The 71st Independence of India was celebrated at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham on August 15, 2017.
Dr. Maya Mahajan, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, initiated a new sustainable development project. She has been working with tribal communities of Singampathy, Sarkarporathy and Kalkotipathy to make furniture from the forest weed, Lantana and thereby helping them create a sustainable livelihood in the modern world.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, celebrated Gokulashtami (Lord Krishna’s Birthday) on August 12, 2017, with great devotional fervor, enthusiasm and fanfare. The highlight of the colorful celebration was a procession in which students, staff and residents of the Amrita campus participate.
The AmritaCREATE Team of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, is one of eight semifinalists advancing in the $7 million Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE presented by Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The Adult Literacy XPRIZE is a global competition, challenging teams to develop a mobile application for existing smart devices that results in the greatest increase in literacy skills among participating adult learners.
The 2nd year BA and 1st year MA Mass Communication students, Department of Communication, Coimbatore, attended an interactive session on photography on 4th August 2017 hosted by Shri Aditya Arya, a well-known travel and ad photographer with 32 years of experience in the field.
Dr. Geoff Perry, a Prominent Person in the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and Chancellor of Auckland University, New Zealand gave a guest lecture a Sri Krishna Hall of Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore on August 7, 2017.
Prof. C. S. Udhayakumar, Associate Professor at Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore, was invited to talk on “Knowing and Understanding Self” for the senior management personnel of Thoothukudi Port Trust on 2nd August 2017.
Dr. Sasangan Ramanathan, Dean of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore and a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, launched an Android App of the Amritadhwani the annual college magazine and yearbook of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, on 28th July, 2017.
Amrita student, Mr. Rishideep S. (final year BTech), Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, developed an Android App, ‘Wall on”, which has been adjudged as one among the Top 10 Best Android Apps for July, 2017, by TechworkZ online global community of Android App developers.
Dr. E. A. Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor (SG) at Amrita Center for Computational Engineering and Networking (CEN), Coimbatore, published his article, titled “Experimental investigation on preconditioned rate induced tipping in a thermoacoustic system”, in Nature Scientific Reports (IF > 5.5).