In partnership with the United Nations Democracy Fund, Amrita researchers, the Women Empowerment (WE) Project offered computerised- Vocational Education Training (cVET) and Life Enrichment Education (LEE) to 4000 women with low levels of literacy living in remote, impoverished communities over a period of 18 months The LEE curriculum includes courses on gender equality, community participation, health and family entrepreneurship, communication skills, critical thinking, and decision-making through state-of- the-art haptics technology for advanced vocational education and training.

Encouraged by the Chancellor, the team at Amrita used haptic technology to address the need for effective and affordable training in hands-on vocational skills for men and women in developing communities.Pioneering contributions in the area of haptic systems for skill assessment and guidance for applications such as vocational education and training, physical rehabilitation, and medical simulation. Specific research areas include haptic rendering, haptic devices, haptic guidance, and shared control schemes for haptic simulation. More than 3000 women have been trained using haptic devices in vocational education.