May 15, 2010 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Dr. Venkat Rangan, Amrita’s Vice-Chancellor, is invited to be part of a high-level delegation representing Indian Universities. The delegation will visit universities in Netherlands and Scotland to explore opportunities for joint PhD and research programs and exchange of faculty. The visit is organized by the Association of Indian Universi
May 14, 2010 Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Balagopal R., who just graduated from the Amrita School of Engineering at Amritapuri with a B.Tech. degree in Information Technology, was awarded the Huygens Scholarship, that will enable him to complete a two years masters’ program at Vrije University (VU) in Amsterdam. Vrije University (VU) in Amsterdam is regarded as one of Europe’s most prestig
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was recently invited to present a tutorial at IFIP Networking 2010, an international conference conducted at IIT Madras during May 10-14, 2010. Amrita’s tutorial on “Network Forensics” was one of two tutorials presented at the conference; the other tutorial was presented by faculty from IIT Bombay. “Any communication system consists of a number of entities such as people, companies, computers, phones, and
May 13, 2010 Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru Dr. Shikha Tripathi presented a paper titled Unified 3GPP and 3GPP2 Turbo Encoder FPGA Implementation Using Run-time Partial Reconfiguration at the 9th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium organized in Tampa, Florida, USA during April 21-23, 2010. The only paper selected in its category from India, it will be archived in IEEE Explore. Dr
May 12, 2010 Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi In the recently concluded Delhi Ophthalmic Society Conference, Dr. Sujithra H. of the Department of Ophthalmology was awarded the best video presentation award for her video, Amritakiranam. Amritakiranam depicts a teleophthalmic approach to management of diabetic retinopathy in remote areas. “Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a time bomb that ticks in th
May 12, 2010 Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi Dr. Tufela Shafi, Vitreo-Retinal Fellow at the Department of Ophthalmology won the best paper award in the recently concluded 61st Delhi Ophthalmic Society Conference at New Delhi. Her paper was titled — Core Vitrectomy versus Near Total Vitrectomy with PVD induction and retinal surface cleaning in the visual outcome of postoperative endophthalmitis. “
Amrita’s Nursing Service Department in conjunction with the Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI), observed International Nurses’ Day on May 12, 2010 at the Health Sciences campus in Kochi. Celebrated all over the world to commemorate the valuable contribution nurses make to society, the day also marks the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing. Born 190 years ago in England, she is credited with havi
May 20, 2010 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay on May 10, 2010 in Mumbai. This broad-based agreement to work collaboratively on projects and problems of national and international scale and importance was signed into effect by the Vice Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vi
June 25, 2010 School of Medicine, Kochi Asthma, smoking disorders, cancer of the lungs … all these respiratory diseases and more were discussed at Respicon 2010, the annual conference of the Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (APCCM) in India. Organized during May 8-9, 2010 at the IMA House in Kochi, the conference drew several hundred delegate participants from around the country. Doctors
May 6, 2010 Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s world-class research in wireless technologies was recognized yet again at a prestigious and recent International Conference. Three research papers from the Amrita Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications were selected for presentation at SENSORCOMM 2010 – The Fourth International Conference
May 5, 2010 Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi On March 5, 2010, Dr. K. K. Haridas of Amrita was conferred the title of Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, Ireland in Dublin. He was one of seven recipients world-wide to have received the honor this year. Selected for his contribution to the field of medicine, Dr. Haridas has received international recognition for his work before. He has served as invited
April 26, 2010 Amritapuri Campus What do fabric painting and plumbing have in common? On the surface, not much, but when it comes to acquiring a meaningful livelihood, girls living in the tribal settlement of Kumbitankuzhy in Kerala found out that they could learn both skills and look forward to an employable future. When Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s S.A.V.E. (Sakshat Amr
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