Category: University
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Amrita University conferred first honorary doctorate
We cannot find a solution for social justice, until we approach problems with compassion. If something has to be globalized, it is compassion
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Research should benefit the common people
9 April 2021, Amritapuri Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has announced a grant of ₹100 crores to set up 50 state-of-the-art New Discovery and Innovation Labs at its campuses across India. These research will have cutting-edge discoveries in fields such as engineering, medical sciences, computer sciences, material sciences, nanobiosciences, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, and sustainable development. The announcement…
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University students need to understand the pulse of Indian villages
All universities should send their students to impoverished rural villages or city slums for at least one or two months during their education. They would be able to see directly the issues and problems that the poor face.
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Amrita and Arizona university sign a strategic partnership in education and research
12 Dec 2019, Amritapuri, Kerala In one of the largest ever international university collaborations in India, a Letter of Intent (LoI) was signed today by Amma (the Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham) and Dr. Liesl Folks, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of Arizona embarking on a multidisciplinary partnership in education and research.…
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Amrita School of Medicine emerges as No.1 Private University in India
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been ranked first in India for its leadership in medicine, dentistry and other health subjects by the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Rankings 2020. THE World Subject Rankings 2020 highlights the universities that lead in the parameters of clinical, pre-clinical and health subjects across the world. The Institute of Medical…
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Amrita ranked the 8th best university in the country for the second consecutive year
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham emerged as the 8th best university in the country for the second consecutive year in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking 2019. Amrita School of Medicine at Kochi was ranked 5th best medical college in the county. The list was released by Hon’ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind on…
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Giving drinking water- a turning point in life
Thirty-one students from 14 Universities in Japan, from International Volunteers of University Student Association IVUSA, worked alongside 12 of Amrita University’s Masters of Social Work (MSW) students and faculty members to deploy clean drinking water filters in 31 flood-hit communities in the Kerala State districts of Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta, in February 2019. The effort was…
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Prajnanam – Ayurveda seminar on management of infertility
1-2 Feb, Amritapuri Ashram ‘Prajnanam’, a two-day national seminar on Ayurvedic solutions for infertility management was inaugurated today by Kerala Governor P. Sadasivam at Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Amritapuri, Kollam. During his inaugural address, the Governor has observed that the nation lacks effective treatment for infertility in general and the situation called for the involvement of…
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Spiritual knowledge should be our eyes, Science should be our arms : Amma
31 August 2018, Amritapuri Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s 15th Annual Convocation & Graduation Day Ceremony of Amritapuri Campus saw more than 1,325 undergraduate, post-graduate and Ph. D. students attaining their degrees in the presence of both Chief Guest, Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and Amma, who is the also Chancellor of Amrita…
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Amrita takes vocational skill training to Africa
In partnership with STEP Innovations Africa, Amrita Vishswa Vidyapeetham’s Ammachi Labs initiated a pilot deployment of the computerized vocational education and training (computerized) in Motorcycle Repair Service at Integrated Polytechnic Regional College (IPRC), a premier vocational training institution in Kigali, Rwanda. This course is a self paced eLearning package developed in-house by AMMACHI Labs, aligned…