Dr. Rajesh Kannan Megalingam (Director, Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs and Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus)  received the prestigious IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award 2020 on October 23, 2020, from the IEEE President 2020, Dr. Toshio Fukuda in a grand event at the flagship conference of IEEE Education Society, Frontiers in Education (FIE 2020), in Sweden, held online from October 21-24, 2020. He also delivered a keynote address on "Undergraduate Mentoring and Research at HuT Labs, A Case Study" on the occasion. 

The School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, heartily welcomes its new batch of students on October 14, 2020.

Team Na-Sarathy of Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, ranked two in the world rank for Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) Social Medial Challenge.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham's Virtual Laboratory project was a runner-up for a 2020 International E-Learning Association (IELA) award, Academic Division, and was honored on September 25, 2020, at the International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL). 

Team Na-Sarathy of Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, placed 12th in the world ranking in the Hackathon 2 of Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), organized by Energy Systems Network (ESN) and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). The hackathon was held for a week from September 12 – 19, 2020.