Sudarsan S, a final year student of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, co-authored a paper titled, "Detection of a Westward Hotspot Offset in the Atmosphere of Hot Gas Giant CoRoT-2b", which was published in the Nature Astronomy journal, on January 22, 2018.
The indigenous technology for the ultra light bullet Proof Materials proof jackets, designed by Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik, Professor, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, has got government’s nod and prototypes of the same will be readied jointly by Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and Coimbatore based Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. A grant of close to Rs 10 crores for Development of the prototype has been given under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The TDF grant will be used to set up a pilot scale facility at Amrita University for processing these materials, supporting research at Amrita University for developing the configuration, realisation and testing of panels and delivery of a prototype vest from the facility.
Ajmal Nazar, second-year B.Tech. student in Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Amritapuri, won two gold medals and a bronze medal in the National Roller Skating Championship 2017 held at Central Stadium, Trivandrum, from January 19-21, 2018.
The National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (NSFMFP), in collaboration with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, organized the 44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP – 2017) at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, from December 14-16, 2017.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham secured top honours in Computer Society of India (CSI) Annual Convention 2017, for the second consecutive year, held at Science City, Kolkata from 19 to 21 January, 2018. Amrita received 10 national awards from CSI, more than any other university or institution in India.
