June 15, 2016
The Amrita Blood Collectors and Donors (ABCD) Forum at the Health Sciences Campus organized a skit in connection with the World Blood Donor Day at the hospital. The theme of the 2016 World Blood Donor Day, 14 June, was “Blood connects us all”. It focused on thanking blood donors.
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June 8, 2016
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences received Kerala State Pollution Control Board’s Excellence Award for its efforts to control pollution and environmental protection.
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June 7, 2016
India’s top medical experts assembled at a two-day ‘National Conference on Healthcare Management’ at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (“Amrita Hospital”) during May 20 – 21, 2016 to call for frugal innovation to make healthcare affordable without sacrificing quality.
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May 31, 2016
A Faculty Development Program (FDP) was conducted at School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, from May 25-30, 2016, with the theme, “Effective Teaching and Non-violent Communication with Students”.
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May 17, 2016
India’s very first two double hand transplants were carried out successfully at the Amrita Hospital, Kochi, in September 2014 and January 2015, respectively. Now, just over a year later, the. . .
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May 10, 2016
Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine’s research paper titled Graphene oxide nanoflakes incorporated gelatin-hydroxyapatite scaffolds enhance osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem authored by Dr. Manitha B. Nair, Nancy D., Amit G. Krishnan, G. S. Anjusree, Sajini Vadukumpully and Dr. Shantikumar V. Nair, was published in Nanotechnology, the first journal solely dedicated to science and technology at the nanoscale.
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May 8, 2016
The scheduled Amrita Medical Entrance Examination – 2016 on 15th May 2016 for MBBS / BDS courses stands cancelled with immediate effect. Students who have applied for Amrita Medical Entrance Examination 2016 need to write National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to be conducted by GOI/MCI/CBSE on 24-07-2016. You may check CBSE website for further information in the matter.
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May 2, 2016
Dr. Akshay Omkumar, second-year MCh resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Amrita School of Medicine, won the first prize in the Prof. R. N. Sinha Memorial Essay Competition 2015 for the topic “Toe Transfer v/s Allotransplantation in Bilateral Amputees at Below Elbow Level”. Dr. Akshay received the award at the Kerala Plastic Surgery State Conference held at Trivandrum on April 23, 2016.
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April 26, 2016
Dr. Anura Jayasumana, a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University, USA, visited the Kochi and Amritapuri campuses in early 2016.
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April 23, 2016
The School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, organized ‘Kayikamritam’, a two day sports event, in the campus from April 21-22, 2016.
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