Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
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VIDYUT
Jan 8th
After establishing a strong foot in the international arena, Amrita University, Amritapuri campus is organizing a first-of-its-kind all India student multi-fest “VIDYUT” on February 1 to 3, 2012. Planned in the lines with the university’s vision and mission, VIDYUT will host several technical, management and cultural events like paper presentations, workshops, invited talks, exhibitions, and competitions for undergraduate and post graduate students, with the theme “technology for humanity”. In this modern era of advanced science and technology applications in communication, warfare and cyberspace, VIDYUT 2012 events will aim to create awareness among the participants on how to utilize technology for humanitarian activities. This is also a platform to provide an insight into the contributions made by ancient India in the field of science and technology. To balance the day’s mind-breaking technical events, VIDYUT will also serve musical nights performed by the country’s top notch artists, on all the three days. This national level mega event is expected to attract young, dynamic minds from renowned institutions like IITs, NITs and other premier educational institutions across the country and abroad. More details are available in http://vidyut.co.in.
VIDYUT events and other attractions include:
· 35+ events across engineering disciplines, including a robotic competition, programming contests, online industrial problem solving and several unique events from commerce & management.
· Technical Paper Presentation & Project Design Competition
· Cutting edge workshops in engineering disciplines
· Invited talks by industrial leaders, entrepreneurs and top management experts
· Exhibitions from ISRO, KMML, IRE, KRL, DRDO, etc.
· Exhibition on “Ancient India’s contribution in Science & Technology”
· Adventure sports by National Adventure Foundation
· More than 10 lakh rupee as prize money for technical events
· Performance by KK, Avial Band and many more…
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TECH EVENTS
WORKSHOPS
Blender workshop on 3D Game Development @ VIDYUT-12
Jan 7th
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus is organizing a 3 day hands on workshop on Game development in Blender as part of our national level techno-management multiFest VIDYUT-2012.
The main attraction of this workshop is that it is being handled by none other than Mike Pan(www.mikepan.com) and Jonathan Williamson (http://www.blender.org/education-help/certified-trainer/jonathan-williamson/) The gurus of the game engine.
The workshop is certified by CGCookie. For more details logon to : www.vidyut.co.in
If you are interested you can contact
Mr. Unnikrishnan.K.V
Ph : 09567761118
AMRITA RESEARCH LECTURE SERIES 2011
Jan 6th
We are happy to inform you that Dr. Judson Harward, Principal Research Scientist
Associate Director, Center for Educational Computing Initiatives Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, is visiting Amrita University . He has agreed to deliver a research lecture, for students on Monday, 10th January 2011.
Venue : CCR Room No: 116
Time : 2.15 pm -3.15 pm
Topic : “Laboratories Without Boundaries”
Abstract:
Scientists and engineers typically believe that laboratory experimentation is a critically important part of training in their fields. Due to logistical or resource constraints, however, students are often denied such laboratory experiences. MIT’s iLab Project addresses this by providing access to real laboratory experiments via the Internet. This allows educators to complement existing hands-on labs with remotely available iLabs or to provide online lab experiences for distance learners.
During over a decade of the project’s evolution, iLabs have allowed us to reexamine what the role of labs can and should be in education. While online labs can easily cater to bounded and passive learning experiences, we have found that they can also introduce students to the fundamental engineering cycle of requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing and evaluation. Finally, online labs offer unique opportunities for students to learn that modern science and engineering are inherently global and interdisciplinary fields.
All interested faculty, researchers and students can attend this session.
Thank You
Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh
Head, AMRITA Center for Wireless Networks & Applications
Head, Indo-US and International Initiatives
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AMRITA University)
Amritapuri Campus
Amritapuri, Kollam, 690525
Amritians to participate in the prestigious TEDx Talks organized at Amrita
Dec 28th
Amrita University showcases its great minds to the world. As a beginning, two of our Amritians are participating in the prestigious TEDx event at AMRITA as guest speakers. Mr. Korath V Mathew, who is the current Director of AKSHAYA Project, Kerala State IT Mission, and Mr.N.Krishnadas, who is the Ambassodor of GreenIT Campaign are participating in the event.
Korath V Mathew is presently the Director of Akshaya, a landmark ICT project of Kerala state IT Mission focused on empowering the citizens through ICT. Launched in Malappuram District of Kerala in November 2002 as an e-literacy campaign to bridge the digital divide, Akshaya Citizen Service Centers(CSC) have now spread all across the state delivering a multitude of G2C, B2C, G2B and G2G services.In addition, the ubiquitous network of 2000 Akshaya Centers also focuses on Distance learning , e-learning, E- Krishi and many specialized services. Prior to this job he worked as an ICT Consultant to many projects, namely, ERP implementations, SaaS solutions, GIS systems, Datacenter services, VPN/WAN connectivity, BPR, E Governance projects and PPP model for E-governance.
N Krishnadas, is pursuing his PhD at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. His research area is Information and Systems and he is conducting his research on Green IT. He decided to pursue his management research career to leverage upon his expertise in Computer Science Engineering (B.Tech). He has successful internship experiences with Microsoft and Honeywell. He has published research papers in International Journals and has presented papers in reputed International Conferences. He has won many awards in various management/engineering events including the Indian Innovator and Best Manager Award. He has special interest in field of e-governance and has made significant contributions in this field. He aspired to become a Green IT expert and contribute to Information Systems and Environmental Sustainability.
Know yourself is the message of spirituality(Excerpts from Amma’s Christmas message, 24 Dec 2010, Amritapuri)
Dec 27th
“Whenever celebrations and holy days take place, Amma gives a message. However, in reality, these messages are not different; they are all one. Their essence is one. Although religions are many, spirituality has only one message. It is just that this message is presented in different ways.
“If you want to put it in phrase, this message is “Know yourself.” This is the supreme message. This message is not only relevant on the spiritual path. Regardless of our chosen field of action, if we want to attain results, we should first know our own sakti—our own power. We should know both our strengths and our weaknesses. This is one level of “knowing one’s self.” However to understand one’s self merely at the level of the mind is not the peak of self knowledge. For this, we need to go deeper. Because in knowing ourselves at the level of the mind, we neither come to perceive all of our strengths and weaknesses, nor are we able to completely transcend them. On the other hand, the message given to us by the scriptures is: “You are neither weak nor incapable. You are the source of unlimited power.” This is the supreme reality. Understanding this truth is the goal of life. This is the one message that the rishis and gurus have been giving to humankind in various ways according to the time in which they lived.
Salvage Mangroves in Sungei Buloh – Amritians Singapore Chapter Team on a mission
Dec 27th
Our Humble Pranams to Our Holy Mother AMMA
We offer this unto Our holy mother AMMA!
Besides weekly satsangs and Swamijis’ discourses every now and then, AMMA has always told us to lead a life that is one with nature. To put that valuable advice into some action, a total of 17 of us from Amriteswari Society, Alumni (from various AMMA’s Instituitions in India who are currently working in Singapore) & Ayudh in Singapore gave up the comfort of our beds on a Saturday morning only to volunteer ourselves to Salvage Mangroves in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.
It was time; we were geared up with hats, shovels, boots and gloves. Some had even planned in advance and got their own boots, trowels and even some snacks. All ready and eager to get down and salvage some Mangroves! Before we headed to the site, we had a short briefing accompanied by a group prayer to kick start our mission for the day.
Despite the briefing, We had no clue what to expect when we got there. All We knew was that we were going to save as many mangroves as we can. As we trekked towards the mangrove site, we identified and enjoyed the fauna and flora surrounding us.
When we reached the mangrove site (mud flat), for some reason we felt brief moments of anxiety. Many questions kept popping in my head on whether we would be able to maneuver from myself from one end to the other or will we just sink in.
We split amongst ourselves into small groups to focus in specific areas. The instructor requested us to remove those saplings which were grown atleast our knee height! Because they wanted the smaller ones to be removed by primary school children… Wow…it was surprising to hear this. When school children are encouraged to participate in such kind of activities, why not we adults!!! That was an added inspiration.
When we got down to the mud flat, the experience we earned waddling around in the soft muddy ground was special on its own. Falling down and helping each other up and getting stuck many times was all worth it end of the day where we had the chance to salvage a total of 62 mangrove saplings.
It was an amazing feeling to see all the mangrove saplings being grouped together before we placed them in the nursery. The method on how we all managed to transport the 62 saplings on our own without the aid of any fancy machineries was an experience on its own. We all stood side by side forming a ‘human-chain’. One by one we manually passed the sapling across to the other side.
At the end of it all 62 mangroves were given a chance to fulfill its purpose. While going back home, it was such a great feeling and a beautiful sense of satisfaction that we were able to do a little something for Mother Nature by salvaging mangrove saplings to open up the wetland areas for migratory birds to seek habitats. JAI MA!
‘ Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu’
Prof. Maarten van Steen’s Visit to Amritapuri Campus
Nov 27th
Dr. Maarten van Steen, full professor at the VU University Amsterdam is visiting Amrita University, Amritapuri campus on 27-Nov-2010, monday. He is one of the pioneer’s in Distributed Systems and have authored many books including Computer and Network Organization, Distributed Systems, Graph Theory and Complex Networks etc. He also co-authored one book Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms with Prof. Andrew S Tanenbaum.
He is instrumental in signing the dual degree program between AMRITA and VU amsterdam on masters in parallel and distributed systems. The current first year MTech students are eligible for this dual degree program.
Dr. Maarten is planning to deliver two talks to the faculty members and M.Tech students. The details of the talks are given below.
Talk 1: Gossiping computers
Date: 29 Nov 2010
Time: 2.15 – 3.15 PM
Venue: Room #116 (CIR room)
Talk 2: Gossiping: Checks and Balances
Date: 29 Nov 2010
Time: 3.45 – 4.45 PM
Venue: Room #116 (CIR room)
Others who are interested in listening to him can also attend the session.
Let us make India Beautiful – A Video of Amala Bharatam Clean-Up Drive
Nov 25th
This is the video of the participants of Amala Bharatam Clean-Up drive(ABC) organized on 31 Oct 2010. All the volunteers are from Amrita University Kochi, Coimbatore and Amritapuri campuses.This can be a high motivational film for other schools/colleges as well.
Really inspiring .. watch this and share among your friends…
We will keep our country clean, its our Chancellor’s(AMMA) birthday wish. “Students of Amrita University take up the call of Amma to “Amala Bharatam ” – Clean India Beautiful India”. Felt inspired and spreading the awareness to clean the whole country.
You can watch it here: Let us make India Beautiful
Come join us… Let us keep our country clean… Let us together make India Beautiful…
Dont forget to download HD and mobile versions if you need. click here
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Hires MSc Biotechnology Students
Nov 21st
Last week Dr. Reddy’s laboratories, the first Indian Biopharmacutical company to be listed in the New york Stock Exchange arrived at Amrita School of Biotechnology for placements in to their R&D and Production sections. 5 students from 3rd Semester M.Sc Biotechnology were hired into various departments.
The selection processes started late night on Thursday, 18th November after a presentation by one of Dr.Reddy’s HR team member. This was followed by a written examination and a personal interview of the 20 short-listed candidates.
The interview panel said they were completely amazed by the performance of students, both in written test and in interviews and the panel had a hard time deciding on who is to be selected.
Full credits to all of those people who worked day and night to make this happen at ASBT.
Congrats to the winners!!
Results of October 2010 competitions
Nov 1st
We are excited to announce the result of Campus Blogging Competition October results. The best three bloggers will receive scholarships for studying “Applied Economics” course at the Hedge School of Applied Economics. 
The winners are
1. Maratt.L.T from Amritaayanam – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
2. Sahana Chandran from CeTly Live – College of Engineering Thalassery
3. George Best from Amritaayanam – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
Congrats Everyone…
We will post this month’s competition in some time. Stay tuned…
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