Amrita alumnus Sugeerth Murugesan has carved a place for himself in the field of neuroinformatics by developing an interactive software to study the hierarchical processes of brain activity.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been ranked ninth best among all universities in India under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), MHRD.
Prof. Shobhana Madhavan, Associate Professor, Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore, participated in a panel discussion as part of a TIE Women event named AIRSWEE – ‘All India Road Show on Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship’. The event was organized on 1st March, 2017, at Taj Vivanta, Coimbatore.
Mr. Prashant R. Nair, Vice-Chairman, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, has secured the following prestigious editorial assignments, Associate Editor, CSI Communications and Chair, Publications Committee and Editor, IEEE MAS Link, IEEE Madras section.
The International Conference on Nurturing Global Mental Health was organized by Department of Social Work, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, and School of Social Work, University of Buffalo, USA, on March 8-10, 2017, with dozens of speakers from all over India and the US attending.
A paper on Sakshat Amrita Virtual Labs titled, “Complementing Education via Virtual Labs: Implementation and Deployment of Remote Laboratories and Usage Analysis in South Indian Villages”, published in 2016 by International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), was awarded the “iJOE Outstanding Paper Award”.
An eleven member delegation from the University of Twente, Netherlands, visited Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Coimbatore campus on February 7th, 2017, to discuss potential educational and research collaborations. During the visit, Amrita faculty and delegates from Twente shared their research and academic backgrounds, held interactive sessions, and found areas of mutual interest for future collaborations.
Siddharth Ramakrishnan, a graduate of the department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore campus, won first place at the 2016 KTH Masters Challenge India competition in the field of Engineering Design. Siddharth competed against applicants from the IITs, NITs, and other highly ranked universities throughout India.
Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore, celebrated the annual Research Day on 16 March 2017. In the event, students from Class of 2017 presented their research accomplishments in the form of posters.
A hair donation campaign for cancer patients organized by the Department of Communication, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, on 11thof March 2017 will be flagged off by popular South Indian and Bollywood playback singer and actor, Vijay Yesudas.
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