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Amma honoured with World Leader
for Peace and Security Award

"We are profoundly honoured to recognize Amma as a leader for world peace and security. Her tireless efforts to promote love, compassion and global unity are truly exemplary. Amma’s legacy will continue to inspire our collective journey towards a more harmonious world."

-Michael Dukakis
The former Governor of Massachusetts

Amma

Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known as Amma, has dedicated her life to spreading a message of peace, tolerance, and compassion. Accessible to one and all, she has embraced more than 40 million people worldwide, and inspired a global volunteer-based humanitarian movement to help alleviate the burden of the poor and suffering. In her role as the Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amma has adopted a unique blend of multidisciplinary and compassion driven pathways that focus on research to find solutions for the world’s most pressing issues.

Compassion in Action

Everyone in the world should be able to sleep without fear, at least for one night. Everyone should be able to eat to his fill, at least for one day. There should be at least one day when hospitals see no one admitted due to violence. By doing selfless service for at least one day, everyone should help the poor and needy. It is Amma's prayer that at least this small dream be realized.

Education

Lighting up lives through schools, higher education, special needs institutions, scholarships, and rural education
Healthcare

Extending a hand that truly helps by making healthcare accessible and affordable to all through hospitals, rural health workers, and telemedicine
Women's Empowerment

Helping women earn a better living and gain self-confidence is one of the most effective means to reduce poverty throughout entire communities
Environment

Nurturing and reviving nature through simple, practical, and holistic community-based initiatives
Disaster Relief

Lending a helping hand to the affected by provisions for immediate and long-term support for disaster survivors
Food, Water & Shelter

Providing basic needs through free meals, clean drinking water initiatives and homes for the homeless

$1.68B

Contributed since 1981 in
worldwide charitable
activities

162

Projects in
48 countries

17,000

Worldwide volunteers
from all ages and
backgrounds

30M

Worldwide
Beneficiaries

Civil 20

This year under India’s G20 Presidency, Amma is Chair of the
Civil Society Engagement Group (C20). The purpose is to bring the concerns of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to the Heads of State of the world’s leading economies at the G20 Summit in New Delhi September 9th-10th. Faculty and students with Amrita are collaborating with hundreds of CSOs from around the world to represent the concerns of the common people.

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Solutions for
a Better World

Action-oriented research with global impact is the founding principle of the plethora of initiatives laid out by our Chancellor. Amma has fostered an ecosystem which interlinks world class scientists, researchers, and cutting-edge technology. Based on the foundation of a multi-disciplinary approach, this translates to direct societal benefit.

Landslide Early Warning System

Amrita RITE - Tablet Education for Rural India

Women Empowerment through Vocational Education

Lighting up Rural India

Upper Arm Double Hand Transplant

Wearable Medical Device

Lighting up Lives
through Holistic Initiatives

With a unique blend of multidisciplinary solutions based upon active community participation, Amma is paving the way towards making sustainability a reality for all. Amrita SREE (Self-Reliance, Employment & Empowerment) Self-Help Groups is a concrete example that has reached 2 lakh women across India. With more than 13,000 SHGs, the members are imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit that has lifted them out of impoverished, vulnerable lives.

Awards &
Recognitions

2021

  • Honorary Doctor of Literature, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar

2019

  • Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, University of Mysore

2018

  • Swachh Bharat Award, Govt of India for the largest contribution to Clean India Campaign

2017

  • Soldiers of Peace International Association's Commemorative Gold Medal, Toulon

2010

  • Doctorate of Humane Letters, State University of New York, Buffalo

2007

  • Prix Cinéma Vérité, Paris

2006

  • James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, New York

2002

  • Gandhi-King Award for Non-Violence, Geneva
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International
Addresses

Amma has been invited to speak at many historical and landmark events over the years, including gatherings of the United Nations, the Vatican’s Declaration against Modern Slavery, and the Global Peace Initiative.

News

03 Oct 2023
Amma Honoured with World Leader for Peace and Security Award
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20 Oct 2023
ISRO Chairman Dr. S. Somanath’s Visit to Amritapuri: Enlightened by Conversation with Amma
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12 Dec 2019
Amrita and University of Arizona Join Hands in Providing Impetus…
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Amma is the embodiment of India’s grand mission. Amma is the embodiment of the fulfillment of the hopes and aspirations of tens of millions of poor people.

— Narendra Modi

I want to share with you what I have learned from Amritapuri Amma’s ashram Giving. That is the message I get from Amritapuri. Go on giving. You can give. It’s not only money. You can share knowledge. You can remove the pain. And you can even go to the person who is suffering. Every one of us—the rich and poor—can give. There is no greater message than Amma’s giving to all the people of this region, and Kerala, and India, and to the world.

— Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Amma has done more work than many governments have ever done for their people... her contribution is enormous.

— Prof. Muhammad Yunus
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