Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been ranked among the top 200 universities in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries by a reputed international ranking organization QS (Quacquarelli Symonds). Amrita is ranked ahead of many well known, older universities.
In the recently held 25th Congress of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD) at Glasgow, Scotland from July 1-4, 2015, Dr. Arun Mamachan Xavier, Reader in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Amrita School of Dentistry was shortlisted from a large number of entries in the world to the last 4 finalists to compete for the ‘Bright Smiles Bright Futures Award.'
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi has received the State Pollution Control Award 2015, under the Medical Colleges/Autonomous bodies category, instituted by Kerala State Pollution Control Board, on June 05, the world Environment Day.
Nazneen P. Kotwal, the final year student from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was the winner of the coveted TCS Best Student Award for the year 2015.
Dr. B. Ranganathan, Associate Professor at the department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi was conferred with the APP Young Achiever Award during the Fourth Annual National Convention of the Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) held on January 31, 2015 at Invertis University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
Dr. Manitha Nair (Assistant Professor), Annapoorna Mohandas (PhD Scholar) and Dr. Arun Kumar R (Researcher) of Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Kochi won awards at BiTERM 2015, an Indo–Australian Conference on Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery System & Regenerative Medicine, organized by the Department of Chemistry, Anna University, Chennai.
For the fourth successive year, the Computer Society of India (CSI) student branch of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore has been adjudged as the best student branch in India.
The work entitled “Effect of Cristallinity of Nb2O5 Electron Blocking Layer in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” won the best poster award in the Physical Sciences section, at the 102nd Indian Science Congress (ISC) 2015. The award carries prize money of Rs.5, 000/- besides a Certificate of Merit. The conference was held at the University of Mumbai from January 3-7, 2015.
Prof. Sunil Moothedath, Professor at the Amrita College of Nursing, Kochi won the Dr. MIMS Award 2014 for "Best Health Education Initiative through Media."
India's first and largest professional body for IT professionals, Computer Society of India (CSI), announced that Amrita University’s indigenouslydeveloped e-learning platform, A-VIEW (Amrita Virtual Interactive E-Learning World) has won the Computer Society of India (CSI) Innovation Award 2014 at the 49th annual convention of CSI at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) held recently ( December 12, 2014) in Hyderabad.
Mr. Prashant R.Nair, Vice-Chairman, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore was awarded the Computer Society of India (CSI) Academic Excellence Award 2014 at the 49th annual convention of CSI at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad on 12th December, 2014.
Ms. Smrithi Padmakumar, Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and PhD student at Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNS), won the Best Poster Award in the poster session, Walkway of Discovery,at the 7th Bangalore INDIA NANO 2014.
