Programs
- M. Tech. in Automotive Engineering -Postgraduate
- An Advanced Study of Yoga Sutra of Rishi Patanjali (With Basics of Samkhya) -
Prof. Allan Bateman from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia, UPC Barcelona Tech, Spain, visited the Amritapuri campus in late April-early May 2016.
Dr. Ingrid Paoletti, Associate Professor of Building Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (Polytechnic University of Milam – POLIMI), Italy, visited Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in October 2016 as a part of the Rector’s Delegation to India.
Prof. Kamal Bijlani, Director, Amrita E-Learning Research Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, delivered a keynote speech on the topic “Future of MOOCs in India” at Global Education Summit’16. The Leaders Speak magazine organized the Global Education Summit on 21st and 22nd October, 2016, in New Delhi to extend the message on Quality Education Accessible to All.
It becomes a matter of great importance to find the individual’s place in the rapidly transforming world we live in, especially at times of great socio-political chaos. To this end, Amrita Darshanam, International Centre for Spiritual Studies, celebrated the ‘World Philosophy Day’ on November 14, 2016, in association with the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, delivered two invited talks during the First Latin American Conference on Ayurveda held at Rosario, Argentina on 5th and 6th of November, 2016 (1 er. Encuentro LatinoAmericano de Ayurveda).
During November 12th and 13th, 2016, over 2000 volunteers participated in a massive clean-up drive at Sabarimala in Kerala. Amrita volunteers have been part of the cleanup drive for seven consecutive years.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, conducted a pre-conference workshop at Ayurvedic Point, Milan, Italy, on 17th September, 2016. The workshop, held on the eve of the Third International Congress on Ayurveda, focused on: the future in tradition, the use of Sanskrit in the classic texts, and study and comments on the sutras.
Dr. P. Ram Manohar, Research Director, Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda, participated in three sessions on the final day of the 18th International Ayurveda Symposium, at European Akademie for Ayurveda, Birstein, Germany.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham participated in the 12th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2016, a global conference and exhibition, held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, from 10th to 12th November, 2016. The summit was inaugurated by Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on November 10th.
ACM Student Chapter, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus and Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal, organized a one day workshop on Competitive Programming and Problem Solving for high school computer science teachers, on 12th November, 2016, at Cochin Refineries School, Ambalamugal.