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India Research Excellence-Citation Awards-2017 for Amrita Nano Centre Faculty

Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science), the global leader in trusted insights and analytics for research and innovation, announced the 6th edition of the India Research Excellence-Citation Awards-2017, recognizing and honouring research excellence in the country on different fields and Dr. R. Jayakumar, Professor at the Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, has received this award under the “Medical & Health Sciences” discipline. The awards were held at Sheraton, New Delhi, on November 3, 2017. 

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Signs MoU with Uppsala University

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has signed an MoU with Uppsala University, Sweden, for extending research and educational exchanges and joint activities between faculty members and departments in both institutions.

Amrita Faculty Member Honoured with ‘Dr. (Maj Gen) Lakshmipathy Award’

Dr. Vijay Harish Somasundaram, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Medicine, presented a part of his doctoral work at the 15^th annual ANMPI (Association of Nuclear Medicine Physicians of India) conference held in association with the ICC (Indian Cancer Congress) 2017 conference at Bangalore, from November 8^th to 12^th, 2017.

Amrita Alumni Presents an Award Winning Conceptual Model of Materials

The alumni of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Patiballa Sreekalyan, 2009-2013 batch, has come up with a new award winning conceptual model of materials. 

Amrita Student Wins Gold in Indo-Nepal International Rural Boxing Championship

Amrita IEEE Student Branch Chapter Amritapuri Wins The Darrel Chong Student Activity Award

The IEEE Student Branch Chapter, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, won the “The Darrel Chong Student Activity Award” for the year 2017 under gold category, for the International Symposium on Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship (ISEE) 2016.

Honourable President of India is Chief Guest at Amrita Chancellor’s 64th Birthday Celebrations

Honourable President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind was the chief Guest at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor’s 64^th Birthday Celebrations on 8^th October, 2017.

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Conducts Asia’s First Upper-arm Double Hand Transplant

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, conducted India’s and Asia’s first upper arm double hand-transplant on Shreya Siddanagowda, a 19-year-old girl. Shreya, a chemical engineering student at Manipal Institute of Technology, lost both her hands in a road mishap last year.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India’s Cleanest Technical Institution in Swachhta Ranking 2017

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been awarded the Number One Rank in the ‘Technical Institutions’ category in the Swachhta Rankings 2017 released by the Union Human Resource Development Ministry, India.

Amrita Student Wins Gold Medal in South India Power Lifting Championship

Tummala Akhil Suman, 2^nd year Mechanical Engineering student, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, participated in the South India Power Lifting Championship and bagged gold medal in sub junior, 105 weight Category.