6, 2011
Dr. Shanti Nair joins Mr. Narayana Murthy (Infosys) and Mr. Kasturi Rangan (ex-ISRO) for a discussion on CNN-IBN program
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January 5, 2011
ACNS Director and faculty address delegates at the Bangalore Nano; ACNS PhD student wins best paper award
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October 20, 2010
Binulal Nelson Sathy, Ph.D. scholar at ACNSMM, attends third annual Asia Nanotech Camp conducted in Singapore and Malaysia
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October 20, 2010
Dr. Shanti Nair visits US universities to initiate collaborative efforts in Cell-Targeted Diagnostics and Therapy using Nanomaterials
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July 28, 2010
IUSSTF funds joint center proposal of ACNS for Cell-Targeted Diagnostics and Therapy using Nanomaterials
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July 8-9, 2010
700 participants including faculty, students and government employed doctors attend Samayoga 2010 at School of Ayurveda
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June 22, 2010
Dr. R. Jayakumar receives Indo-Swiss Fellowship for research on advanced characterization of polymeric nanomaterials
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March 30 - April 3, 2010
Dr. Shantikumar Nair, Director of ACNS, visits Russia as part of a high-level Indian delegation on nanotechnology
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March 27, 2010
Dr. Deepthy Menon awarded DST's BOYSCAST fellowship for 3-month training at NCL (Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory) in the US
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February 26, 2010
Nearly 100 delegates attend workshop on Proposals, Research Methodologies and Publishing Papers at Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Mysore
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January 6, 2010
Invited Talk on Nanohealth: Progress and Prospects in India by Dr. Shanti Nair at Indian Science Congress
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December 31, 2009
Dr. R. Jayakumar visits Malaysia for invited talk at the International Conference on Nanotechnology -- Research and Commercialization
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November 24, 2009
Senior administrators from Amrita's Health Sciences campus in Kochi visit the University of Michigan Medical School
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September 13, 2009
Amrita's Cancer Institute, a School of Medicine department, joins nine-member INDOX Consortium for oncology-related research
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September 1, 2009
Dr. Jayakumar of ACNS, co-edits Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 of new book -- Chitin and Chitosan in Biomaterials Science: Current Research and Developments
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August 14, 2009
MoU signed with Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for collaborative research in nanosciences and solar cells
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June 30, 2009
Amrita's nanosciences research paper published by IOP's Nanotechnology journal downloaded by hundreds
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June 27, 2009
Amrita-Pfizer Preferred Clinical Research Centre Secretariat inaugurated at healthcare campus in Kochi
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June 11, 2009
Dr. Manzoor K., Professor of Nanosciences on prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship in Europe
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June 6, 2009
Innovation Center of Tata Chemicals Ltd. to fund fellowships for Amrita MTech (Nanosciences) students
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April 1, 2009
Amrita's nanotech research on targeted cancer imaging evokes wide interest
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Feb 17-19, 2009
NanoBio 2009 -- International Conference in Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Research using Nanomaterials
Organized by Amrita Center for Nanosciences
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Feb 9-16, 2009
Dr. Ponisseril Somasundaran, Columbia University teaches a one-week course for students of Chemical Engg & Material Sciences, ASE Coimbatore
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