Programs
- Computerized Numerical Controls (CNC) - Certificate
- Amrita’s Fetal Cardiology learning ( AFCL) Module – Fetal Heart Hybrid - Fellowship
January 16, 2011 School of Medicine, Kochi Can a compassionate touch enhance the physical and psychological well being of a patient? “Absolutely,” says Shawnee Isaac Smith, founder of the Heart Touch Project, California, USA. “We try to increase the awareness of healthcare providers so that they may connect with the suffering through touch therapy.” “A mere touch may not be a comp
January 23, 2011 Center for Nanosciences, Kochi Since the start of the new year, the Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM) at Kochi has been busy, welcoming eminent scientists and scholars from India and abroad, exposing graduate students to diverse perspectives of the scientific world. Besides hosting Noble Laureate Dr. Martin Chalfie, the Center also recently welcomed Dr. Sarah
February 12, 2011 School of Engineering, Coimbatore As part of the National Service Scheme (NSS), B.Tech. students from the Coimbatore campus participated in a seven-day village outreach program in Chinnampathy, near Walayar in Tamil Nadu. Primarily a tribal area, the village is home to nearly 350 families. Most men work as laborers at the nearby Dalmia Cement Factory and most women take care of their hom
"What an eye opening experience our visit to Amrita has been!” stated Dr. Judson Harward, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who recently spent some time visiting our large campuses at Amritapuri, Coimbatore and Kochi. Dr. Judson was accompanied by his associate Mr. James Hardison, also from MIT. Both men are associated with MIT’s Center for Educational Computing Initiatives, the former serving as its Associate Direc
Imagine that you are an engineering student in India. You go to college at one of the many thousands of engineering colleges in the nation. Your college cannot provide advanced lab facilities. Not to worry. Virtual labs can still help you perform all experiments you need to know and learn. An MHRD funded initiative, virtual labs project envisions making available computer simulated experiments to all engineering students in India via the inter
Dr. Bala Srinivasan, Professor of Information Technology at Monash University in Australia, recently visited the Coimbatore Campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to explore the possibility of collaborative projects with the Amrita faculty. A Ph. D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Dr. Srinivasan has over thirty years of experience in academia, industry and research organizations. He has authored and edited several
January 16, 2011 School of Engineering, Coimbatore Even as Eastern Australia continues to remain inundated by unprecedented floods, a visitor from Western Australia’s largest university, Curtin, visited Amrita’s Coimbatore campus recently, in pursuit of collaboration that could provide solutions to global societal problems. As Distinguished Professor at the Australian university, Dr. Sveth
January 10, 2011 University HQ, Coimbatore Can India Produce a Home Grown Nobel Prize Winner in Science and Technology? Why not? This was emphasis of a lively debate during the January 6 episode of CNN-IBN’s Face the Nation program hosted by veteran journalist Sagarika Ghose. Amrita is proud that our Dean of Research, Dr. Shantikumar Nair, joined luminaries such as Mr. Narayana Murthy, fo
January 5, 2011 School of Engineering, Amritapuri Students of the School of Engineering at Amritapuri achieved another milestone, as they qualified to receive hardware worth Rs. 2,23,000 for a project to develop a Smart Camera Module. This support from National Instruments was secured by Anil C. S. and Sanjay S., final-year students of EEE, working under the guidance of their faculty members, Deepak E. S. and
January 5, 2011 School of Business, Kochi A team of MBA students from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was invited to present a poster on mangrove ecosystems at India’s first Biodiversity Congress in Thiruvananthapuram. The prestigious environment-related conference conducted at the Kerala University Campus, during December 27 – 31, 2010, specially noted the participation by students, including Amrita stude
January 5, 2011 School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri When might you find a computer scientist studying the brain? “When large-scale mathematical simulations are required to understand its structure and functioning in all its complex details,” replied Dr. Shyam Diwakar who currently teaches at the Amrita School of Biotechnology. Having graduated with a B.Tech. degree from Amrita, Dr. Shyam then h
January 5, 2011 Center for Nanosciences, Kochi The 3rd edition of Bangalore Nano was recently organised by the Departments of IT, BT and S&T, Government of India in collaboration with the Karnataka state government. The main theme of the conference was Frontiers of Nanotechnology: Impact on India. “It was among India’s most prestigious nano conferences,” stated Dr. Shantikumar Nair, Dire
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