The students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbarore Campus, harvested the organic crops that were planted on September 27, 2017, in relation to the birthday celebrations of Amrita Chancellor, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma).
An Amrita paper titled, "A Novel Underactuated Multi-fingered Soft Robotic Hand for Prosthetic Application",was published in the Elsevier’s Journal, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (impact factor:1.950), affiliated with the Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS) Society.
Honourable President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind was the chief Guest at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor's 64th Birthday Celebrations on 8th October, 2017.
Cyclone Hit Filipino Students Graduate With Aid from Mata Amrithanandamayi Math
A total of 480 students, the victims of typhoon Haiyan-Yolanda in Philippines in 2013 who received scholarships from the Amrithanandamayi Math, have graduated from the senior high school with a culmination ceremony held at the Oriental in Palo, Leyte, in Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan-Yolanda hit the Philippines in November 2013 and over 6,300 people were killed, 7, 50,000 displaced, and financial losses were in billions. In April 2014, as part of its disaster-relief initiatives, 'Embracing the World,' the international humanitarian organisation of Mata Amritanandamayi, donated US$1 million to help the victims of the typhoon.