The Amrita Centre for Nano Sciences (ACNS) continues to make headlines. Its research efforts were recently applauded during the International Bangalore Nano Conference organized in December.
Futsal 2012, the official football tournament of the Amritapuri campus, was inaugurated on October 16 with a friendly match between two faculty teams led by Dr. Sankaran, Principal, Amrita School of Engineering and Dr. Bipin Nair, Dean, Amrita School of Biotechnology.
A two-day National Conference on Universalization of Secondary Education was organized by the Amrita School of Education in Mysore during December 11-12, 2012.
For the eighth year in a row, Amrita University hosted the Asia Regional Finals of the prestigious ACM-ICPC (Inter Collegiate Programming Contest). This Olympics of programming contests attracts worldwide participation every year from undergraduate students of computer science and engineering.
Ms. Margaret Minsky, Former member of the Media Lab at MIT, conducted a seminar at 10:30 AM on the 18th of December, 2012 in the WNA Conference Room. It was a 40 minute seminar, pertaining to haptics videos, a prelude to her father, the eminent cognitive scientist, Marvin Minsky's book. Ms.
“Imagine a town that has just been hit by a disaster. There are no lights, no sounds, no movement. A rescue worker is flying overhead in a helicopter, trying to find a way to help the victims. What would the worker do?”
Dr. N. N. Prem, Assistant Professor at the Department of Geriatrics was awarded gold medal at the 11th Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Geriatrics, GERICON 2013.
Over 100 women from several districts in Kerala joined together on Saturday to hold the first ever Women Empowerment Project Expo for Hand Painted Crafts.
“Whenever I have some free time, after finishing my household work, I dedicate it now to fabric painting. Sometimes, when I finish with a batik piece, I notice with surprise that it is already past midnight,” shared Mrs.
Vazachal is a small rainforest in Kerala near the Anamalai hills. Home to the tribal population of Kadars, it provides forest produce to this primitive tribe.
Social enterprises operate as independent businesses with the goal of generating profits. However, these enterprises have a clear and explicit mission to create a positive societal impact.
“1.2 billion people worldwide live in areas that face water scarcity. 1.4 billion people have no access to electricity. Where on the one hand, food is wasted daily, 925 million people globally are also affected by hunger,” stated Dr. Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water.