Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, delivered two invited talks during the First Latin American Conference on Ayurveda held at Rosario, Argentina on 5th and 6th of November, 2016 (1 er. Encuentro LatinoAmericano de Ayurveda).
Prashant R. Nair, Vice-Chairman, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, was selected for the international and national boards and conference committees in 2016.
During November 12th and 13th, 2016, over 2000 volunteers participated in a massive clean-up drive at Sabarimala in Kerala. Amrita volunteers have been part of the cleanup drive for seven consecutive years.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, conducted a pre-conference workshop at Ayurvedic Point, Milan, Italy, on 17th September, 2016. The workshop, held on the eve of the Third International Congress on Ayurveda, focused on: the future in tradition, the use of Sanskrit in the classic texts, and study and comments on the sutras.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, participated in three sessions on the final day of the 18th International Ayurveda Symposium, at European Akademie for Ayurveda, Birstein, Germany.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham participated in the 12th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2016, a global conference and exhibition, held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, from 10th to 12th November, 2016. The summit was inaugurated by Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on November 10th.
ACM Student Chapter, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus and Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal, organized a one day workshop on Competitive Programming and Problem Solving for high school computer science teachers, on 12th November, 2016, at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ACARA), Amrita School of Ayurveda, participated in the International Conference on Radiation Biology held at SRM University, Chennai on 10th November, 2016.
Mr. Arun C. of MBA-MS 2015-17 Batch at Amrita School of Business, Bengaluru, qualified for the finals of Capsim Challenge. The Capsim Challenge pits Capstone, Foundation and Global DNA alumni against each other in a biannual competition to crown the world’s best at running a multi-million dollar simulated company.
Dr. Gopikrishnan Anjaneyan of Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, conducted a live Tele Dermatology Consultation to ISRO Hospital (SHAR- Hospital, Sriharikota).
Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru organized a technical event, Techwiz, for school students, as a part of Aarohan. Aarohan is exclusively conducted for school students to exhibit and enhance their talents in science and technology every year by the Amrita School of Engineering on the 10th and 11th of November, 2016. The level of participation was astounding, more than 1500 students from 46 renowned schools of Bangalore attended.
In a colloquium held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Bengaluru campus, on 5th November 2016, Mr. Vinod, Co-Founder of MyOffice Cabs, interacted with 1st year students of Amrita School of Business, Bengaluru.
