March 21, 2011 School of Medicine, Kochi Dr. Kumari Indira K. S., Professor and Head of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine was recently appointed as the Editor of PULMON – The Journal of Respiratory Sciences. Published by the Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in India, the journal covers a broad spectrum of topics related to the prevention, diagnosis and management of pulmonary and o
March 23, 2011 School of Business, Bangalore Students at the Amrita School of Business have the opportunity to regularly interact with industry experts who are invited to campus as part of the colloquia series. Below is a report by Vishakh V., first-year student of MBA-MS, on a recent colloquium at the Bengaluru campus. In an era where everyone seems to be mesmerised by size zero and we alw
March 26, 2011 School of Engineering, Bengaluru A two-day national workshop Analytical and Numerical Solutions of Nonlinear Differential Equations was conducted at the Bengaluru campus on March 18 and 19. The event was inaugurated with a ceremony presided over by invited speakers Prof P. G. Siddheshwar, Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University and Dr. P. S. Datti, School of
March 17, 2011 School of Engineering, Bengaluru Dr. Amrita Thakur and Mr. Anil Kumar of the Department of Chemistry at the Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru recently attended a conference that offered students, teachers and life-long learners a forum to discuss sustainable lifestyles. The conference What’s a Good Life? was organized by Bhoomi Network, a non-profit organization that promotes educat
April 6, 2011 School of Business, Coimbatore A conference on Contemporary Issues and Thoughts in Management Research at the Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore on March 17, 2011, brought ASB faculty and research scholars face-to-face with several leading management thinkers from around the world. Dr. David Ford, Professor of Organizational Studies, Strategy and International Management at
March 16, 2011 School of Medicine, Kochi Nine doctors at the Amrita School of Medicine recently completed a three-month course in Evidence-Based Medicine from Weill Cornell University, New York, one of America’s best medical colleges. The course was conducted through a telemedicine link between Weill Cornell University and Amrita’s Health Sciences Campus, Kochi. The nine doctors including Drs. Kumar Menon, Sreehari K. Pillai, Jacob Ninan,
March 16, 2011 School of Engineering, Bengaluru At Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, there are many budding engineers with inventive minds who have much to offer. For example, Ramesh Pakalapati, final-year student of B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) at Bengaluru, recently crafted a device that uses the force of water to produce electricity in homes. Working with his cl
March 30, 2011 School of Engineering, Bengaluru This month of March saw distinguished research scientists from institutions such as IISc Bengaluru, IIT Madras, IIT Guwhati, BARC and DRDL come together at the Amrita School of Engineering (ASE) in Bengaluru for the National Symposium on Shock Waves. Organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, in association with the Society for Shock Wave
March 15, 2011 School of Medicine, Kochi Amrita’s Dr. Mattakkara Ramachandran Nair was recently chosen as Ashtangaratna of the year by the State Government and the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM). The title was conferred to honor Dr. Mattakkara’s lifetime contributions to the field of Ayurveda. Currently Dr. Mattakkara serves as Chief Consultant at the Centre for Holistic Medicin
A new book, Cyber Security, Cyber Crime and Cyber Forensics: Applications and Perspectives intended to serve as a textbook and comprehensive reference guide was recently published. Various chapters of the book derive from research and position papers that were presented at the Indo-US conference and workshop on cyber-security, cyber-crime and cyber-forensics that was organized at Amrita’s Kochi campus in August 2009. This event showcased
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