An eight-day workshop of “Capacity Building and Training Programme on Strengthening the Skill of Childline Functionaries in Kerala” was conducted by the Department of Social Work, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amritapuri, from June 16-24, 2017. The programme was in association with The Childline Foundation and UNICEF, Chennai.
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (Amrita WNA) was provided with an opportunity to present a poster on Urban Flood Monitoring using Crowd Sourcing and Computer Vision at MobiSys 2017, the 15th ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, held at Niagara Falls, NY, USA, on June 20, 2017.
Dr. Rakesh P. S., Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi, has been invited by Harvard University as a visiting scientist in the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston, USA, effective July 1st, 2017.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, Kollam, received the State Pollution Control Award 2017, instituted by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), on 7th June, 2017, as a part of the World Environment Day celebrations. The award was presented by the Minister for Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs, Shri. A.C. Moideen at IMG Hall, Trivandrum.
As a part of the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (SPIC MACAY), Dr. Kalamandalam Rachita Ravi performed at the Amrita School of Ayurveda, Amritapuri, on 15th June 2017, from 6 pm to 8 pm.SPIC MACAY, a nationwide voluntary movement, organises programmes of classical music and dance, folk arts, crafts, yoga, classic cinema screenings, heritage walks, etc., at schools and colleges, throughout the world, so as to make the students aware about Indian and World Heritage.
The research article titled, “A Comparative Study on Decomposition of Test Signals Using Variational Mode Decomposition and Wavelets” has been selected as Editor’s Choice of the year 2016 under the category of Information Technology by the International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham released the list of candidates selected for the PG programs Interview Slot Allotment – Amrita School of Arts and Sciences on June 23, 2017.
The International Day of Yoga was celebrated at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham on June 21, 2017. In honor of the 3rd International Yoga Day, and the 30th anniversary of Amrita Yoga, students of the Gitamritam practiced Yoga at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Coimbatore.
Under the guidance of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor, Sri. Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amrita Yoga Amritapuri and Amrita School of Biotechnology’s Computational Neuroscience Laboratory are working on brain activities before and after yoga practice, using EEG and functional modeling on short and long term practitioners.
The provisional results of II, IV and VI Semester B.Tech, II Semester M.Tech, Int. M.Sc., BA, MA, PGDJ, MSW, M.Sc- May 2017 Examinations conducted in May 2017 are announced by the Controller of Examinations of Coimbatore Campus.
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