Category: University
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Panel discussion at the Center for Spiritual Studies
25 Sep 2013, Amritapuri – Amritavarsham60 Celebrations As part of the inauguration of the Amrita Center for Spiritual Studies, a select panel of Amma’s Senior disciples were invited to speak about her life and teachings at the Amrita University, Amritapuri campus, on September 25th, 2013. The session commenced with the lead speaker, Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri.…
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Indian President launches Amrita’s A-VIEW on Aakash Tablet
11 Nov 2012, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi Hon’ble President of India Pranab Mukherjee launched the latest version of Amrita University’s E-Learning platform A-VIEW 3.0 (Amrita Virtual Interactive E-Learning World) on the Aakash 2 tablet. The President A-VIEW Server with 1 Gbps link was unveiled and dedicated for the nation. Any institution of higher education can now…
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Class room on wheels ‘MOVE’ from Amrita to empower women
Amrita University is ushering a new era for the empowerment of socially and economically weaker sections of women in India by taking computer aided vocational training courses to villages using technology aided mobile vehicles called MoVE (Mobile Vocational Education). A MoVE unit is a fully functioning classroom-on-wheels, equipped with latest computer and communication technology. The…
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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…
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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…
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Indo-US inter-university collaborative initiative
Higher education & research at Amrita University 7 December 2005 — Delhi Today, 15 leading U.S. Universities—including Harvard, Yale and Princeton—joined the triumvirate of Amrita University, the Indian Space Research Organization and the Department of Science & Technology of the Government of India in a project to enhance higher education and research in India. Representatives…
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Cryptology workshop
10 – 12 September 2004 — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus Amritapuri: The Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and the Cryptology Research Society of India are jointly organizing a national workshop on cryptology on the Amritapuri campus in Kollam from September 10 to 12. The workshop will provide a platform for all Indian researchers in cryptography and…
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e-Learning classes launched
7 July 2004 — Amrita University, Ettimidai A state-of-the-art E-learning Studio with 6 simultaneous synchronous LCD panels was launched at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University) Ettimadai campus on 7 July, 2004 by Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Indian IT major, Infosys Technologies. Mr. Bhaskar Narayan, Director, Satellite Communications, Indian Space…
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Where there is love there is no distance
Saturday, 15 May 2004 — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri CampusAmrita University’s Satellite link inaugurated It was a historic moment–both for Amma’s Deemed University and for India. On 15 May 2004, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham became the nation’s first multi-disciplinary educational institution to connect its campuses via satellite. As Dr. S. Banerjee, the director of Bhabha Atomic…
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Inauguration of Amrita College of Medicine
Saturday, 14 September 2002, 4.00 PM One more contribution to society from our most Beloved Amma – the College of Medicine at AIMS, Kochi – a majestic institution offering high quality education in the field of modern medicine. The college’s curriculum has been designed to provide value-based education and mould the character of the younger…