Amrita Ph.D. Scholar, Mr. Kuruvachan K. George, has achieved global recognition in the recently held ‘Speakers in the Wild’ (SITW) Speaker Recognition Challenge organized by SRI International, Silicon Valley, United States. The speaker recognition technology developed at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham as part of his Ph.D. work secured 6th rank in the challenge.
The research team at the Machine Intelligence Research Lab, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, bagged the best paper award at the 12th IEEE India International Conference INDICON 2015, held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, from 17th-20th December, 2015.
Anokha 2016, the sixth National level Tech-Fest of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, was held from the 18th to 20th February, 2016 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus. Anokha 2016 is the first techfest in India with United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) accreditation. The current year’s theme of the fest, “Sustainably Developed Technopolis”, was in line with UN Sustainable Developed Goals (SDG).
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham won first prize in the Mime and Debate competition at the 31st Inter University National Youth Festival, “Yuva Shatha Sambhrama – 2016”, held at University of Mysore from 15th–19th February, in collaboration with the Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi and Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Government of India. Nearly 70 universities from all over India participated in various events.
Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore organized a Marketing Roundtable Conference on 19th January 2016.
Among the most exciting recent events at Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore (ASB Coimbatore) was its alumni meet, held on 23rd and 24th January, 2016. The two-day meet saw an enthusiastic participation of alumni, professors and current students. Two hundred+ alumni from all walks of life, including Executive VPs, Directors, CEOs and entrepreneurs from across the globe, walked into the campus to relive their memories of their Alma Mater.
A paper titled “Small Signal Modeling of Gas Turbine Plant for Load Frequency Control” authored by S. Selvakumar and Dr. S. Balamurugan of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus, received the Best Paper Award in the IEEE Biennial International Conference on Power and Energy Systems towards Sustainable Energy (PESTSE – 2016) held at Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru during January 21-23, 2016.
Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik, Head of the Research and Projects at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus and Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus, is invited to deliver a lecture at the Indian Society for Advancement of materials and Processing Engineering (ISAMPE) Bangalore Chapter on January 29, 2016.
Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik, Head of the Research and Projects at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus and Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus, is invited to deliver a lecture at the Indian Society for Advancement of materials and Processing Engineering (ISAMPE) Bangalore Chapter on January 29, 2016.
Students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham won various prizes at the 31st South Zone Inter- University Youth Festival, Waves 2015 in association with the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the Ministry of Youth. . .