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.
Category: International Forum
23rd March 2019, Amritapuri Humanitarian and spiritual leader Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi was today awarded with an honorary Doctorate of Letters (D.Litt. Honoris Causa) by the University of Mysore. While the University convocation was held on 17th March 2019, the honorary doctorate was officially presented to Amma by the Vice Chancellor of the University of […]
Parents need to be vigilant about their children’s online and offline lives. Foster a loving relationships with them so that they can feel secure enough to have open-hearted communication with the parents about their troubles.
On the 11th of September (the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous speech at the Parliament of World’s Religions in Chicago), Amma was bestowed ISOL Foundation’s “Trinity 2018 Ma Sarada Award.” The award was presented to Amma at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago” for her selfless love and compassion towards all beings […]
On the 11th of September (the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous speech at the Parliament of World’s Religions in Chicago), Amma was bestowed ISOL Foundation’s “Trinity 2018 Ma Sarada Award.” The award was presented to Amma at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago “for her selfless love and compassion towards all beings […]
11-19 July 2016, United Nations, New York United Nations ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) convened a series of meetings in July for for 9 days for its members to act on key initiatives. During a High Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the MAM was represented by Anju Bist, Co-Director of Amrita SeRVe, […]
28 September 2015, New York City Ms. Evie Evangelou founder of Fashion 4 Development (F4D) awarded Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) the “Medal of Honour” for more than 25 years of humanitarian work in the fields of human rights, health and well-being, including food, access to water and power, housing, medical care, and the right […]
21 July 2015, Paris, France Amma stressed today the importance of employing a spiritual approach in checking global warming, cautioning countries across the world about the ill-effects of humanity’s continuing deeds against nature. “Ignoring the current environmental situation is like a man on the top floor of flats being indifferent to the fire on the […]
United Nations Academic Impact – START/Amrita UniversityConference on Technology for Sustainable Development Keynote Address by Sri Mata Amritanandamayi DeviChancellor, Amrita UniversityNew York, 8th July 2015* * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * [Serving in her role as Chancellor of Amrita University, Amma addressed researchers representing 93 leading international […]
United Nations Academic Impact / Amrita University Conferenceon Technology for Sustainable Development on July 8, 2015, New York By Ramu Damodaran,Chief, United Nations Academic Impact I jotted down eight of the points that the Administrator [of the United Nations Development Program, Helen Clark] referred to in our Looking Forward to 2030, the process we are […]