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Campus Day Celebrations @ AmritapuriApril 30, 2013
Campus Day celebrations at Amritapuri note Amrita's potential to make a mark as a top international research university in coming years
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Amrita Students’ Flight to SuccessApril 17, 2013
Amrita students win second prize in nationwide aeromodelling competition organized at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
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Amrita Students Win AwardsApril 15, 2013
Amrita MTech students win best paper and poster awards at International Conference on Global Innovations in Technology and Sciences
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Amrita in Top 5 at UNAOC ChallengeMarch 28, 2013
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations shortlists Sanskar, an interactive Android Amrita app, among top five in its global challenge
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World Water Day 2013March 22, 2013
Amrita students express their solidarity with the global community on World Water Day, pledging to do all they can to conserve water
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Workshops at Amrita CampusesMarch 15-16, 2013
Amrita hosts workshops on Computer Architecture & High Performance Computing and Computer Vision & Image Processing
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Panel Discussions for Women EmpowermentMarch 15, 2013
Chancellor Amma's words and scriptural insights mark panel discussions organized at Amrita campuses for empowerment of women
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Students Cracked Tata Crucible Campus QuizMarch 11, 2013
Amrita students win cash prize of Rs. 75,000 and qualify for zonal finals of India's largest inter-collegiate business quiz competition
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Amrita celebrates International Women’s DayMarch 8, 2013
Amrita fraternity forms a human chain on International Women’s Day; empowered women in Calicut inaugurate a fabric painting unit
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Vidyut 2013 Embraces SustainabilityMarch 1-3, 2013
Students of Amritapuri Campus join together to host the second edition of Vidyut, the national level techno - management multiFest
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Amrita Students Win Innovation CompetitionFebruary 23, 2013
Student proposal of novel way to produce a compound for possible use in renewable energy applications wins innovation award
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SustainableFebruary 19, 2013
Dr. Baskaran from Deakin University, Australia, highlights how sustainable water management has helped the driest continent on the planet
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Amrita Faculty Wins Best Thesis AwardFebruary 19, 2013
Dr. Anbuudayasankar wins best thesis award for his work on unified heuristics for complex and practical routing problems in logistics
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Nanotech Breakthrough by Amrita AlumnusFebruary 12, 2013
Amrita alumnus Dr. Vijay Prasad Sivan, now at RMIT in Australia, helps develop breakthrough nanoparticle-coated liquid metal droplets
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Amrita Participates in Indo-German SymposiumFebruary 6, 2013
Indo-German Symposium in Frontiers of Engineering seeks Amrita participation; Dr. Maneesha Ramesh to attend
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Amrita Students Win Innovation CompetitionFebruary 2, 2013
BTech students of Chemical Engineering win first prize in national innovation contest for their low-cost treatment proposal of renal failures
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International Conference on Women in ComputingJanuary 17, 2013
BTech students win cash award of $1000 in the Mentor Graphics University Design Contest for design of a Digital Access Controller
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International Conference on Women in ComputingJanuary 9-11, 2013
Department of Computer Science at Coimbatore campus organizes second edition of International Conference on Women in Computing
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Futsal 2012 at Amritapuri December 26, 2012
Futsal 2012, the official football tournament of the Amritapuri campus, sees enthusiastic participation from seventy-two student teams
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Amrita Hosts Asia Regional Finals of the ACM-ICPC December 19-21, 2012
252 students teams from all over India participate in Asia Regional Finals of the ACM ICPC at Amritapuri, Bangalore and Coimbatore
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Amrita Alumni Wins Young Innovator Fellowship December 18, 2012
Amrita alumnus Linkesh receives UN International Telecom Union’s Young Innovator Fellowship for a disaster communication device
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Amrita Faculty Presents at WAVES ConferenceDecember 8, 2012
Shankar Kumaran presents paper on Yoga Psychology at World Conference on Vedic Studies in University of Massachusetts
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Multi Dimensional Data Analytics Lab Inaugurated December 5, 2012
Department of Science and Technology (DST) provides funding for a new Amrita Multi Dimensional Data Analytics (AMuDA) Lab
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Bronze Medals for Amrita at Power Lifting Championship November 29, 2012
Amrita students of Engineering and Arts & Sciences, as youngest participants, win bronze medals at State Level Power Lifting Championship
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Amrita Student Chapters Win Honors November 26, 2012
Amrita IEEE and CSI student chapters at School of Engineering, Coimbatore win national-level and international-level honors
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Treatment of Waste WaterNovember 15, 2012
The case study of Coimbatore campus illustrates how wastewater treatment can solve the twin global problems of water scarcity and pollution
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President Launches Amrita’s A-VIEW On Aakash TabletNovember 11, 2012
Honorable President Shri. Pranab Mukherjee launches Amrita University’s e-learning platform, A-View 3.0, running on Aakash tablet
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TCS Research Fellowship for Amrita Student November 10, 2012
Kuruvachen K. George, Junior Research Fellow, receives prestigious research fellowship from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
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Making Hits by Firing BestNovember 6, 2012
BTech student Vaishnavee Srinivasan from Coimbatore campus wins honors at state-wide sports championships in pistol and rifle shooting
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Celebration of Cleaning at Sabarimala November 2-5, 2012
Pictures tell the story of students, faculty and staff from Amrita campuses enthusiastically cleaning up in Sabarimala and Pampa
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Grappling With The Garbage At SabarimalaNovember 2-5, 2012
Over 3200 volunteers including students, faculty and staff from all Amrita campuses, enthusiastically participate in clean-up at Sabarimala and Pampa
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Gearing Up for a Noble MissionNovember 1, 2012
Students, staff and faculty members from all Amrita campuses prepare to participate yet again in Amala Bharatam Campaign at Sabarimala
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Recognition from IEEE for Amrita Faculty October 29, 2012
Amrita faculty appointed Chair of India IEEE Education Society; another Amrita faculty receives nomination to IEEE Executive Committee
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Power and Water WoesOctober 26, 2012
Elsevier publishes Amrita paper titled Economic Impact of Pumped Storage Power Plant on Social Welfare of Electricity Market
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A Novel Eco-Friendly Vehicle October 25, 2012
Amrita team wins top prize for their three-wheeler cycle in inter-collegiate design competition organized by Society of Automobile Engineers
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Capture-the-Flag for Cyber Security Awareness October 22, 2012
Amrita team secures top spot from India in global online cybersecurity contest organized as part of Cyber Security Awareness Week in New York
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NABARD Rural Innovation Award for Dr. ManeeshaOctober 18, 2012
Dr. Maneesha receives Runners-Up Award for Rural Innovations on behalf of Amrita from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
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Invited Talk on Integrated Energy ManagementOctober 17, 2012
IEEE - Industry Applications Society's Student Branch Chapter at Amritapuri campus organizes invited talk on Integrated Energy Management
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Navaratri Celebrations at Amritapuri CampusOctober 15-24, 2012
Students, faculty and staff members at the Amritapuri campus celebrate the ten days of the Navaratri Festival with great enthusiasm
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Project Exhibition by Student ForumOctober 11, 2012
Amrita BTech students at Bengaluru win appreciation for their projects on wireless automation, fuel cells and hybrid technology vehicles
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A-View wins Educational Excellence AwardOctober 10, 2012
Amrita’s e-Learning platform, A-View, wins Educational Excellence Award at the Indo-Global Educational Summit and Expo in Hyderabad
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BTech Students Present at International ConferenceOctober 8, 2012
BTech students present paper on self-charging electric vehicles as youngest delegates at international conference in Cape Town, South Africa
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Invited Talk on Safety in Rail TransportOctober 4, 2012
Former Chief Commissioner of Indian Railways, Dr. R. Rajamani, speaks to engineering students about career prospects in Indian Railways
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Amrita in Big Data Working GroupOctober 4, 2012
Dr. Sreeranga Rajan, Director of Software Systems Innovation at Fujitsu, and adjunct faculty at Amrita, oversees efforts to secure big data
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Chancellor Amma’s 59th Birthday CelebrationsSeptember 27, 2012
Students, faculty and staff from all five Amrita campuses participate enthusiastically in Chancellor Amma’s 59th birthday celebrations
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Amrita-Cognizant Innovation Lab InauguratedSeptember 26, 2012
New Amrita-Cognizant Innovation Lab at Coimbatore campus to support research work in Computer Vision and Image Processing
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For A Greener TomorrowSeptember 22, 2012
Amrita fraternity eschews personal transport and participates in cycle rally to join a global community observing World Car-Free Day
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9th Convocation of Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamSeptember 16, 2012
4211 graduating students from five Amrita campuses receive doctoral, masters and bachelors degrees at 9th University Convocation
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Workshop on Embedded Software DevelopmentSeptember 14-15, 2012
ASE joins hands with IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and Texas Instruments to conduct workshop on Embedded Software Development
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Amrita Students Ace Cisco ContestSeptember 8, 2012
Amrita students win Cisco's All India NetRiders competition; will now represent India in the online Asia Pacific NetRiders Challenge
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