The student teams from the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, won prizes at the Technology Infusion Grand Challenge (ITGC) of La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. The Technology Infusion Grand Challenge is meant for solving pressing social problems and this year’s theme was 'Smart City Innovation'.

In a paper published by the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, a team from the Amrita School of Engineering, in Coimbatore, India, provided details of what they refer to as a “frugal and affordable system” that can monitor a person’s movements.

Ms. Krishna Kumari, a Ph.D. Scholar of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, has been selected for the Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) Award from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for 'Best Popular Science Stories' under Ph.D. Category.

Mr. Akash Vineet, Mr. Akash Jayakumar and Mr. Abhihas Balaji, students of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, guided by Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik (Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham), developed a technology to convert single-use plastics into products like floor tiles, roof tiles, etc.

Amrita has been ranked Top 100 among Emerging Economies University Rankings by Times Higher Education.