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A Summary Report of ICSTSD ’11
June 5, 2011 Dept of Social Work, Amritapuri At the conclusion of ICSTSD ’11, Ms. Yamuna Sandrine Bonin, Research Scholar at Amrita Department of Social Work, shared a report of the historic...
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Amrita Sanjeevani Innovations Bring Change
June 17, 2011 Dept of Social Work, Amritapuri Thousands of Amrita students have participated in the Amala Bharatam cleanliness drives to-date. Hundreds have helped sort and process the trash,...
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Sustainability for a Modern World
June 13, 2011 Dept of Social Work, Amritapuri A person once told Chancellor Amma he wanted to study sustainability and she replied, “The old way of life was sustainable.” In Kerala, it used...
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A Duty That Calls
June 26, 2011 Amritapuri Campus Cleaning garbage can never be easy. But for many intrepid Amrita students, it is now not a difficult chore either, rather a noble duty that calls the 4th...
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Investing in Teachers for the Future
August 3, 2011 Coimbatore Campus In ancient India, spirituality and education went hand in hand. Likewise, knowledge and values were inseparable. However, in today’s world values are...
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Supporting the Anti-Corruption Movement
August 29, 2011 School of Engineering, Coimbatore Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption campaign and 12 day hunger strike inspired a nationwide protest. The youth also contributed their voices to...
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Convocation ’11 for Graduating Students
August 28, 2011 University HQ, Coimbatore “The guiding principle of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, education for life and education for living,* blends spirituality and the ancient Indian values...
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VC Addresses Graduating Students
August 28, 2011 University HQ, Coimbatore Dr. Venkat, Vice-Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, spoke at the 8th convocation, highlighting the rapid advances made by the university under...
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Medical Social Workers Annual Seminar
September 28, 2011 School of Medicine, Kochi The Amrita Social Workers Annual Seminar – ASWAS 2011 – was organized by the Department of Medical Social Work at the Amrita School of Medicine on...
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Amrita Observes World Car Free Day
September 23, 2011 Amritapuri Campus Over one billion vehicles are currently in use in the world today. Emissions from these vehicles is upsetting the delicate balance in nature, increasing...
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Nobel Prize Winner is Adjunct Faculty at Amrita
October 6, 2011 Amrita University What scientists understand, through innumerable failures and the rare success, is that science is a process that involves approaching the truth through trial...
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World Mental Health Day Observed
October 19, 2011 Department of Social Work, Amritapuri School of Medicine, Kochi An estimated 15-20 crore people in India suffer from some kind of mental disorder such as depression,...
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Keeping Tradition Alive
November 19, 2011 Coimbatore Campus Today we live in a global village united by technological miracles like mass media, information technology and international travel. TV has brought us...
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Reaching Out to the Marginalized
October 31, 2011 Department of Social Work, Coimbatore As the Amala Bharatam Campaign continues to tackle the problem of waste and recycling, its impact is being felt in more and more places,...
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MSW Students Egg On Cleanliness Campaign
November 5, 2011 Department of Social Work, Amritapuri Kerala is now a big heap of garbage, ran the headline of a recent newspaper report. Written by a senior medical specialist, the report...
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Amala Bharatam Campaign Tackles More Issues
November 5, 2011 Amritapuri Campus In 2010, the Indian government said a firm no to Bt brinjal, a genetically modified vegetable supposedly more resistant to attack from pests and disease....
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Being Different
November 16, 2011 Coimbatore Campus “We need to reverse the gaze upon the West by studying the other on our own terms,” stated Shri. Rajiv Malhotra at the launch of his new book titled Being...
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Course on Public Health
February 22, 2012 Department of Social Work, Coimbatore “Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and...
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Vidyut Multi-Fest at Amrita
February 6, 2012 Amritapuri Campus Engineering colleges in India organize tech fests. Business schools host management fests. With Amrita’s focus on multi-disciplinary education and research,...
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Science Village – A Huge Draw at Vidyut
February 6, 2012 Amritapuri Campus Imagine a future when all houses generate their own electricity through either solar or wind power. They harvest and store rain water and use it as their...
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