Dr. Tinku Joseph, Chief Interventional Pulmonologist at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, became the first Indian doctor to receive the award for the Best Innovative Bronchoscopic Surgery performed in the year 2020. Dr. Joseph was honoured with the award by the World Association of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology (WABIP) held during November 19-22, 2020, at Shanghai, China.

Amrita re-elected as World Center of Excellence for Landslide Risk Reduction for 2020-2023. Since 2017, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been a ‘World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction’ awarded by the International Program on Landslides (IPL).

The Department of Radiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, won the Award of Excellence (eHealth Radiology & Imaging Excellence Awards 2020) in the category Pioneering Radiology Department (Project Image Diagnosis Services and Interventional Procedures) in the Elets Radiology & Imaging Summit held November 6-7, 2020. 

In a subject-wise analysis carried out by Stanford University in the USA, Amrita professors, Dr. Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh, Dr. Shantikumar Nair, Dr. R. Jayakumar, Dr. Madhav Dutta and Dr. N. Radhika have been cited among the top two percent of scientists in the list available on Scopus.

Dr. P. Rammanohar (Research Director, Amrita School of Ayurveda) moderated the Session on "Integration of Ayurveda With Western Medicine for Cancer Treatment and Prevention and Related Research" along with Prof. K. S.