Tag: Awards
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Ma Sarada award was bestowed to Amma
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…
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Amrita transplant team won British Medical Journal award
2nd Nov 2015, Kochi The Amrita Hospital hand transplant team won the prestigious British Medical Journal award 2015 for the category of best surgical team of South Asia. These awards have been instituted to honour the contributions of various teams in this region in different aspects of medical care delivery. The BMJ awards has been…
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Fashion 4 Development awarded Amma with Medal of Honour for humanitarian work
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…
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Prof. Shanti Nair of Amrita receives India Nanosciences Award
On December 6th, at the Bangalore INDIA NANO 2014, Professor Shantikumar Nair, Dean of Research at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, was bestowed the C N R Rao India Nanoscience Award. The award is given to one scientist each year for outstanding contributions in nanotechnology research and development in India. In a packed auditorium attended by the…
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Amrita Vidyalayam Davengere won the International Science Fair award
The students from Amrita Vidyalayam, Davangere– Nayana KR and Aishwarya CA of Class 10– have won Fourth Grand Award in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair 2013 held at Arizona, USA. They won the prize in Mathematical Science Category for their experiment – Dissection of square into ‘N’ congruent squares. The fair was from…
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Amma is a refuge to the world suffering from all ills
23-24 April, Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2013 When Amma arrived at her Brahmasthanam and Ashram in Kaimanam, Thiruvananthapuram on the evening of the 22nd April, lamps had been lit all along the roadside leading to the ashram, creating a welcoming and beautiful path for Amma. Upon arrival, Amma served Prasad to the devotees and…
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Vishwaretna puraskar presented to Amma by Hindu Parliament
23 April, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – Bharata Yatra 2013 During Amma’s visit to her ashram in Kaimanam, Thiruvananthapuram, Shri Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma, the Maharaja of Travancore and head of the Travancore royal family, presented Amma with the first-ever Vishwaretna Puraskar (Gem of the World Award), bestowed by newly constituted Hindu Parliament. Several officials of the…
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Amma was given Mahavir Award
London, 27 Oct 2008 British Member of Parliament, Lynne Featherstone, came to meet Amma. She said: “Amma has dedicated her life in helping others, Amma is living proof that equality and the belief that people should not be discriminated against due to their gender, race or cast is a universal one. Amma shows that a…
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President Awards Ashram for Fighting Illiteracy
8 September 2008 — New Delhi, India The Mata Amritanandamayi Math [MAM] was presented with a 2008 NLM-UNESCO Award for Adult Literacy. The award was given in recognition of MAM’s outstanding contribution to the Adult Education Program Jan Shikshan Sansthan [JSS] in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. The award was presented at a function in New Delhi…
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Cinema Verite Honours Amma
A Saint, an Angel, a Person of Goodness:12 October 2007 — La Bastille, Paris, France “To introduce a saint is a big job, but to film an angel is something else entirely,” said Academy Award-nominee Sharon Stone upon presenting Amma with the ‘Prix Cinéma Vérité 2007’ Award in Paris. By “filming an angel,” Stone was…