Cognitive Sciences & Technology
This programme invites scholars to engage with forefront technologies, including robotics, machine learning, neurocognition, simulation-based learning, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and haptics. The aim is to serve humanity through:
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We are looking for candidates who possess:
Compassion Driven Research lies at the Core of Amrita’s value and identity.
There are two kinds of poverty. The poverty that comes with the lack of food, clothing and shelter. The second kind of poverty is the lack of love and compassion. If we address the second kind of poverty first, we automatically address the first kind of poverty.
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| Name of the Research Lab |
Major Facilities / Equipment Details |
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| Skill Intelligence Lab | Interdisciplinary research at the laboratory
will study the complexity of skills and their enhancement through teaching,based on models of skill learning. |
Major Domains:
1.HAPTICS – TeslaSuit-2, SenseGlove DK1-2,Bar Bending Simulator. 2.GAZE & MOTION CAPTURE – Tesla Suit – 2, Rokoko IMU based Smartsuit with Gloves-2. 3.VR & AR – Hololens-3, Oculus Quest 2. 4.NEUROCOGNITION – Brain Products EEG, Analyser & Recorder softwares, -2. 5. SYSTEMS – Powerful Gaming Laptops, Al & Data Science Workstations,Cloud Services-Google/AWS, Network Attached Storage. |
| Skill eLab | Learning technology services and research for skill development | VR Headsets
Unity3D/ VR computers Video Production Equipments Audio Production Studio and Equipments |
Dean,
Schools of Social & Behavioral Sciences (Amritapuri & Coimbatore)
Intake Capacity : 1
Professor,
Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology, School of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 7
Chairperson,
Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 0
Vice Principal, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Amritapuri | Vice Principal, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Faridabad | Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 0
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 2
Associate Professor,
Economic Development, Economics and Culture, Public Administration and Civil Service, Ethical Systems, Social Research
Intake Capacity : 5
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 3
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 1
Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 1
Assistant Professor,
Department of Social Sciences, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 2
Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Sciences and Psychology, School of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Amritapuri
Intake Capacity : 1
Visiting Faculty, Department of Cognitive Science, Learning and Technology & Department of Social Work, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Amritapuri
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Medicine and Public Health Policy, Economics of Healthcare, Educational Research
Intake Capacity : 2
Vice Chairperson, Department of Social Sciences
Intake Capacity : 4
Assistant Professor (Sr. Gd.), Department of Social Sciences
Intake Capacity : 4
Assistant Professor
Intake Capacity : 4
*Applicable Programs.
| Sr. No. | Faculty Member | Research Interests |
| 1 | Dr. Bhavani Rao |
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| 2 | Dr. Kochukrishnan Kurup |
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| 3 | Dr. Sophia |
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| 4 | Dr. Malini Frey |
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| 5 | Dr. Parvathy V |
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| 6 | Dr. Vivek Subramoniam |
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| 7 | Dr. Harikrishnan U | Mental Health, Gender-Based Violence, Child and Adolescence Well-being, Social Work and Technology, Psychosocial Care and Support in Disaster management, School Social Work, Family Therapy, Psychiatric Social Work |
| 8 | Dr. Yamuna NK | Elderly Population, School Social Work, Geriatric Social work, SHG & Community development, Women Employees and welfare programs, Parenting, Social Policy and Legislation, Migration |
| 9 | Dr. Christopher Coley |
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| 10 | Dr. Nimita Pandey | Innovation Systems, Globalisation of Innovation, STI Policy, Gender and Science, Governance of Emerging Technologies, Innovation and Sustainable Development, Tech Entrepreneurship |
| 11 | Dr. Victoria Ustenko | Participatory governance, citizen empowerment, public sector innovation, impact assessment of government policies and programs, development policy, innovation policy, water policy and the Jal Jeevan Mission, self-help groups and collective action. Mixed-methods approach to impact evaluation. Machine learning for textual data analysis. |
| 12 | Dr. Nikhil Prabhu |
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| 13 | Dr. Matthijs Fakkel (Gaurang) | Conceptualizing self-esteem in rural communities, to the ethical use of AI in women empowerment research, to identifying the most important future workplace skills, and designing tools to support teachers. |
Fees mentioned beside are current. The University reserves the right to alter fees at any time without notice.
| Program Fees | ||||
| CAMPUS | TUITION FEES PER YEAR |
TUITION FEES TOTAL |
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| Amritapuri | 30,000 | * | ||
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