Category: Education

  • Ayurveda International Workshop

    A 3 day international workshop on Ayurveda was held at Amrita School of Ayurveda from 29th -31st of December. Ayurveda doctors gave lectures on useful Ayurvedic topics like basic concepts of Ayurveda , Ayurvedic life style, Panchakarma, concept of natural food and yoga. Participants also visited the Ayurvedic medicine manufacturing unit and herbal garden. Twenty…

  • Clicking their way to a brighter future

    Kalpetta, Wayanad, 7 Nov 2008 Young Manikanden stares intently at his computer and then clicks the mouse.  This twenty-year-old tribal boy is clicking his way to a brighter future.  His is taking a Business Office computer course offered by the Village Resource Center in Kalpetta.   He has been working as a day laborer, but with…

  • Put Yourself In Their Pain

    30 April 2008 — Amritapuri The first and second graduating batches of the Amrita College of Nursing in Cochin came to Amritapuri today. The students have all but concluded their five-year courses—the first batch will graduate on May 15, the second on October 15th. Each of the students had Amma’s darshan, with Amma handing out…

  • Kalam Launches School Network

    Kochi, Kerala, February 4th, 2008 A new eLearning and collaborative learning environment called Amrita Learning was launched by Dr A.P.J. Kalam, Former President of India, on 4th Feb, 2008 at Kochi. This network will host multimedia educational content, provide links to subject-specific websites, allow sharing of teacher training material, place for exchange of school projects,…

  • Amrita HIS unveiled at BARC

    16 January 2008 — Mumbai Amrita University has unveiled a version of its state-of-the-art Amrita Healthcare Informatics Suite Software (Amrita HIS) crafted specifically for BARC (Babha Atomic Research Centre) Hospital in Mumbai. AMRITA HIS manages all the patient details right from patient registration, admission to discharge. “It is one integrated, seamless solution conforming to latest…

  • Unique Achievement

    First batch of Amrita Vidyalayam, Nigdi, Pune has secured 100% results in SSC Examination conducted by Maharashtra SSC Board.The students have come out with flying colors with 55% of them having distinction and 43% having first division. Out of 79 students who appeared for SSC Exam only one student has 2nd division. Sawar Nilopher Raju…

  • Amritam 2007 special Children’s Camp

    From 8 – 12 May 2007 There will be a special Children’s Camp held at Amritapuri. The five-day camp is open to children aged 10-17 and is free of charge. Food and accommodation will be provided. The Malayalam-medium Camp’s mission is to help the children acquire balance of mind, the ability to face the challenges…

  • Bharat Jyoti award for Amrita Vidyalayam

    December, Pune Brahmacharini Pavanamrita Chaitanya was presented the Bharat Jyoti Award in recognition of her contributions  in the field of education. The Indian International Friendship Society (IIFS) presented the award. Bri. Pavanamrita is the principal of Amrita Vidyalayam, Nigdi, Pune. Amrita Vidyalayam, Pune, participated in a Cancer Aid Society Awareness Programme under the guidelines of…

  • Helping the students to fully blossom

    Helping the students to fully blossom

    December 9, 2005 — Amritapuri When the professors from the United States took their seats, the first thing Amma asked them was if they were tired. Indeed, they had been on a whirlwind schedule: first to Delhi where they signed the MoU regarding the Indo-US e-Learning initiative, then to the Coimbatore campus of Amrita University…

  • President Kalam addresses students of e-Learning

    President Kalam addresses students of e-Learning

    8 December 2005 — Amritapuri“Today is an important day in the annals of Indo-US academic cooperation,” said President Kalam over the EduSat satellite. His Excellency was addressing students and professors participating in a newly formed Indo-US e-Learning project wherein lectures given by top U.S. professors visiting Amrita University will be broadcast via an ISRO satellite…