Prashant R. Nair, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, spoke about the need to create more effective industry-institution ties and to convert more final year engineering projects into startups.
“We are circulating information on STIP-2020 (Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020) among various circles and policy experts for inputs and feedback. The policy would impact both technical education and startup ecosystem. So we are trying to make it inclusive and tech-driven,” Prashant said, who is the Institute’s Campus Ambassador for STIP-2020.
Amaran, the unmanned robotic coconut tree climber and harvester being developed at the lab was published in the world renowned IEEE Spectrum magazine which is the flagship magazine of IEEE. This is the first ever article from Amrita to be published in IEEE Spectrum.
Coders of Blaviken, a student team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus has ranked third in the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2020 software edition for a problem statement of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India. The award winning product named as Jatayu - AI Based Criminal Detection System.
In the International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals 2020 kick-off event at Moscow, on 27 June, 2020, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham's ICPC Asia-Amritapuri regional contest was showcased as the largest ICPC site world-wide in the Day Zero symposium presentation by Prof. Prashant R. Nair, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapetham, Coimbatore campus.
This ICPC World Finals Day Zero event was inaugurated by Mr. Alexey Volin, Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Communications & Mass Media of Russia.
The Program “Beat Diabetes” is an ambitious program which aims to screen for complications among persons with Type 2 Diabetes of 5 or more years duration in Ernakulam, parts of Alappuzha and Idukki. This remarkable initiative is expected to prevent diabetic end-organ damage through early detection, counselling and disease management.
