On November 11, 2019, the Kerala State Renewable Energy Award in the category of Research and Innovation was presented to the Kochi campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, by Kerala Chief Minister Mr. Pinnarayi Vijayan on behalf of ANERT, the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technologies, at a function held in Trivandrum.
Team bi0s, the academic ethical hacking team, from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, participated in the 15th edition of Hacklu four day conference on October 22nd, at Hacklu19, Luxembourg.
To raise awareness towards preserving the balance of nature, Amrita School of Pharmacy observed 'World Nature Day' on October 3, 2019.
The United Nations has observed 15th October as World Students' Day every year from 2010 on the birthday of the Missile Man of India – Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has observed September 25 as World Pharmacist Day every year since 2009. The theme for this year’s World Pharmacist Day was, “Safe and Effective Medicines for All”.
The 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was observed in October 2019 at Amrita School of Pharmacy.
The School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, organized the second edition of the science exhibition titled "Amrita National Science Olympiad" from October 30-31, 2019, on the campus. The theme for this year was "Sustainable Development for a Self - Sustaining Future".
Ayurveda Day was celebrated around the world on October 25, 2019, as a global initiative to promote and preserve Ayurveda. Ayurveda Day aimed to promote UN-WHO Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.) by raising awareness about the strong role that Ayurveda can play in the realization of SDG 3. Ayurveda Day also coincided with the Dhanwantari Day.
The Department of Samhita & Basic Principles of Ayurveda, School of Ayurveda, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, conducted a two-day seminar “Charakatatvamritam 2019”- Parayana and Sambhasha on Charaka Samhita Chikitsa Sthana, from October 28-29, 2019.
It is the vision of the Government of India’s Department of Science & Technology to have one centre per state to serve as an Ecosystem for Technology Development. These “Technology Enabling Centres” will network researchers, institutes, national laboratories and industrialists to help researchers with market studies, characterizing, productizing, and scaling of innovations to fit the needs of the Government, MSMEs, NGOs and Corporates.
Dr. Sony Vijayan, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce and Management, of Amrita School of Arts and Sciences was invited as Speaker at World Maritime Conference 2019. The conference was hosted by China Institute of Navigation and Shanghai Maritime University in Shanghai.
Navarathri is an important festival celebrated to worship nine forms of the Goddess.
