Amrita Engineering Brochure 2017

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Amrita School of Engineering in a short span of 12 years has been able to
create outstanding engineering education and research. Last year, NIRF
ranked the Amritapuri campus as the best engineering campus in Kerala, and
the 4th best in India. Drawing from chancellor Amma’s all-encompassing
vision, the campus philosophy is to embrace everything with zeal and
zest and to use the best of one’s talents, skills, head and heart to bring cost
effective solutions to common man’s problems. This is why Amritapuri
has emerged as Kerala’s top-ranked campus, the 4th best in the country,
and a centre for dynamic research and innovation–in diverse areas such as
Robotics, Cyber Security, IoT, Renewable Energy, Biotechnology and Chip
Design.

Amritapuri campus has several centres of research in Wireless Networks,
Cyber Security, e-Learning, Education Technology, and Haptics/Robotics.

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PROGRAMMES Offered

UG PG

B.Tech.in Computer Science and Engineering. M. C. A.

B.Tech.in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. M.Tech. in Computer Science &Engineering.

B.Tech.in Electronics and Communication Engg. M.Tech. in Control & Instrumentation Engineering.

B.Tech.in Mechanical Engineering. M.Tech. in Cyber Security Systems & Networks

M.Tech. in Power & Energy Engineering.

M.Tech. in Robotics & Automation

M.Tech. in Thermal & Fluids Engineering.

M.Tech. in VLSI Design

M.Tech. in Wireless Networks & Applications

Ph.D

Ph.D. in Engineering

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Department of

Computer Science and
Engineering

The Department of Computer Science is having
collaboration with reputed institutions Indian and
foreign Institutions to support students in their
academics and final projects as internship. Through
this rapport, students get opportunities to learn
conventional as well as emerging areas in core
computer science and engineering.

Programmes Offered

B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
BCA
M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
MCA
Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering

Faculty Strength: 42

The department has well-qualified and experienced faculty who are specialists
in the various domains like machine learning, networking and web services,
Image processing etc. We have eminent faculty graduated from UT Dallas, IITs
and NITs.

Number of faculty members with Ph. D - 7

Number of faculty members with M.Tech - 35

Major Facilities and R&D Laboratories

Dedicated ICPC Lab.
Dedicated Free and Open Source Software Lab
High Performance Computing Lab
CISCO Lab

Chairperson
M. R. Kaimal Ph. D

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Recent Research and Student Achievements
Development
Activities 2013-17 batch student (s)

Funded Project sponsored by Selected as student-facilitator for Google Applied CS with Android programme.
DST on “Video Analytics based
identification and tracking in Won 1st prize at Slacfast Hackathan, Bangalore.
smart spaces” for 14.6 Lakhs
Invited for Google I/O 2016 held at California, US, an annual developer
Five Thrust area groups are conference to be held at May 18 - 21, 2016.
as follows
Invited for attending ROSCon 2016 through ROSCon Diversity Scholarship
Machine Learning in Databases/ Programme held at Seoul, South Korea
Big data Analytics
Selected as a student scholar to attend Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in
Computer Vision and Image Computing, Texas USA from 19/10/16 to21/10/16 with Anita Borg Institute
Processing scholarship. She is the only one selected from India.

Networks Ten Students from CSE Dept. secured prestigious Google Summer of Code 2016
Internships. Each selected student will receive a stipend of US $5500 (3.6 Lakh
Computational Bioinformatics INR) from Google Inc. and a two month internship in popular Open Source
projects.
Formal Methods and Program
Analysis

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2012-16 Batch student (s) Major Events organised

Selected for women’s outreach Program with Xen. ICPC- largest collegiate programming contest: The ACM
International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is a
Selected as Google Summer of Code 2016 multitier, team-based, programming competition operating
Organization Admin for Wikimedia foundation under the auspices of ACM and headquartered at Baylor
University. Amrita University has been hosting this ACM
Selected for EIT Digital Masters in Europe scholarship International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), for
- 6000euroes+500euro / month. the past 11 years.

Selected for semester abroad program at Paderborn Aspirations 2020
University, Germany.
For the two years in a row, Amrita University hosted the
Secured a scholarship to attend Wikimedia Hackathon programming contest Aspirations 2020, promoted by India
at Jerusalem. tech giant Infosys.

Selected as Google Summer of Code participant in Students’ Internships
2016 and Invited to attend KDE community’s sprints
in Randa, Switzerland and at CERN in Geneva, ISI, Kolkata; Xenonstack, Chandigarh; BGU University,
Switzerland. Israel; Tel-Aviv University, Israel; FireEye, Bangalore;
etc.
Received scholarship to attend Lambda Conf 2016,
Colorado. Recent Recruiters

Organization administrator and Mentor for Wikimedia Google, CISCO, Amazon, Zoho, IBM, CGI, Directi, TCS,
Foundation. Infosys, CTS, Thermo Fisher, Wipro, Accenture, Bosch,
Intuit, Honeywell, EY Global Delivery Network, HCL,
Awarded a scholarship of $5900 each for a one month Mu Sigma, Nationstar Mortgage, etc.
internship in BGU University, Israel.

Secured two month Cyber security Summer School
Internship with Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

Selected for the FireEye internship program at
Bangalore.

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Higher Studies & Research
Opportunities (Career Development)

MS in UT Dallas
MS in Indiana University, Bloomington
MS in Sunny Buffalo, University of Texas
University of Texas
SUNY, Stone Brook
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
North Carolina State University
University of Amsterdam
SUNY,Stone Brook
University of Warwick
University of Texas at Dallas
Vrije University, Amsterdam
Tel Aviv university
Universita degli Studi di Trento, Italy
Aalto University, Finland
L’AQUILA, ITALY
TU, Munich, Germany
University of Paderborn, Germany
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Department of

Electrical & Electronics
Engineering

Electrical and Electronics Engineering continues to transform the way we live Chairperson
from the latest consumer products to sophisticated scientific, industrial and Manjula G. Nair Ph. D
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interesting branch of Engineering. Job opportunities are ample in both private
and public sectors like railways, civil aviation, power plants, utility companies,
electrical design and consultancy firms and all types of manufacturing industries.

The Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Amritapuri Campus is
committed to mould the students for global requirements by providing quality
education to meet the needs of the industry. The department has a fine blend
of faculty expertise in Power& Energy Systems, Control& Instrumentation,
Power Electronics& Drives and Microcontrollers& DSP. The department aims at
being a world class centre in Electrical Engineering Education through excellent
teaching, applied research and professional services for the benefit of the society.

The department focuses on overall development of its students, imparting
knowledge and skills through projects, seminar presentations, association
activities, internships and industrial visits. Value education and professional
ethics are also an integral part of the curriculum.

Academics-Programmes Offered

B.Tech. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering-
Sanctioned Intake: 60

M.Tech. in Power & Energy Engineering

Sanctioned Intake: 24

M.Tech. in Control & Instrumentation Engineering
Sanctioned Intake: 24

Ph.D in Electrical Engineering

Faculty Strength: 34

Major Facilities and R&D Laboratories

Department is equipped with High End Research Labs in Power Electronics&
Drives, Energy Engineering, Control& Robotics and DSP/ Microcontrollers/
PLC. Test facilities enable advanced research in Machine Drives, Power Quality,
Renewable Energy Systems and Electric Vehicles.

Recent Research and Development Activities

Research Thrust Areas include Smart Grid Technologies, Power Quality
Improvement, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Flight Dynamics and Control,
Robotics, Renewable Energy Integration, Biomedical instrumentation, Hybrid
Electric Vehicles& SmartParks with research funding from DST and SERC.

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International Research Journal/Conference Scopus
indexed Publications during last 5 years.

Staff and Student achievements and
Major events

EEE Students are constantly encouraged and trained
to participate in international/national project contests
and have won many prizes.

UG/PG/PhD students showcase their hardware
projects in an annual project exhibition & demo,
reviewed by experts from industry and prestigious
academic institutions.

Team Agraganya including EEE students won 3rd
prize in Formula Hybrid Motor speedway, USA. The
Mars Rover team including EEE students reached
final rounds of Mars Rover Challenge 2016 at UK and
USA.

Major Events

IEEE TAP ENERGY International Biennial
Conference organized by EEE Department is a
Globally acknowledged platform for Academia and
Industry to exchange ideas & innovations on latest
technologies/developments in the area of Electrical
Engineering with participation from many countries
including Singapore, USA, Brazil, Thailand and
Norway.

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Students’ Internships National and International
Student Chapters
Students have opportunity to do internship in reputed R
& D institutions/industries in India and abroad such as EEE Department runs two International Student Chapters;
CDAC, ETH, CSIR, ABB, Robert Bosch, ISRO. This IEEE IAS Student Branch Chapter and IEEE PES Student
helps the students to work with experts and gain industrial Branch Chapter which are keen in organizing technical
exposure. events in regular intervals with distinguished experts
from renowned institutions and industry. The IEEE IAS
Recent Recruiters Student Branch Chapter in EEE Department won The IAS
CMD Most Happening Chapter, Outstanding new Student
Robert Bosch, Elgi, Siemens, Schneider Electric, PRDC, Branch Chapter, IAS CMD Web Contest Award and IEEE
NI, ABB, IBM, Wipro, Infosys, CTS, TCS and so on. IAS SBC Outstanding Area Chair.
100% placement for all eligible students.

Higher Studies & Research
Opportunities

In previous years, an appreciable number of students opted
for higher studies in prestigious institutions in India and
abroad through Student Exchange Programmes including
Brandenburg Technical University Germany, IIT Madras,
Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Asian
Institute of Technology Thailand, Northeastern University
USA, University of Munich Germany, Milano university
Italy and KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden.

Humanitarian and extension activities

Department initiates several social outreach activities/awareness campaigns. EEE department had a major role
in the installation of Micro Hydel Project in Komalikudi, Idukki in 2015.

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Department of

Electronics & Communication
Engineering

Academics-Programmes Offered

B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication Engineering
Sanctioned Intake: 120

M.Tech. in VLSI Design
Sanctioned Intake: 25

Ph.D in Electronics & Communication Engineering

Faculty Chairperson
Sundar Gopalan Ph. D
The department comprises of faculties having internationalexposure and industrial
know-how. Many faculty have come with several years of rich industrial
experience in reputed companies and research organizations in India and abroad
such as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (India), Maxlinear Inc.(USA), Broadcom
Corporation (USA), Synopsys Inc.(USA), Texas Instruments(India, USA), GE
Global Research Centre (USA), Cirrus Logic Inc. (USA) etc.

Faculty with PhD: 8 Faculty with MTech: 20
Faculty pursuing PhD: 11 Faculty Strength: 28

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Facilities

Electronics & Communication Laboratories Research Laboratories

VLSI Design Lab AICSL (Amrita Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab)

Digital Lab HuT ( Humanitarian Technology Lab)

Electronic Circuits Lab

DSP & CommunicationLab

Microprocessor &Micro Controller Lab

RF &Microwave Lab

Sponsored R & D Projects & Funding

The department has collaborated with institutions like
Analog Devices India Pvt. Ltd., Hypres Inc., New
York, USA, Department of Bio-technology, Govt. of
India, INUP, CEN,IIT Bombay to name a few and has
contributed in the field of research. In addition, IEEE has
also given funds for various projects. The department
has published about 165 papers in reputed international/
national journals and conferences since 2012 and has
funded projects worth Rs. 1.7 cores.Some of the faculties
of the department also provide consultancy services to
industries, various reputed institutions India and abroad.
This has opened opportunities for students to do projects
and internships.

Research Collaboration Publications & Patents

University of New Mexico The Department has produced more than 165 Research
publications (journals and conferences) since 2012.More
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden than 60% of those were the outcome of projects done by
BTech students.
Colorado State University
3 Patents during the last 5 years
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

IIT Mumbai- Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (as
part of INUP)

INTEL, Analog Devices, Austria Microsystems
Semiconductor Limited, Hypres Inc. (New York, USA),
Wipro, VLSI, Broadcom, VEDA IIT, Synopsys India
Pvt. Ltd., Soctronics, Hyderabad, Sieva Networks, SION
Semiconductors, BOSCH, VSSC

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Achievements Mentor Graphics University Design Contest

Mars Rover Challenge For the three consecutive years 2011-13 our BTech ECE
students have won prize in Mentor Graphics University
A team comprising of students from both mechanical and Design Contest from the renowned Mentor Graphics CAD
ECE were selected for participation in the 9th International tool company.In 2013 they have won first prize for the
University Rover Challenge 2015 held at the Mars Desert project “ Image Comparison and Matching using FPGA
Research Center, Hanksville, Utah, USA during May
26-30, 2015. They also received a funding amount of Rs Texas Instrument Innovation Challenge 2015
6.2 Lakh by Protocase USA (a MNC) for the project Mars (Semi Finals)
Rover Project.
A team of final year B. Tech ECE studentswere qualified
One Moment of Robot Glory (OMRG) Asia for the semi-final round of “Texas Instrument Innovation
2016, Robotics Contest, Singapore. Challenge 2014” for the project “An Intelligent Brain
Controlled Humanoid Robot”.
ECE students from Amritapuri campus won the largest
numbers of prizes in Open Category (four prizes) and one IEEE Student Enterprise Award
prize in ‘Under 18’ category at the OMRG 2016 Robotics
Contest held in Singapore on Feb 21, 2016. The robotic A team of final year B. Tech ECE students of 2014 BTech
coconut tree climber named ‘Amaran’ won the Best pass out batch received IEEE Student Enterprise Award
Mechanical Design Award. “ClePa”, a staircase cleaning 2013 under Region10, for the project titled “PULSS:
robot was adjudged the Best Marketable Design Award. Portable Ultrasound Scan System for Low Resource
Settings”.
Richard E Marvin scholarship
Students’ Internships
Over the past years several of our students have been
honored with the prestigious Richard E. Marvin Our students have been offered internship during their
scholarship from the IEEE Computer Society in course of study in various organizations such as VSSC,
recognition of exemplary involvement in student chapter Colorado State University, KTH Sweden, Technical
activities and academic excellence. University of Munich and IITs.

National and International Student Chapters Partical list of Recruiters (2016)

IEEE- Students Chapter Mu-Sigma, Ericsson, Huawei,IBM, Honey-
well,Bosch,National Instruments,Titan, Tata,
TCS, Infosys, CTS, etc.

HuT(Humanitarian Technology Lab)

A dedicated Research lab, HuT Labs - ( Humanitarian and Technology Labs) mainly focusing on Health Care,
Robotics, Human Aided Devices, and Embedded Sensor Networks. The lab has projects funded by IEEE Standards
Education Committee, NJ, USA.

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Department of

Mechanical Engineering

Programmes Offered

B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering
Sanctioned Intake: 120

M.Tech. in Thermal and Fluids
Sanctioned Intake: 24

M.Tech. in Robotics and Automation
Sanctioned Intake: 24

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Chairperson
Balakrishnan Shankar Ph. D

114 Faculty

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internationally acclaimed institutions. The Department
has dynamic faculty strength with a wide range of
research specializations.
Faculty Strength: 36

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Facilities (Major Facilities and R&D Laboratories)

Advanced heat transfer lab Metrology Lab
Aerodynamics Laboratory Computer controlled low speed Wind Tunnel
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Lab Centre & Thermal Engineering Lab
CNC Milling machine Amrita-ABB Robotics Lab
Flow Visualisation laboratory Amrita-ISRO Multibody Dynamics Simulation Lab
Fluid Power Lab Mechatronics and Intelligent Systems Lab
Manufacturing Lab Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Metallurgy Lab

Recent Research and Development
Activities

Bluff body Aerodynamics, Fluid-Structure Interactions, Turbo
machinery, Vortex flow

Computational Fluid-Dynamics : Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer,
Heat Pipes

Biofluid Mechanics: Simulation and optimization of left ventricular
assist device (LVAD)

CFD Simulation of Blood Flow Dynamics in Cerebral Aneurysm

Robotics: Artificial hand, Humanoid Robot

Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite, High Strength Aluminium Alloy
for Aerospace application, High Strength Cu-based Spinodal Alloy.

Computational Nano fluidics

Process Control and Environmental Engineering: Technology
development for cost effective coastal water filtration.

Bluff body aerodynamics and flow induced vibration

Ongoing Sponsored Research Projects

“Study and simulation of landing Dynamics of a lunar soft lander”
funded by ISRO, INR 10.7 lakhs.

“CFD studies on heat pipes and thermosyphon under normal operation
and transients” Funded by BRNS, INR 32 lakhs

“Design, Development and Deployment of A low-Temperature
Solar Desalination System,” Funded by Department Of Science and
Technology, Govt of INDIA, INR 27 lakhs

Research Funding, Publications & Patents

Total Research funding during the last 3 years is INR 70 lakhs

International Conference Papers : 44

International Journals : 26, Book chapters: 2

Patents: 4

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Faculty Achievements Major Events Organised

Editorial Board Member of international journal of 3 days National Workshop on Research Methodology in
Coupled Systems Mechanics, Korea. Fluid Mechanics (RMFM - 2016) from July 14-16, 2016,
in association with National Society of Fluid Mechanics &
Students Achievements Fluid Power (NSFMFP)

Team named “Formula Hybrid Agraganya”, team FHA - Students’ Internships
consisting of 20 Mechanical engineering and 5 Electrical
engineering students participated in “Formula Hybrid Our students have been offered internship during their
2016 competition conducted by SAE and IEEE held at course of study in TCS Innovation Hub, Robert Bosch,
New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon. They are one CUMMINS Inc., MU-SIGMA, I-EXCEED and CIRCOR
among the three teams selected from India and secured ENGINEERING, and Colorado State University.
third position in the ‘Hybrid in Progress’ category. The
team made their debut appearance, building a race car for The department actively collaborates with Indian Space
the first time. Research Organization (ISRO) and National Aerospace
Labs (NAL) and students work in projects at these
The Amrita Robotics Club team comprising of institutes of National repute for their final year projects.
students from Mechanical Engineering, Electronics &
Communication Engineering and Computer Science B.Tech students have also been selected for international
Engineering, participated in the 2015 University Rover student exchange programs in Polytechnico de Milano,
Challenge (URC), Mars Desert Research Station, Italy and University of California, Davis etc. under
Hanksville, Utah, United States. The team placed 20th Student Exchange Programme, Amrita University.
position from around the world, in the competition that
challenged students to design, build and operate the next National And International Student
generation of Mars rovers. The Amrita team outpaced Chapters
teams from IIT Bombay, University of Delhi and Iowa
State University (USA). SAE - Students Chapter

Team Agraganya BAJA–a group of 25 Mechanical Current Recruiters
engineering students participated in SAE BAJA 2016 held
at NATRAX, Pithampur. They successfully cleared all the Core Sector: Caterpillar, Renault, Tata Technologies,
test and completed six laps in final endurance test. Thermax, Bosch, Reliance Power, Toyota, Apollo, Ford,
Wheel India Ltd., Saint-Gobain Corporation, Hyundai,
Amrita Surya Vahini-the Solar Auto Rickshaw: The idea Mahindra, Siemens, Kirloskar, L&T, Biogenex, Tata
of building a solar auto rickshaw was given by Chancellor Advanced Technologies, Indian Navy
Amma. Consequently students of Mechanical Engineering
and Electrical Engineering took it as their B.Tech Project IT /ITES Sector: Accenture, Cognizant, Hewlett-Packard,
and successfully completed it. IBM, Infosys, IPRO, Mindtree, Payoda, Subex, Analetix
and Mu-Sigma
Students won best Paper award for the paper titled
"Design of Spider Mechanism for Extraterrestrial Higher Studies and Research
Rover" at ICETME 2015 and the paper was published in Opportunities
International Journal of Innovative Research in Science,
Engineering and Technology Michigan Technological University, University Of
Cincinnati, University Of New Castle, Linder College of
Business, Polytechnic University of Milan, University of
Barcelona, Italy, IIITs, NITs and IIM, Ahmedabad.

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Department of

Physics

The department of Physics at Amritapuri campus came into existence in 2002.
We have a band of highly experienced and fully dedicated faculty with great
passion for teaching physics, most of them are PhDs from India or abroad.

Faculty

Faculty Strength : 15
Faculty with PhD : 11
Adjunct Professor : 1
International Faculty : 1

Chairperson
Narayanankutty Karuppath

Ph. D

Thrust Areas of Research Research Publications

Astrophysics International Research Publications: 30
Quantum Physics
Thin film Physics Facilities
Nano Physics
Solar Physics Department Library
Acoustic Science Well-equipped Physics Lab
Image Processing Virtual Physics Lab (MHRD funded)
Bio-physics
Non-linear dynamics Clubs
Condensed matter physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics club
Physics Association
Science club

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Department of Chairperson
Viswanathan Ph. D
Chemistry
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The Department of Chemistry started functioning on Amritapuri campus in 2002

Faculty

Total Faculty Strength: 16
Faculty with PhD as highest Degree: 10

Ongoing Funded Research Projects

Research Project entitled “Design and Synthesis of donor-acceptor architectures
for novel optical materials” under Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists by
Science Engineering and Research Board (SERB)with total project cost Rs. 30
Lakhs in 2015 .
Research Project entitled ““Conductive polymer binders for CdS/CdTe Devices”
under Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, and the Indo-U.S.
Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) with total project cost Rs. 12 Lakhs in
2015.

Project Completed

Project entitled “Macrocyclic and Carbocyclic constructions by SET oxidations
of styrenes, allenes and cyclopropanes” sanctioned by the Department of
Science and Technology with budget of 17 lakhs.
Project entitled “Developing suitable pedagogical methods for various classes,
intellectual calibers and Research in E-learning- Main phase. This is a part of
National Mission Project on Education funded by MHRD, Government of India.

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Research Collaboration Research Facilities

The department engages research collaboration with National The University has provided all infrastructure
and international Universities and research institutes in which in turn provide a conducive physical
various fields of chemical and allied Sciences like University ambience for research in terms of adequate
of Bologna, Italy. University of Milan, Italy, University of research laboratories, computing facilities and
Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Colarado State University, allied services. The department also possesses
USA ,Council of National Research ,Milan, NCL , Pune, classical chemistry labs which have been
IIT, Hyderabad, Chennai .Gandhinagar, IIST, NIIST, IISER structured with a vision of transforming it into
Thiruvananthapuram, IGCAR, Kalpakkam etc an excellent centre for research in the frontier
areas of applied chemistry and allied branches.
Publications (Last 5 Years) The research lab is well equipped with various
sophisticated equipments which help in
International publications: 107 research papers in leading carrying out research in the various frontier as
International/National journals and International/National well as emerging areas in chemistry.
Conferences in different branches of Chemical and allied
Sciences. Student Internships

We send our students for short term internships
and final projects to premier research institutes
and Universities in India and abroad like IITs at
Mumbai, Chennai, Guhawti, CSIR Labs, CLRI,
NCL, SIKRI, JNCASR, Tokyo Metropolitan
University, Monash University. Many of our
students and alumini got admission to pursue
their higher studies in prestigious institutions
like IIT, NIT.

Higher Studies &Research
Opportunities

Special training are given to the students to
write GATE, NET and IAS exams for their
higher studies. Students are encouraged to take
up the Integrated PhD / PhD programmes in
India and abroad.

Clubs

Confluence-Chemistry Students Club organizes
workshops, quiz programs and invited talks etc
for student members.

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Chairperson Department of
P.V. Ramanathan Ph. D
English

The Department of English has well-qualified faculty and a fully equipped
language laboratory that enables teaching as well as learning process, adds
efficiency to learning and makes the learners computer-savvy.

Faculty and Strength

The department has a 15-strong faculty team, all of them well-qualified and
specializing in the various aforesaid areas of literature and the emerging new
arenas of study.

Facilities

Language Lab with the following:

Network based teaching software
Individual console with a headset to each student to practice listening,
reading, writing & speaking and record and compare

Events Organised Every Year

Lesson Workshop
Cultural Workshop
Vocabulary Workshop
Grammar Workshop
Oral Workshop
Written Workshop

Clubs

The Literary Association, Prayaana, to promote knowledge of, and scholarly
interest in, various literary genres on the campus. Student members of the
club organizes literary weeks comprising debate, quiz and creative writing
competitions and various contests.

Invited talks by various eminent scholars are a regular feature to introduce
students to, generate interest in, and create familiarity with scholars and experts
from elsewhere.

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Department of Chairperson
A. Lasitha Ph.D
Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics, since its formation in 2002, has
been focusing on promoting the skills of students entering the portals
of technical education as well as higher education in Amritapuri
Campus.

Faculty

Faculty Strength: 16

Recent Research and Development Activities

Our faculty members are concentrating research in applications of
Algebra, number theory, stochastic process, and Matrix Algebra,
Discreet mathematics etc.

Provide details about the research project, both completed and
ongoing

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Department of

Physical Education

The Physical Education Department of Amrita Engineering life. Intra-mural competitions, annual athletic meets, are
College has since its inception in 2003, been steadily regularly organized and there are periodic inter-campus
marching forward and has grown in leaps and bounds over tournaments in games such as table-tennis, badminton
the years. (shuttle), volley ball, football etc.

The department has a mission of attaining a picture of The college boasts of 10 acres of ground space available
complete health and fitness for all our students and staff, for the conduct of these outdoor tournaments and matches.
while promoting sports and sportsmanship among the This is also well-equipped for volleyball, basketball and
students. Towards this goal, under the able leadership of badminton with proper courts and other paraphernalia.
Mr.Krishnakumar, the department has been successful in
achieving many milestones. The department also runs a modern, state-of-the-art 7,000
sq. feet gymnasium with eighteen independent work
Specialised coaching is made available for outdoor games stations and possesses its own set of well-trained and
such as football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, handball, dedicated physical trainers, who are always at the service
badminton and athletics. Similarly equal attention is paid of the students and staff. The instructors are specially
to indoor games such as table tennis, billiards, caroms, trained in their respective areas and focus on imparting
chess, power and weight lifting, swimming and body- world-class training for power-lifting, weight lifting and
building. body-building along with other outdoor games.

Regular tournaments and matches are a regular feature in The department has had many a star performer among its
the campus which always attracts a strong participation students and has achieved international fame, recognition
and fervour, among the students and staff. Events and and medals in the field of Power lifting, weight lifting and
competitions held by the department foster a strong has also achieved accolades for itself in basketball and
element of fun, fitness and sportsmanship in the campus football.

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Amrita Darshanam

International Centre for Spiritual studies

One of the most important Career Options
dimensions of all round human and
societal development is spirituality. This program prepares the graduates for a plethora of job opportunities
AMMA, by her all-embracing love, as : Faculty in Universities, Spiritual and psychological Counsellors in
compassion, service and universal government and corporate / industry, Professionals in the field of publishing,
motherhood, has given a whole new Executives in business and management, Human resources Specialists,
life, vibrancy, and practical meaning Community organizers and work in public relations, Health and Environmental
to Indian spirituality. In order to give Consultants, Social Workers and Journalists.
the younger generation an opportunity
to study, learn, imbibe, practice, and Ph. D. in Philosophy
spread the essence of the wisdom of
our scriptures, rishis and God realized Academics
masters, AMRITA has launched a
new International Centre for Spiritual Ph. D. in Philosophy is offered by Amrita Darshanam - International Center for
Studies called Amrita Darshanam Spiritual Studies.
(Development of All Round Spiritual
& Social Harmony Across Nations). Career Options

Amrita Darshanam, offers various This program prepares the graduates for a plethora of job opportunities
courses to fill up this lacuna of the as : Faculty in Universities, Spiritual and psychological Counsellors in
lopsided development of our modern government and corporate / industry, Professionals in the field of publishing,
educated youth. It aims at providing Executives in business and management, Human resources Specialists,
a complementary course of education Community organizers and work in public relations, Health and Environmental
for students to develop better Consultants, Social Workers and Journalists.
personality as well-developed human
beings with better social sensitivity Admissions at Amrita Darshanam
and community awareness, by
providing the younger generation an International Centre for Spiritual Studies called Amrita Darshanam aims at
opportunity to study, learn, imbibe, providing a complementary course of education for students to develop better
practice, and spread the essence of personality as well-developed human beings with better social sensitivity and
the wisdom of our scriptures, rishis community awareness, by providing the younger generation an opportunity
and God realized masters, through to study, learn, imbibe, practice, and spread the essence of the wisdom of our
the medium of Philosophy, Arts, and scriptures, rishis and God realized masters, through the medium of Philosophy,
Culture. Arts, and Culture.

Courses Offered

M.A. Philosophy

Academics

M.A. Philosophy is offered by
“Amrita Darshanam - International
Center for Spiritual Studies” at
Amrita University.

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Amrita Center for
Wireless Networks and Applications

Founded in 2006, the Amrita Center for Wireless Director
Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA) conducts Maneesha V. Ramesh Ph.D
research in theoretical and application areas of wireless
networks and communication for humanitarian relief.
AmritaWNA’s research has translated into several
patents, publications, awards, and recognition by India’s
Rajya Sabha and by the United Nations Academic Impact
initiative.

Projects

Currently the Center has 7 funded projects and received
funding from various agencies like Ministry of Earth
Science, Department of Science and Technology,
Ministry of Human Resource Development, DietY and
ITRA.

The new projects are with the collaboration of University
of Tokyo, Japan, King’s College London, University of
Mannheim, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-
Kanpur), IIT Delhi, University of Munich and Maxim
India Ltd., etc.

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Publications Major Laboratory Set Up Available
At the Centre
The faculty and students undergoing post-graduate
programmes together published around 150 Wireless Networks Lab, Wireless Communication Lab,
research papers in various international journals and Amrita Keysight Advanced wireless, communication
conferences. Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh, Director of lab , Remote Triggered Laboratory, Geotechnical Lab,
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications Landslide Laboratory [WINSOC], Smart Grid Lab,
was honored as one among the top 100 researchers Hardware lab etc
in India with the title “India’s Most Prolific Paper
Publishers”, in a recent survey conducted by Careers The Center successfully launched the first prototype
360, India’s leading career planning consultancy of Amrita Spandanam: A Wearable Wireless System
services organization. for Real-Time Monitoring of Cardiac Patients, by the
current Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi.
The Center has developed and continues to develop The device could read ECG using low cost sensors and
wireless systems for humanitarian relief. AmritaWNA’s then send the data to patients Mobile phone via the
projects span the following application areas. Disaster Bluetooth protocol and further the data is transferred
Management, Smart Energy, Smart Healthcare, Smart to doctors smartphone / PC through GSM modules.
Education and Smart Environment. The doctors could give medical advice from remote
locations.
Unique Features of The Center

India’s first Landslide detection system using Wireless
Sensor Networks

World’s first comprehensive Wireless Sensor Network
System for Landslide Monitoring and Detection.

India’s First Remote-Triggered Virtual Lab in
Computer Science

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Centre for

Cyber Security Systems
& Networks

Amrita Centre for Cyber Security Systems and Networks promote
partnership between industry, academia and the government to foster
innovative research and education in Cyber Security, thus enhancing
knowledge, deriving solutions, benefiting society and mitigating risks.
The Centre is supported by the Government of India through many of
its Departments and Mission REACH programs. The Centre has been
designated as a Centre of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) for Cyber
security in India.

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Ph.D. in Cybersecurity Systems and Networks
International Dual Degree Programme

MS in Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems at VU, Netherlands
MS in Computer Science from University of L’Áquila, Italy
MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of New
Mexico, New Mexico, US

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Facilities The centre provides opportunities such as Dual
Degree, Semester Abroad, and Internships. In Dual
Networking Lab Degree programme, students get two degrees when
Network Security Lab they graduate: M.Tech. from Amrita University and
Operating Systems Lab MS from partnering University.
Cryptographic Lab
Placement and Scholarships

All M.Tech batches have graduated with 100%
placements record. The courses were designed with
an emphasis on teaching hands-on Cybersecurity
skills that help students to perform well in the
industry and public organizations. The students
are provided with robust opportunities to receive
GATE, Amrita scholarships, and Fellowships
from prestigious institutions and multinational
companies.

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Amrita Centre for Research in Advanced Technologies for
Education

CREATE

CREATE is an educational technology initiative engaged in the learning process, the overall academic
pioneered by Amrita University. CREATE applies performance is improved. In many of the programs, a
innovative digital solutions to provide accessible and teacher can get an instant and accurate assessment of the
affordable educational technologies for all. learning outcomes achieved by the student in each lesson.

The centre is working to bring about a transformation in The centre is funded by research grants from NME ICT,
education by creating, engaging simulations, animations, MHRD; Department of IT, MCIT; HP Global Social
and voice applications. Its multi-media approach results Innovation and a few others, which contributes to around
in faster and more accurate learning. As the students stay 80 per cent of its funding.

Projects Undertaken by Create Collaborative and Accessible Platform (CAP) for
distributed content
eGovernance Big Data Analytics Platform
Adaptive Web Enabled Language Learning using Virtual Amrita Laboratories Universalizing Education
Immersion Technique (VALUE)
Amrita RITE – Rural India Tablet Education
Online Labs (OLabs) for School Lab Experiments - Multi site Grant Management System
Interactive Simulations
Intelligent Tutoring and Adaptive Assessment Diffusion of ICT as an Innovation
Personalized m-learning
Tabletop Technology for Collaborative Learning Multilingual Adaptive Assessment
Measuring Learning
Computer based Medical Simulation (MEDSIM) Cloud based Adaptive eLearning Network
National Faculty Expertise System
Amrita Display Information and Visualization Engine CREATE is partnering with technology firms,
(Amrita DIVE) educational institutions, government organisations and
NGOs that supports product co-development, strategy
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is combined with that of its partner organisations to
create vibrant educational products and services.

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Amrita Multi Model Applications Using Computer & Human
Interaction

AMMACHI Labs

AMMACHI Labs is a Centre of Excellence that brings Clarkson University, University of Massachusetts,
an interdisciplinary approach to addressing societal Dartmouth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
challenges. It envisions a world where technology Memoria Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York,
is designed and used to empower people by creating University of Calgary, etc.
innovative educational tools and skill development
solutions. R&D at Ammachi Labs focuses on CHI Projects
robotics and automation technologies, and e-learning
technologies for education, skill development, disaster AMMACHI Labs has successfully deployed several
response, medical assistance and rehabilitation. projects in collaboration with top funding agencies.

Programmes Offered The S.A.V.E Project: S.A.V.E is a project in
collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resource
M. Tech. in Robotics and Automation. Development (MHRD). S.A.V.E successfully fostered
technological innovation in vocational training and was
Collaborations-Beyond Borders the keystone in our initial pilot to train women plumbers
on haptic simulators and women artisans through virtual
Ammachi Labs is an internationally recognized Centre fabric painting.
and the research and academic collaborations have
far reach. Here is some collaboration from reputed Women Empowerment Project: The Women
universities: Empowerment Project sought to empower 3,000 women
with the ability to participate in the democratic process
Stanford University, Ecole polytechnique federale de and to strengthen their capacity to make decisions at
Lausanne, University of New Mexico, Technische the individual, family, and community levels and far
Universitat Munchen, State University of New York exceeded its initial goal.
at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo,
University of Michigan, University of Maryland,

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MoVE: A solar powered classroom on wheels is what the MoVE project is all about. Bringing skill training to those
who would most benefit is why AMMACHI Labs conceptualized, designed and built a mobile vocational training
centre.

mySangham: It is an online community and e-Learning portal which brings skill based education to novice computer
users.

Awards, Recognition & Conferences

AMMACHI Labs has an impressive history of conferences like Conference on “Women’s
discovery and innovation and is adding new Empowerment Principles in Practice”, September
chapters each year such as the following: 8th, 2015, Delhi; International Conference on
Sustainable Development, September 23 & 24th
India’s first haptic device for vocational training 2015, Columbia University, New York; Intel
India Academic Forum 2015 (IAF 2015), October
India’s first women plumbers 8th, 2015, Delhi; Global Empowerment Summit,
October 17, 2015, San Diego, California; Townhall
India’s first vocational education portal that Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg, October 28th, 2015,
integrates education, employment and community IIT Delhi; “Children and Sustainable Development:
Challenge for Education”, November 13-15, 2015,
AMMACHI Labs is already well known on the The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican, etc.
global development frontier for its strides in skill
development and women empowerment and has
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Information and Communication Technology Services

ICTS

ICTS - the IT & Communications wing of the campus of academic areas. Independent storage facility, with
contributes to the teaching environment by providing backup and restore facilities. Email facility with anti-
state-of-the-art computing infrastructure, latest IT spam and antivirus support is provided. Independent
& Networking resources, up-to-date communication storage facility, with backup and restore facilities.
facilities, reliable customer services and dedicated Dedicated file server exists to aid students in their
user support. project works and daily academic activities.

The campus network hosts over 4000 computers Computing facilities for CAD-CAM, VLSI,
and 4500 Wi-Fi enabled devices. Well-implemented Embedded Systems, Digital signal processing etc
firewalls and UTMs assure multi-layered security. as well as specialized software licenses including
Next Generation Wi-Fi network spans the length I-DEAS, Creo Elements, CATIA, ABAQUS, ANSYS,
and breadth of the campus and hostels. The campus ADAMS etc.
network is also connected to the National Knowledge
Network (NKN) over a 50 Mbps network under the The computer labs are well-equipped with over 1400
National Mission on Education through Information computer systems and trained staff.
and Communication Technology (NMEICT) project
of Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Audio-visual enabled classrooms, technically aided
through projectors, TV screens and audio systems.
The data center also hosts VIDYA the digital library
portal - a knowledge base covering a wide spectrum A host of multimedia services such as Photography,
Videography and publishing also is an important part
of the services offered.

Internet Facilities - 300 Mbps of leased lines

High-speed Fiber Backbone of over 20 kilometers

1200 square feet datacenter 4000 plus networked deskTops Dedicated Help-Desk as the
100TB of storage workstations with 100 servers IT support system for all
services

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Amrita Technology Business Incubator

Amrita TBI is a non-profit incubator supported by Govt. of India and Amrita University that funds, mentors
and nurtures ideas, startups and entrepreneurs.

Amrita TBI is listed among the Top-5 most prolific startup incubators in the country. Amrita TBI has
incubated 52 startups, mentored 200+ startup ideas and has zero loss from its investments. On the innovation
front, Amrita TBI and its startup companies have filed 7 patents.

Other Key metrics Event Partners

18 key mentors NASSCOM 10000 Startups
1670 startup applications received
6737 trained in entrepreneurship The Indian Express Edex
22% of startups run by women
SME Joinup
Management
Startup 360
The executive management team of Amrita TBI has cumulative
technical and management experience of 150 years. Key core thecollegefever.com
members are listed below:
Activities
Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan (Chief Executive Officer)
Mr. Snehal Shetty (Vice President) Business Incubation: Amrita TBI supports students
Ms. Ranjany Sundaram (Director) by providing working space within the campus
and funding to build their ideas and products into
Partnerships successful startups.

Supported By Funding: Funding of up to Rs. 25 Lakhs per startup
in terms of loan/equity.
Department of Science and Technology - Govt of India.
Department of Electronics and Information Technology- Govt Idea Lab: Promotes idea generation and
of India. collaboration among students and startups.
Technology Development Board - Govt of India.
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises - Govt of Amrita TBI PitchFest: A platform for startups to
India. showcase their ideas and qualify to receive a total
National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship seed investment up to $100,000.
Development Board.
Entrepreneurship Development Workshops:
Social Entrepreneur Workshop, Idea to Execution
workshop series, Android and Web Development
workshops are some of the most popular workshop
series organised by Amrita TBI.

Startup Weekend: A 54-hour idea to prototype
hackathon in association with TechStars and Google
for Entrepreneurs.

Android Development Workshop.

Padmaja Ruparel- President of Indian Angel
Network, interacting with startups

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Central Desk, Digital library, Reference section, Acquisition
section, Technical section and Wi-Fi enabled reading
Library halls for boys and girls. Providing right information to the
right reader at the right time is one of the main task of the
Central Library, Amritapuri Campus is a Learning Central Library. The library maintain its web page for up
Resource Center and support the teaching and learning to date information to its users.
activities of all the Students, Research Scholars, Faculty
Members and all other staff members in this campus. The
Library has a carpet area of 17000 square feet. The library
follows open access system. It has separate sections like
spacious Stack area, Circulation Counter, Information

Library Resources Library Facilities and Services

Books : 48000 AUMS Library Automation software for all housekeeping operations.
24x7 Access to E books, E journals, and online databases.
E-books : 6500+ Digital Library and Internet cafe.
Working hours - 8 am to 10 pm on working days.
Journals (Print & Online) : 9000+ Reading halls with needed furniture.
Library orientation and Hands on training.
CD/DVDs : 2500+ Institution repository includes faculty/students publications, theses and
dissertations, journal articles ,book chapters, previous year question papers
Online database : 15+ etc.,
Online training session, Webinars, WebEx, Workshops, Book Exhibition
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Scanning, Printing and photocopying.
Email alert services- New Arrival Books and ToC of Journals.
MoU signed with Delnet for Inter library loan and document delivery.

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Amrita e-Learning Research Lab The Hon’ble HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar
interacting with major A-VIEW users all over India. As
AERL seen in the photo, the major institutions like IIT Bombay,
IIT Madras, and ISRO.
Amrita E- Learning Research Lab with 150 staff members
has one of the biggest funded projects in India. The major
areas of research and development are: online collaboration,
video technology, networks, multimedia content and
sharing, interactive games, pedagogy, image recognition,
knowledge representation.

Facilities

The Lab has advanced infrastructure for product
development: over 200 computers, local and cloud servers,
elearning studios, and demonstration areas.

A modern E-Learning Studio that is sound proof with
custom lighting. It has a variety of equipment’s for audio,
video, mixers, image recognition, and transmission of high
quality classes for distance education. This studio allows
highly interactive video conferencing between many places
all over the world.

Individual computers are provided to all students for their
assignments and project work. The staff members of the lab
work with the students on various projects, and provide the
practical and industry edge in the training of the students.
The students can use the studio for their projects and
research.

Amrita Virtual Interactive e-Learning
World - The Versatile e-Learning Tool
for Distance Education

Amrita Virtual Interactive e-Learning World (A-VIEW),
an internet based virtual knowledge sharing platform, is an
award winning indigenously built multi-modal, multimedia
e-learning platform that provides an immersive e-learning
experience that is almost as good as a real classroom
experience.

A-VIEW is part of Talk to a Teacher program coordinated
by IIT Bombay and are funded by the Ministry of Human
Resource Development (MHRD) under the Indian
Government’s National Mission for Education using
Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT).
A-VIEW is now deployed at several IITs, NITs and other
leading educational institutions across the nation.

A-VIEW addresses one of the most critical issues of India’s
Higher Education system today: Millions of students
wanting to learn who are not fortunate enough to have well-
qualified teachers to train them.

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With A-VIEW one good teacher can teach tens of thousands of students simultaneously at different
locations all over India, as though in person.
A-VIEW enables distance education using various communication modules like Audio/Video,
Whiteboard collaboration, Document sharing and Chat which can either be seen on a single display or
multiple displays showing different kinds of content for an enhanced experience. It has lots of advanced
modules to enable in-depth knowledge sharing for conducting large class rooms with many students and
participating nodes.
A-VIEW is provided free of cost to all institutes of higher education. As of now, A-VIEW has been
deployed at more than 2000 universities and colleges all over India.
A-VIEW runs on Windows, MAC-OS and Linux; on desktops, laptops and mobile devices such as
Aakash tablets and other Android-enabled smart phones and tablets.

A-VIEW Classroom

A-VIEW Classroom is a framework that provides a rich interactive social environment for E-Learning.
It is simple, user friendly video conferencing software, which provides a great opportunity to a teacher
to teach in a live interactive mode to various geographical locations across India.
A-VIEW Classroom provides opportunity to connect several universities together and creates virtual
world for students. It also acts as a Knowledge Cafe where students can discuss /chat about the lecture
after the live class.

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Corporate and Industry Relations

CIR

Vision Amrita university has its Corporate and Industry Relations (CIR)
Sub-Centre at Amritapuri Campus.
“To facilitate holistic
career development of Training
students through comprehensive
and systematic training on The learning and development activity at CIR covers over 350 hours of student-
Life Skills and build competence centric learning in the areas of verbal and communication, soft skills and
in core areas through innovative numerical aptitude, spread over three to four semesters depending on the length
practical applications” of the programme that the student is into.

Core competency training is also provided to all the B.Tech students in the
Campus. It also offers the most comprehensive Life Skills Programme with the
sole purpose of getting students corporate ready.

We urge the students to set their goals clearly and chalk out a detailed plan of
action for academic learning and professional and life skills development. At
the same time, make the best use of the conducive ambience prevailing in the
campus to imbibe core human values, without which all other attainments pale
into insignificance.

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working in CIR to fulfil the career dreams of all the students every year.

Achievements

CIR has devoted 1, 50,000+ hours of Student Social Responsibility Projects
More than 800 projects have been executed in 8 years.
CIR provides active training support for Competitive Examinations like CAT /
GRE /GMAT /UPSC/GATE,IAS etc.
More than 250 companies recruit Amrita students annually. The curriculum
covers more than 36 UG & PG Academic programs offering 15+ flagship
training modules.

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Summer Internship

The University provides 2-4 week long
hands-on training to the students to give
them a workplace experience. Needless to
say this became highly popular amongst
top students in all streams. Thousands
of students have benefitted over the
past 6 years. The groups are small and
genuinely interested students make the
learning process highly intense, practical
and effective. Students in the past have
consistently performed well, both in their
academics and careers

CT Workshop

CIR also offers Corporate Theatre (CT) which is a theatre-based experiential learning for leadership & team
effectiveness. Simple theatre tools and techniques are used to deliver powerful team skills. Today CT is one of the most
popular corporate workshops among students. More than 3500 students have already benefitted from CT in the past 10
years, which means 20,000+ hours of student engagement during this period

Contributor Programme

The aim of this programme is to build ‘Contributors’ for our nation. The methodology involved is Flip Class Room
Technique. They learn by doing rather than just attending classes .

101Village Internship

It was Mata Amritanadamayi Devi’s (Amma’s) humble suggestion that students should spend 2-3 week in 22 villages,
as part of the university curricula. The students are provided with the opportunity to observe the lives of the people who
live there– their struggles and hardships. This provides them with an insight into aspects of life that will help them to
transform rural India

Placements

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Activities

Amrita Kalotsavam

A two day arts-and-culture event on the campus
is conducted every year by the students to exploit
their inherent special talents. In addition, students
themselves organize various events and they cherish
this as one of their best moments of campus life.

Campus Day

Campus day is celebrated every year with an open
house meeting of parents, project exhibitions and
cultural activities, usually during March - April every
year.

Sports Day

Along with academics, time is devoted for
competitions in sports where students get
opportunities to exhibit their talents in athletics and
games. The facilities provided by the campus help
create a healthy spirit of competitiveness in these
events.

Uggadi

The Ugaadi at Amritapuri campus include a day
full of celebrations with music, dancing and stage
performances.

Holi

This is one of the most important event for our North
Indian student community.

Amma’s Birthday Celebrations

Amma’s birthday finds an international gathering
of Her devotees at Amritapuri in the month of
September. Students are encouraged to participate in
the service activities initiated by the Math during this
time. Three days in September are marked as “service
days” for the students of the campus.

Onam Celebrations

Onam, the traditional festival of Kerala is celebrated
by the students before the start of Onam vacation.
The traditional Pulikali, Chenda melam and various
folk and modern art forms are the special features of
this festive occasion.

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Amrita School of
Engineering

Chennai*

Mata Amritanandamayi Math has established a
campus, which is on the suburbs of Chennai, on
a pollution-free green belt, on the Tiruninravur-
Periapalayam state highway (SH 50A).The green
and serene campus is spread over a 31 acre
layout and houses a large diversity of flora and
fauna, providing a perfect ambience for inspired
learning.

PROGRAMMES
Offered

B.Tech. in Mechanical
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering
B.Tech. in CcomputerScience & Engineering
B.Tech. in Electronics & Communication

Engineering
B.Tech. in Electrical & Electronics
Engineering

The wi-fi enabled campus houses *proposed campus

Separate administrative, academic, faculty, library,
workshop and laboratory blocks.

Boys and girls hostels

Dedicated RO and effluent treatment plant

Gymnasium and sports facilities

All class rooms are gallery type, wi-fi enabled
and fitted with smart boards for interactive
learning. More than 20 state-of-art laboratories are
already available to train the students in advanced
technologies. The RFID enabled library houses
over 10000 books, large number of indexed
international electronic journals, language lab
and a digital learning centre, with reprography
and other standard facilities. A 500-seater air-
conditioned auditorium is available within the
campus.

The campus is envisioned to become a digitally
smart Centre with strong research focus in the
areas of nanotechnology, materials engineering,
robotics and automation, wireless communication,
big data, mobile and cloud computing, to mention
a few.

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Mata Amritanandamayi Math

The Mata Amritanandamayi
Math (MAM) is a registered

Public Charitable Trust
dedicated to serving
humanity without

distinction of nationality,
caste, race or religion.

The Math has its International Headquarters at
Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala (India) with a global
presence. Mata Amritanandamayi Math has
numerous philanthropic activities and institutions
that reflect AMMA’s message of love and
compassion. AMMA’s charities are globally known
as Embracing the World.

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UN Recognitions for MAM

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) help its work of disseminating information and
of the United Nations (UN) has given the research into humanitarian issues. Along with
distinguished award of Special UN consultative its international charitable arm, Embracing the
status to Mata Amritanandamayi Math in 2005. World (ETW) charities, the math has engaged in
Subsequently in 2008, the UN Department of disaster relief activities and rehabilitation to the
Public Information (DPI) has awarded associate tune of US $ 60 million in India, USA, Japan, Sri
status to the Mata Amritanandamayi Math to Lanka, Haiti, Kenya etc since 2004.

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Disaster Relief

“It may be someone’s karma to fall into a well, it is our karma to assist them to come out of it.”

-AMMA

Since 2004, over 60 million US $ have been spent on disaster relief activities by AMMA’s
charities all over the world.

Under Amma’s guidance, the Ashram has the Ashram’s provision of emotional succor
been providing relief and rehabilitation to and long-term support has carried thousands
the victims of a series of natural disasters- through the darkest periods of their lives into
earthquakes in Gujarat and Kashmir, floods the light of a hopeful tomorrow.
in Mumbai, Gujarat and Bihar, hurricanes
in the United States, the Indian Ocean The relief-and-rehabilitation work of Amma’s
Tsunami… In the face of these tragedies, Ashram has been praised by government
Amma’s Ashram has provided everything agencies, world-leaders and members of the
from food, medicine and temporary shelter to United Nations as being something ‘above and
new homes, counseling and jobs. Furthermore, beyond.’ It is more than mere relief; it is the
care of a mother for her children.
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Chennai flood relief, 2016

Mata Amritanandamayi Math donated Rs. 5 crore to
the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for emergency relief
for those affected by the disaster.

A Telemedicine van, two fully equipped ambulances
which includes a cardiac unit, an emergency unit,
a testing unit to detect epidemic diseases in two
minutes, colour ultra sonography, X-ray radiography,
mini operation theater, small delivery room, electro-
cardiography and light microscopy along with a
25-member team of doctors and paramedics from
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences reached
Chennai and plunged into service of providing
medical help.

Aid to Temple Tragedy, Kollam, Kerala
(2016)

Immediately after the tragic fire and fireworks
explosion at the Paravur Puttingal Devi Temple in
Kollam, Kerala, that left more than 100 people dead,
Amma responded with a charitable-aid package for
the injured and families of the deceased. The Mata
Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) provided Rs. 1 lakh
to the families of the deceased as well as Rs. 50,000
for the injured and free treatment at the Amrita
Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital) in
Kochi. MAM will also construct free houses for poor
families of the deceased and severely injured who
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the Mata Amritanandamayi Math was engaged in
providing basic provisions - Rice, Dal, Clothing,
Blankets, etc. to the affected people. Seeing that the
devastation had made many in the villages homeless,
Amma arranged for providing tin sheets for roofing -
with an aim to serve as temporary shelter, which could
later be used as part of their permanent housing too.

Additionally Amma also arranged for 1,00,000
Toxicoid Tetanus Vaccines and 1,00,000 ATT
Vaccines to prevent and treat post-disaster infections.
Apart from the vaccine, the Math has donated two
tons of essential medicines and surgical items to the
Bir Hospital, the biggest Govt. Hospital in Nepal.
Thus far, this is the single largest supply of ATT
vaccine provided by any aid organization since the
earthquake struck.

Amrita disaster relief work in flood affected
Rajasthan & Gujarat (August 2015)

Amrita institute of medical sciences disaster relief
team left Kochi for flood affected areas of Rajasthan
& Gujarat. With all the modern equipment for
treatment – a telemedicine unit, two emergency
ambulances consisting of facilities to recognise rat
fever, dengue fever and jaundice in two minutes
along with cardiac emergency unit, colour ultra
sonography, x-ray, radiography, small operation
theatre, delivery room, ECG unit, and light
microscopy unit - they were flagged off from Kochi.
The disaster team consists of 25 members which
includes doctors, nurses and paramedics served the
people affected by flood.

Amrita medical relief benefits 6000 people
affected by Kashmir floods (October 2014)

MAM carried out a medical relief mission in
Kashmir this month for the victims of the Jammu
Kashmir (Jhelum) floods, benefiting close to 6,000
people. The 20-member crew has returned to Kerala
after treating patients affected by everything from
allergies, dysentery, and worm infestations to
psychological trauma. The team also helped protect
the remaining livestock by distributing medicines
to animals in distress. MAM provided Rs 25 Crore
relief package for Jammu Kashmir flood relief.

Amma donates $1 million to uplift Philippine
typhoon survivors (April 2014)

In the wake of the massive destruction caused by
Super-typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, spiritual
leader and humanitarian Mata Amritanandamayi
has donated $1million U.S. relief-and-rehabilitation
package.

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60th Birthday celebrations in 2013, AMMA has
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and-rehabilitation program for the flood-ravaged
Kedarnath region of Uttarakhand, pledging to rebuild
500 houses in 42 villages, as well as establish other
infrastructural aid like schools, medical clinics,
orphanages and educational support. A team of
volunteers including doctors, nurses, and monastic
disciples set up a base camp at Agastya Muni in
Rudraprayag District. MAM volunteers provided free
medical consultations and medicine to approximately
8,000 people in the disaster-stuck area. They also
travelled to a number of other villages to provide
medical care, including Siddha Saur, Rudraprayag,
Devli, Lambgondi, Andrewadi, Triyuginarayan,
Toshi, Basukedar, Chandrapuri and Laksar.

Landslide and accident at Kerala (2013): MAM
provided Rs. 100,000 in financial aid to each family
bereaved by two recent disasters in Kerala: a landslide
in Idukki and a fishing-boat accident in Alappuzha.

Japan Earthquake/Tsunami (2011): Embracing
the World (ETW), the overseas arm of Mata
Amritanandamayi Math donated US $ 1 million for
children orphaned by Japan Tohoku Earthquake/
Tsunami in 2011. Disaster relief was also done during
the aftermath of the earthquake at Rikuzentakata town
in Japan.

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Flood Relief
(2010): Mata Amritanandamayi Math, under its flood
relief rehabilitation project has constructed over 1000
houses for the flood affected in North Karnataka. Four
villages of Raichur District, Kurvakuda, Manikigaddi,
Kurvakala and Agrahara, located on an island on the
river Krishna, have been reconstructed. The relief
package of the Math is more than US $ 10.7 million
(Rupees 50 crores). MAM had been extensively
involved the relief work when the floods ravaged
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in 2009.

Haiti Earthquake (2010): The Math was involved
in the relief and rehabilitation activities in Haiti after
the earthquake. Medical Supplies and equipment,
food and scholarships for children were provided to
the affected.

West Bengal Cyclone Aila Relief (2009):
Distributed food, medicines and other aid including
hundreds of blankets to victims.

Bihar Flood Relief (2008): US $ 465,000
(Rs. 2 crores) was spent for flood relief by the ashram.
Several teams of doctors, nurses and volunteers did
extensive relief activity.

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Tsunami Relief Project (2005): Mata Amritanandamayi Math has implemented the largest Tsunami Rehabilitation
project in the world. More than US $ 46 million (Rs. 200 crores) have been spent for the relief and rehabilitation activity.
The Math has constructed 6296 houses in the Tsunami affected areas in India and Sri Lanka. In addition to building houses,
in many places, entire villages were reconstructed. The Math was the first NGO in India to complete Tsunami-relief houses
according to government specifications and hand over to the Tsunami-affected in both Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Vocational
training to 2500 displaced and 700 fishing boats and engines have been provided to make them stand on their own feet,

School Fire, Tamil Nadu (Jul. 2004): Volunteers Amma donated 100 Crore for ‘Namami
were sent to the hospital to help console the victims and Gange’ cleaning Ganga project (September
their families and to provide assistance where needed. 2015)

Gujurat Earthquake (Jan. 2001): The Ashram Amma today presented Sri. Arun Jaitley, India’s
rebuilt three villages Modsar, Mokhana and Dagara, Hon. Minister of Finance, a cheque for Rs. 100 crore
constructing 1200 earthquake-proof houses, medical (US$15 million) for the construction of toilets in the
clinics, water tanks, schools, community halls, temples poorest villages surrounding the Ganga River, as
and mosques. The grateful state Government and part of Prime Minister Sri. Narendra Modi’s Swachh
villagers renamed the villages as Amrita Nagar (Modsar), Bharat (Clean India) and Namami Gange (Clean
Amritamayi Nagar (Dagara) and Amritapur (Mokhana) Ganges) projects.
in honour of AMMA.

Latur Earthquake (1992): The Ashram provided
financial support to victims.

Humanitarian Activities

Amala Bharatam

In 2010, AMMA announced massive public cleanliness drive
called Amala Bharatam. The purpose of this project is to create
social awareness of humanity’s debt to our beautiful earth and
nature. The aims of this project are:

To embrace new practical initiatives to clean India,
promote health through hygiene, sort garbage and
properly dispose waste

To make people aware of the need to maintain
environmental cleanliness

AMMA is also planning to construct public toilets and
installing trash cans in government schools and along roads.
There will be efforts to mount awareness campaigns on keeping
our highways and other roads clean and litter-free. The project
has kicked off in all parts of the country with students of
Amrita University and Amrita Vidyalayams playing a leading
role in these cleaning drives of public premises. Distribution
of handkerchiefs to school children has also been started on
a massive scale. As part of the Amala Bharatham campaign,
volunteers are regularly cleaning the Sabarimalai hills, one
of the most frequented pilgrimage centres in the world. More
than 1000 clean-up drives have been undertaken.

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Amrita Self-Reliant Villages (Amrita SeRVe), the length and breadth of the country from Kanyakumari
launched during AMMA’s 60th Birthday celebrations in in the South to Ghaziabad in north, Durgapur in the
September, 2013 is a village adoption program through East and Bhuj in the western part of the country.
which the Mata Amritanandamayi Math (MAM) has Amrita Kuteeram houses have been built in Gujarat,
selected 101 villages throughout India with the goal Delhi, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
of helping them establish the required infrastructure to Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
become self-reliant role-model villages for the country. West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Andaman Islands. It
With the goal of holistic development, the Amrita SeRVe often constructs entire villages of homes, complete with
project will provide assistance to each of the 101 villages medical centers, community halls, roads and bore wells.
in the following focus areas: 1) Infrastructure & Facilities,
2) Healthcare, 3) Energy, 4) Skill-Development, Anbu Illam: Care Home for Senior Citizens, Sivakasi.:
Vocational Training & Sustained Livelihood, 5) Disaster Amrita Anbu Illam is the Math’s care home for the
Preparedness, 6) School Education & Adult Literacy, elderly located at Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu in a beautiful
7) Environmental Protection & Afforestation, 8) Self- countryside. The residents come from troubled families
Empowerment, 9) Communication & Monitoring. or have no one to look after them. In this peaceful and
loving ambience, they are made to feel at home while
Amrita SREE: The ashram is providing free vocational meeting their emotional and physical needs.
training to 6000 Women Self-Help Groups (SHG)
consisting of over 100,000 women from impoverished Mass Wedding Ceremony for the poor: Started
agricultural families. After completing the training, the with the mass wedding arranged for 158 poor couples
women are also given start-up capital to begin small during Amrita Varsham 50, (Golden Jubilee celebration
home-based businesses. It is envisaged to expand the of AMMA’s birthday), this project helps couples who
program to 30,000 groups. cannot afford a proper wedding. The Math provides
everything for the wedding including clothes, gold for
Vidyamritam: The ashram is providing full the bride and the traditional feast for the relatives. Since
scholarships to around 50,000 children (ages 10 to 2003, around 1200 marriages have been conducted for
15) of people living below the poverty line, including impoverished couples including Tsunami victims.
children of farmer suicide victims. The children receive
a stipend until they finish their education, subject to their Amrita Keerthi Award: Instituted in the year 2001 to
performance in their studies. Motivational sessions and recognize and commemorate the outstanding contribution
competitions in various literary, painting and pencil- to Indian Culture, Vedic Tradition and Sanathana
sketching are also being regularly held for these children. Dharma. The award constitutes a cash prize of more than
This scheme is being extended to cover 100,000 students. one lakh rupees, a Panchaloha statuette by a renowned
artist and a commemorative citation. Past Awardees
Amrita Nidhi: Monthly Pension scheme for destitute include M.P. Veerendra Kumar, eminent Malayalam
women: In 1998, AMMA launched a pension scheme for writer and Chairman of Mathrubhumi newspaper; Manoj
the benefit of destitute women. The pension is distributed Das and Prathibha Ray, Oriya writers; Acharya Narendra
by the Math through its branch centres at various parts of Bhushan, Vedic Scholar; P. Parameshwaran, Director,
the country. The money helps poverty stricken women, Bharateeya Vichara Kendram; Prof. Harihara Sastri,
many of whom are widows, to purchase necessities such previously Acharya of Brahmavidyapeetham, Sivagiri;
as food, medicine and school books for their children. As Dr. Shankar Abhayankar, founder, Aditya Pratishtan,
of now, there are over 69,000 beneficiaries. Pune; Mahakavi Akkittam Achutan Namboothiri,
Celebrated Poet of Kerala, P Narayana Kurup, renowned
Amrita Niketan (Orphanage): Located at Parippalli, poet and literary critic, and eminent writer, scholar and
Kollam, Kerala, this institution is dedicated to caring orator Prof. Thuravoor Viswambharan.
of five hundred children from the most disadvantaged
sections of society, mainly from tribal areas. These AYUDH (Amrita Yuva Dharma Dhara):
children receive an excellent education at AMMA’s The Math’s initiative for youth, AYUDH organizes
Sanskrit Higher Secondary School, Paripalli. Satsanghs, Social service activities. Yoga, meditation
and self discipline are part of the activities. AYUDH
Amrita Kuteeram: Free Housing Scheme: In 1996, members also participate in cleaning of Public premises
the math launched Amrita Kuteeram, a housing project and render assistance in various welfare programmes.
to construct 25,000 houses for the poor. Within a five-
year period, the houses were constructed and handed Green Friends: Established for the preservation and
over to homeless and slum dwellers. In 2003, the project protection of the environment, Green Friends instills
was upgraded to massive proportions and second phase love and reverence for Mother Nature. Nature study
of this project to build 1 lakh houses was launched. As camps, Afforestation and tree plantation on a mass scale
of now, more than 45,000 houses have been built across etc., are some of the activities of Green Friends.

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