On 28th December 2018, Dr. Subramania Iyer, Chairman and Professor, Plastic Surgery and Head & Neck Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, was awarded the prestigious SIEMENS- GAPIO (Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) Innovation Award in Medicine for performing ‘Hand Transplant Surgery’ for the first time in India.
On November 27th, 2018, a team of reconstructive surgeons from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, was honored by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) at the 9th Indian Organ Donation Day held at New Delhi, for their path-breaking achievement of conducting a ‘Hand Transplant’.
Dr. Smita Kulkarni, Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, was awarded the prestigious degree of Fellow of European Board of Nuclear Medicine (FEBNM), after successfully clearing the European Nuclear Medicine Fellowship Examination held in October 2018 in Dusseldorf, Germany under the evaluation of European Union of Medical Specialists / European Board of Nuclear Medicine(UEMS/EBNM).
Prof. Sreedevi P. A., Professor & Head, Department of Mental Health Nursing, Amrita College of Nursing, Health Sciences Campus, Kochi, and Sreejamol M. G., Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Nursing, Amrita College of Nursing, Kochi, have won second prize in the Scientific Poster Competition in the 8th International Nursing Conference held from October 12-13, 2018, at Akal College of Nursing, Himachal Pradesh.
Dr. Nisha Bhavani, Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, received the prestigious Dr. Eapen Samuel Memorial Award for the year 2017-18, instituted by the IMA Academy of Medical Specialities, Kerala State Chapter.
Dr. Chithra M. R., Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, participated and made a paper presentation at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2018) held at Rio, Brazil, from August 1-9, 2018.
Dr. Arun Mamachan Xavier, Reader, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, was awarded the ‘Young Researcher Award’ by a resolution of the International Award of Excellence Dental Awards Council held at the Grand Award Ceremony at Holiday Inn, Kensington High St. London, UK, on July 21, 2018.
The Stanford University’s 2018 FabLearn Global Excellence Practitioner Award has been awarded to Akshay Nagarajan, Researcher at AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, in recognition of his achievements and efforts to advance maker education and for his exemplary commitment to outreach, connecting communities and bringing equity to education in the rural communities in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh.
Dr. Jayaraj Poroor, Chairperson, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, has been selected for The Second Deep Spec Summer School on Verified Systems to be. . .
Br. Sivanandan, Assistant Professor, Amrita Darshanam – International Centre for Spiritual Studies, Amritapuri, and Mr. Amritesh. A. R., The Directorate of Corporate & Industry Relations (CIR), Amritapuri, secured research fellowships in the Sahapedia-UNESCO fellowship program, held at Delhi, on April 28, 2018.
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