Category: Education

  • Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda Laboratory

    Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda Laboratory

    Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda (ACARA) Laboratory at Amrita School of Ayurveda of Amrita Vishwa Vidhya Peetham, has been set up with the blessings of Amma. Inspired by Amma’s vision to foster the global acceptance of Ayurveda through world-class multidisciplinary research, the lab is constructed. Ayurveda Research lab and studies will help 1.…

  • Universities should be the engines of innovation

    Universities should be the engines of innovation

    10 Sep 2017, Amritapuri 1424 Graduates from Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus The graduation day for Amrita University’s Amritapuri Campus was held at the Amritapuri Ashram today, in the Darshan Hall. There were 1424 graduates from the Schools of Ayurveda, Biotechnology, Business, Arts & Sciences and Engineering, to receive their graduation certificates after successfully completing various…

  • Amrita University to help Indian Army with solutions in the field

    Amrita University to help Indian Army with solutions in the field

    26 Jan 2017, Coimbatore Amrita University faculty members and researchers met with a delegation of the Indian army for developing lightweight bunkers, smart hybrid power sources in the field and bio-friendly waste management systems among other solutions. Faculty members of Amrita University Coimbatore made a series of presentations to a team led by Lt Gen…

  • UNESCO Chair for Amrita University

    UNESCO Chair for Amrita University

    26 Sep 2016, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham 63 celebrations The Government of India’s Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar announced the establishment of a UNESCO Chair for Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment at our own Amrita University. The Chair will focus on mapping vulnerabilities of women for a holistic approach to designing necessary solutions. Said…

  • Sustainability a Reality: from Policy to Practice

    Sustainability a Reality: from Policy to Practice

    On the eve of Amritavarsham 63, the Amritapuri campus of Amrita University hosted a High Level Panel Discussion on Making Sustainability a Reality: from Policy to Successful Practice on September 25, 2016. Dr Venkat Rangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita University delivered the presidential address wherein he enumerated the various missions that have been undertaken for making…

  • Amma receives student award winners

    Amma receives student award winners

    22 September  2016, Amritapuri On almost every darshan day in Amritapuri many students come to meet Amma. Today was no different but all of those that came today, came to share their joy with Amma for having won various awards. The students won several competitions on a national level in a variety of disciplines. The…

  • Amrita University illuminating rural India via renewable resources

    Amrita University illuminating rural India via renewable resources

    Last September, in her birthday address, Amma pointed out that India is suffering from a split personality–success when it comes to technological advancement and failure in terms of poverty, illiteracy, health sanitation and crimes against women. “A split personality is never a sign of sound health,” Amma said. “If we want to see India become…

  • Amrita University ranked among the top 200 universities in BRICS

    Amrita University ranked among the top 200 universities in BRICS

    Amrita University has been ranked among the top 200 universities in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries by reputed international ranking organization QS (Quacquarelli Symonds). Amrita is ranked ahead of many well known established universities. QS has been bringing out the World University Rankings, which is regarded as one of the most influential…

  • We are able to dream and dream big

    We are able to dream and dream big

    Five young survivors of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake who have been receiving Embracing the World scholarships since then wrote a letter to Amma after graduating from high school this summer. They wrote: “Dear Amma,We would like to thank you for allowing us to graduate, because without your financial support this journey might not have been…

  • Five new technologies and one very old one that will save the world

    Five new technologies and one very old one that will save the world

    The United Nations has been focusing intently on the use of technology to solve global problems and drive development that’s both affordable and sustainable. Amrita University itself is a lesson in innovation. It was founded not by scientists and scholars but by one of India’s most influential humanitarians and spiritual leaders, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi, who…