The students of the Department of Visual Media and Communication, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, won first prize for their documentary ‘Prathichaya’ at the 12th International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) held at Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, from June 21-26, 2019.
Dr. R. Venkitachalam, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Amrita Health Sciences, Kochi, won the Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Effectiveness of Laser over Conventional Techniques for the Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Primary Molar Pulpotomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” at the National Symposium on Evidence Synthesis for Medicine, Public Health & Social Development held at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, from April 10-12, 2019.
Amrita Hospital, Kochi, received Kerala State Pollution Control Board’s Best Environmental Practice Award 2019 in the hospital sector for its sustained efforts to control pollution and environmental protection. Amrita Hospital has been conferred this award for the fifth consecutive year.
Dr. Balu Vaidyanathan, Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, and Dr. Balaganesh Karmegaraj, Post DM Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, represented the Fetal Cardiology Division, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, in the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) at Seville, Spain held from May 15 – 18, 2019.
Ms. Aswathy Anilkumar, first year M. Sc. MLT, Pathology Specialization, won the first position in the Oral Presentation titled “Acquired Hemophilia- The Role of Laboratory in Diagnosis and Management” at the LABORION -2019 – National CME on Recent Advances in MLT, organized by Government Medical College, Trivandrum, on May 29, 2019.
International Nurses Day 2019 was observed on May 13, 2019, by the Student Nurses Association (SNA), Amrita unit.
The first alumni meet of Amrita Center for Allied Health Sciences was held on May 18, 2019, at the Health Sciences Campus, Kochi. A total of one hundred and forty-eight alumni attended the. . .
Amrita School of Dentistry has been ranked 17th among the Dental Colleges in India, and 8th among the Private Dental Colleges in the country, as per the INDIA TODAY survey of the BEST 40 DENTAL COLLEGES of the nation released on May 20, 2019.
Dr. Bhishma Chowdary Donepudi and Dr. Sravan Peravali, final year PG students of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Amrita Health Sciences Campus, Kochi, presented posters in the EuroCMR 2019 held May 2-4, 2019 in Venice, Italy.
Mr. Karan Dhillon of 2017 MBBS batch, School of Medicine, Amrita Health Sciences campus, Kochi, presented an oral paper at the Numcon 2019 – 4th National Undergraduate Medical Conference which was held at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, from April 25-26, 2019.
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