The United Nations has officially made Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India’s first-ever UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment. The official bestowing of the UNESCO Chair took place before an audience of 8,000 people during a spiritual programme of the University’s Chancellor Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi in Paris on October 30, 2016.
The students of School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, have always adopted service as the guiding principle of any celebration.
Amrita School of Dentistry conducted the 38th National Conference of Indian Society of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, PedoByte 2016, at Le-Meridian, Kochi, from October 20 – 22, 2016. Six pre-conference courses were conducted at Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi on October 19, 2016.
Eleven undergraduate students of the Amrita School of Dentistry attended and made scientific presentations at the National Undergraduate Convention of the Indian Association of Oral Medicine & Radiology (IAOMR), held at Kozhikode on 16th October, 2016.
A blood donation camp was organized by the School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, jointly with the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) on October 31, 2016.
Dr. Antonella Delle Fave, MD Professor at Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan, visited Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ACARA) at the Amrita School of Ayurveda. Antonella Delle Fave is a medical doctor specializing in Health Psychology.
A two-day National Conference cum workshop, “Sense and Frames” was organized by School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, from October 21-22, 2016.
The Department of English and Languages, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi, conducted a two day international conference, “In Between: Critical Humanities in Context”, on 21st and 22nd October, 2016.
The students of MFA (Digital Film Making) 2015 batch of the department of Visual Media and Communication, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, made a safety training video for Carborundum Universal Limited (CUMI), Kochi, an electro minerals division under the famous Murugappa Group, one of India’s leading business conglomerates.
B.Sc. Respiratory Therapy students of Amrita Centre for Allied Health Sciences, Kochi, won prizes for intercollegiate poster and quiz competition held as part of the 10th National Conference of Respiratory Therapists (RESCARE – 2016) at CMC Vellore held during October 6-8, 2016.
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