Dr. Ram. R. Bishu, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, also the Education Chair, American Society for Quality, conducted the “Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training and Certification” for second year MBA students of Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore.
The 13th Convocation of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham will be held on August 21, 2016 (10:00 AM) at Coimbatore campus. The President, the Pro-Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor, Members of the Board of Management and Faculty of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham cordially invites all the graduands and their parents to the convocation ceremony.
The students from SAEINDIA Collegiate Chapters of Amrita School of Engineering in Amritapuri, Bengaluru and Coimbatore campuses qualified for the main BAJA SAEINDIA 2016, which will be held later this year.
Amrita Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE), Corporate and Industry Relations (CIR), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, successfully concluded its first month-long Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) on 27th June, 2016. The programme, organized by ACE, CIR, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, was sponsored by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, and routed via Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Ahmedabad.
Amrita Alumnus Santosh Nanduru, (BTech Degree in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,2013, Coimbatore campus), is one of those making an impact. He is Regional Head of Just for Kicks, which he helped elevate from a pilot project to a successful organization making a big change in children’s lives.
An MBA student of Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore, Vignesh Viswanathan, Class of 2017, won the second place under ‘Best Presentation-Manufacturing’ category, for his presentation “Process Design for Reducing Customer Returns of Castings” at a workshop organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Coimbatore. Titled “Smart Solutions to Wicked Problems”, the workshop focused on statistical techniques for business process improvements and was held at Codissia Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore.
With the noble intention of reviving the art of public speaking and helping students cope with the increasing competition in the corporate world, the Corporate and Industry Relations (CIR) at the Coimbatore campus, organizes a public speaking contest for third-year engineering students every year. The event this year was held on 12th April, 2016, at Amriteswari Hall.
Prashanth Mohanasundaram of the department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, was the winner of the coveted TCS Best Student Award for the year 2016 and he secured this prize wining over eleven other nominations. He was awarded a Gold Medal, a certificate and cash prize at the function held on 22nd April, 2016, in the Muralikrishna Auditorium of CIR, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Senior Scientist and Strategist Dr. Jayant Sathaye, who contributed to the 2007 Nobel Prize-winning reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), spoke on the topic ‘Understanding Climate Change to Limit Atmospheric Temperature Increase and Impact on Utilities’ at Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore on June 11, 2016.
A two-day national workshop focusing on issues and difficulties faced by women-headed families, sponsored by the National Commission for Women, was held at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham from June 14-15, 2016.
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