Category: Education
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500 times more efficient solar cell powered tablets for rural education
Amrita has developed a unique tablet-based multimedia learning programme for the education in villages. “It takes into account the learning needs of multi-grade rural students and is exclusively designed for the tablet format, taking into considering its screen size and low processing power” explained Raghu Raman, the director of Amrita University’s Centre for Research in…
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Amrita Vidyalayam Davengere won the International Science Fair award
The students from Amrita Vidyalayam, Davangere– Nayana KR and Aishwarya CA of Class 10– have won Fourth Grand Award in the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair 2013 held at Arizona, USA. They won the prize in Mathematical Science Category for their experiment – Dissection of square into ‘N’ congruent squares. The fair was from…
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Amrita Vidyalayam students to represent India at ISEF in USA
Two students, Nayana KR and Aishwarya CA , from Amrita Vidyalayam School, Davangere, are among 10 students who have been chosen to represent India at the International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) to be held in May 2013, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Nayana KR and Aishwarya CA won the IRIS 2012 Grand Award in…
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Indian President launches Amrita’s A-VIEW on Aakash Tablet
11 Nov 2012, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi Hon’ble President of India Pranab Mukherjee launched the latest version of Amrita University’s E-Learning platform A-VIEW 3.0 (Amrita Virtual Interactive E-Learning World) on the Aakash 2 tablet. The President A-VIEW Server with 1 Gbps link was unveiled and dedicated for the nation. Any institution of higher education can now…
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Amrita University launches four research oriented projects
27 Sep 2012, Amritapuri – Amma’s 59th Birthday celebrations During the 59th birthday celebrations of Amma, along with the many charitable projects, a number of new research-oriented projects of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham were inaugurated. Wireless Landslide detection Wireless technologies to alert people living in landslide at-risk areas by sending a sms when the possibility of landslides…
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Wherever there is sorrow, Amma is there to wipe away the tears
27 Sep 2012, Amritapuri – Amma’s 59th Birthday celebrations Retired Supreme Court Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer inaugurated the Amrita Vocational Training Centre. Upon doing so, he said, “This [Amritapuri] is a sacred land. It’s not enough to give food and clothing. Everyone also wants justice. Amma is working for that justice. Amma is a symbol…
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Class room on wheels ‘MOVE’ from Amrita to empower women
Amrita University is ushering a new era for the empowerment of socially and economically weaker sections of women in India by taking computer aided vocational training courses to villages using technology aided mobile vehicles called MoVE (Mobile Vocational Education). A MoVE unit is a fully functioning classroom-on-wheels, equipped with latest computer and communication technology. The…
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In me lies a piece of gold
12 April 2012, Kenya A new vocational training program for disadvantaged youth was launched at Amrita Watoto Boma, care home in Athi River, Nairobi. For a period of three months, 90 youth will receive training in IT, electrical engineering, hospitality and garment making. The initiative is a joint venture between CAPs-Youth Empowerment Institute and MAM…