Education FOR A LIVING and Education FOR LIFE

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Satguru Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
There are two types
of education:
When we study in a college, striving to become a doctor, a lawyer,
or an engineer - this is education for a living. On the other
hand,
education
for
life
requires
understanding
the
essential principles of spirituality. This means gaining a deeper
Education
FOR A LIVING
and Education
FOR LIFE
understanding of the world: our minds, our emotions and ourselves.
We all know that the real goal of education is not to create people
who can understand only the language of machines. The main
purpose of education should be to impart a culture of the heart a culture based on spiritual values.
Communication
through
machines
has
made
people
in far off places seem very near. Yet, in the absence of
communication between hearts, even those who are physically
near to us seem to be far away.
Today’s world needs people who express goodness in their
words and deeds. If such noble role models set the example for
their fellow beings, the darkness prevailing in today’s
society will be dispelled and the light of peace and non-violence
will once again illuminate this earth. Let us work together
towards this goal.
Excerpts from the speech delivered by Satguru Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
at the Parliament of World Religions, held at Barcelona, Spain in 2004.
Contents
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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
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International Alliances
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Centres of Excellence
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Amrita Programmes in a Nutshell
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Departments in Schools of Engineering
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Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
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Courses offered
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Infrastructure
36
Campus & Campus Life
38
Amenities
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Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri
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Infrastructure
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Professional Student Associations
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Cultural Activities
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Campus Amenities
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Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore
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Courses offered & Infrastructure
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Campus Life
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Centre for Corporate Relations
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Awards and Achievements of Students & Alumni
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Admission Information
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The Mata Amritanandamayi Math
Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri
President, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Vice Chairman, Mata Amritanandamayi Math
To become special or extraordinary is the dream of every
ambitious student. But how does one become special? Is it
only through academic excellence? Of course, that is part of
it, but academic brilliance alone is not enough. The most
important thing in building your life and future is your ability to
focus on your inner self and to realize the inherent abilities
there within.
When you graduate and enter the practical world of opportunities
and challenges, you may find yourself among thousands of
competent professionals. What will you have over them? It will be
your ability to tap into your inner source and let flow the grace you
find there into your work. The extent to which you will be able to do
this will depend entirely on how open you are to the beautiful
opportunities available at Amrita.
May you ever remain open to Amma’s grace.
Ever in Amma,
With Love and Prayers
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Brahmachari Abhayamrita Chaithanya
Chief Operating Officer
We welcome every batch of students with renewed
enthusiasm. We have come to be identified for our
academic rigor and deep commitments to human
values. We strive to guide our students into exemplary
models in their chosen profession.
And our Alumni have more than proved what we mean.
And this has added confidence to us and enhanced our
resolve to take up the mission, for which “AMMA” has set
up these temples of learning, to its logical conclusion.
Come in to Amrita to lead an intense life of academics flavored
with universal human values. We shall send you out into
your field of specialization as our Ambassadors.
I am sure you are going to enjoy every bit of the experience
here fully.
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Dr. P. Venkat Rangan
Vice Chancellor
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is
a rapidly developing world-class
university, offering
under-graduate, post-graduate,
and doctoral research in wide
ranging disciplines like
Engineering, Medicine,
Management, Nanomedical
Sciences, Ayurveda, Education
and Mass communication.
It is both young and immensely dynamic,
with a unique holistic approach to produce
leaders in all of its disciplines. At Amrita
Vishwa
Vidyapeetham,
we
have
assembled some of the most well known
academicians,
entrepreneurs,
executives, inventors, philanthropists,
researchers, and scientists to guide us
in this noble endeavour. We have
launched
International
Centres
for
Excellence with strong partnerships with
some of the highest ranked universities
from all over the world in many of the
foremost frontiers of management and
technology.
A very hearty welcome to you to this sacred
temple of learning and leadership, and
we hope you can become part of this
exciting venture.
Invoking Amma’s Grace on all of us.
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Dr. S. Krishnamoorthy
Dr. M. P Chandrasekharan
Registrar
Dean (Engineering)
Prof. C. Parameswaran
Prof. A.K.Balakrishnan Nair
Dean (Corporate Relations)
Chairman (Admissions)
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Dr. K.B.M. Nambudiripad
Dr. K. Sankaran
Dean (Amritapuri Campus)
Principal
(Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri)
Dr. Balakrishnan Sankar
Dr. B. N. Nagaraj
Associate Dean (Amritapuri Campus)
Principal
(Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore)
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At Amrita
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a young and vibrant university
that is attracting the attention of the student community, the
academia and the industry alike, thanks to its innovative
curricula, excellent infrastructure, committed faculty and
visionary management by Mata Amritanandamayi Math. What
started in 1994 as an engineering college, with just three
departments and 120 students in a remote village called
Ettimadai - 16km from Coimbatore city - has grown today to
...the thrust is on
become the headquarters of a dynamic university that has 15
constituent schools located in five campuses across three
inculcating core
human values…
states. These schools have more than 108 academic
programmes in diverse areas such as Engineering,
Management, Medicine, Dentistry, Ayurveda, Pharmacy,
Nursing,
Biotechnology,
Nanomedical
sciences,
Communication, Arts & Sciences and Education.
Presently the university spans over 550 acres of land and has
a student strength over 13000, with 1500 faculty members
and among them 190 are doctoral degree holders.
The
Chancellor
of
Amrita
Vishwa
Vidyapeetham,
Satguru Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, affectionately
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called AMMA, is known the world over for Her
institutions and research organisations in India
extraordinary acts of love and self sacrifice.
and abroad have come forward to share their
Amma’s compassion crosses all barriers of
knowledge and expertise with the students and
nationality, race, caste and religion. She has
the faculty of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The
initiated and inspired a vast network of charitable
thrust here is on inculcating core human values
activities in India and abroad. Inspired by these
in the students, at the same time nurturing their
activities of the Math and Amma’s spiritual
innate qualities to blossom and realize their full
charisma,
potential.
many
distinguished
professors,
educationists and scholars from
reputed
Orientation to Students in Yoga, Meditation and Cultural Education
All the students of Amrita University have ample opportunities for orientation in Yoga, Meditation and Cultural
Education. Integrated Amrita Meditation (IAM) technique helps them achieve holistic development of mind
and body. The students and faculty of Amrita University have demonstrated their social commitment by
participating in a major way in disaster relief activities and community rebuilding efforts after the Gujarat
Earthquake in 2001 and Tsunami relief operations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in 2005-06 and flood relief
operations in Bihar in 2008.
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International Alliances
Indo-US Initiatives
Department of Science and Technology (DST).
The then President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has taken a lead
launched
role in implementing the path-breaking Indo-US
Collaborative Network for Higher Education and
Inter-University Collaborative Initiative in Higher
Research in New Delhi on 8 December, 2005.
Education and Research using EDUSAT. More
Earlier, on 20 July, 2005, five of the above US
than twenty renowned American universities
universities had inked the agreement during the
(Harvard University, Princeton University, Purdue
visit of the Honorable Prime Minister of India,
University,Yale University, Georgia Institute of
Dr. Manmohan Singh to Washington DC.
Technology,
University
of
Massachusetts-
Amherst, University of Washington,University of
Texas – Austin, University of Illinois-Urbana
Champaign,University of Wisconsin-Madison,
University
of
North
Dakota,University
of
Maryland,University of Michigan, University of
California at Berkeley, University of California at
San
Diego,University
of
California
at
Los Angeles, University of California at Santa
Cruz.Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh,
Cornell University - Ithaca, State University of New
York - Buffalo, Columbia University, Cleveland
State University - Ohio) are part of this historic
agreement along with Indian institutions led by
Amrita University, ISRO, and Government of India’s
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the
Indo-US
Inter-University
Three of the leading technology
companies in the world, Microsoft,
Qualcomm, and Cadence are
funding this initiative.
This initiative focuses on a broad
number of areas: engineering and
computer science, information and
communication
technologies,
materials science, biotechnology
and bioinformatics, nanotechnology,
medical
sciences,
management
sciences and other areas.
As part of this historic agreement,
several distinguished academic
leaders like Dr. Maria Klawe, Dean
of Engineering, Princeton University,
Dr. Satish Tripathy, Provost of State
University of New York at Buffalo,Dr.
Venky Narayanamurthy, Dean of
Dr. Ramalingam Sridhar from State University of New York –
Harvard University, and Dr. Frieder
Buffalo have taught courses at Amrita in Electromagnetics,
Seible, Dean of Engineering at
Solid State Devices and Advanced Networking, in 2006.
University of California, San Diego
Dr. V. Ramamoorthy, Professor of Statistics and Probability,
have visited Amrita.
Michigan State University taught two courses on Statistics
(2007) and Pattern Recognition (2008) .
Three
Leading
American
professors Dr. N. Narayana Rao and
Dr. Jose Schutt-Aine from University
of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and
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Indo-European Research Initiatives
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has joined the Indo-European research initiative in Wireless Sensor
Networks - WINSOC (Wireless Sensor Networks with Self-Organization Capabilities for Critical and
Emergency Applications consortium). WINSOC is a Specific Targeted Research Project co-funded by
the INFSO DG of the European Commission. WINSOC explores the possibility of developing a novel
technology for Wireless Sensor Networks. The WINSOC consortium consists of eleven organizations
from seven countries including Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Czech republic and Switzerland.
From India, Antrix, the overseas arm of ISRO and Amrita are the partners to this project.
Amrita is also pursuing various projects with foreign universities like Milano University, Italy in
Autonomous Bio-inspired robots and Technical University of Munich in Cyber Security.
Student Internship Program
Amrita University has partnered with the Council
of International Education Exchange (CIEE) to
offer internship opportunities in the U.S. to some
of the brightest and most motivated students of Amrita.
The interns will go to the U.S. on the J-1 intern
Visa. CIEE is designated by the U.S. Department
of State to act as the legal sponsor for participants
of this programme.
Amrita also has exchange alliances with Harvard,
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Princeton, Cornell, and the University of California
system.
With a funding of over 4 million Euros, EURECA
project will facilitate more than 250 students/
researchers/faculty from Asia to conduct a part of
their study at one of the EU partner institutions.
Students from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham are
being short listed to participate in this programme
from January 2009.
A virtual campus
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has the unique distinction of being the nation’s first of its kind - fully
interactive, multi-disciplinary, multi-media, virtual campus without geographical limitations, linking all
its campuses. The satellite network has facilitated leading experts from around the world to have live
academic interaction from a single centre in India to students, academicians and researchers at
other campuses across the country, done through the state-of-the-art E-learning Studio. The studio is
equipped with 130 seats for classroom instruction, 7 days a week using the dedicated satellite link
with a bandwidth of 1.5 Mbps.
Amrita University Management System (AUMS)
‘Amrita Technologies’ has developed an integrated university management system which includes an
e-learning platform AMRITA VIDYA, a web based software for effective management of learning services.
AUMS practically covers the entire area of operations of the university. It includes admission module,
administration module, academics module, accounts module, examination module and alumni portal.
The advantages of Amrita University Management System is complete educational service management
and effective monitoring and tracking. It can be used for capturing student and faculty records, managing
academic workflow of the university, evaluating the student performance, generating grade sheets and
certificates etc. AUMS is currently deployed in the Amrita University campuses at Amritapuri, Bangalore,
Coimbatore and Kochi, which brought significant impact on practically every functional area of the
university.
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Industry-Academia Interaction
With a view to foster the employability of Engineering graduates, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has entered
into a number of Memoranda of Understanding with various companies and organisations. Setting up of
Embedded Technologies Laboratory by Microsoft India Ltd and Digital Library by Tata Consultancy Services
are, for instance, indicative of corporate involvement for elevating the process of learning at Amrita. Other
areas of mutual cooperation between Amrita and organisations like Tata Consultancy Services, National
Aerospace Laboratories and Infosys Technologies Ltd are Students’ Workshops, Best Student Award, Best
Student Project Award, Foundation Programme Training etc. To equip the students with multiple skills, TCS
has established a “German Language Chair” at Amrita for promoting German Language learning.
Organisations like Larsen & Toubro, Honeywell, Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro
Technologies, Microsoft India, Caterpillar, National Aerospace Laboratories, Indian Space Research
Organisation, Cognizant Technology Solutions, HCL, Hewlett & Packard etc. started absorbing engineering
students of Amrita for their final semester internship in these companies. Besides these initiatives, there
have been a number of Faculty Development Programmes being run by various companies at Amrita to
ensure constant updating of faculty.
Learning in the Digital Era at Amrita - ‘VIDYA’
We at Amrita believe that to produce globally
employable professionals, teaching and learning
must assume a global dimension. Driven by this
conviction, began ‘Project Vidya’ now known as
Vidya-Amrita Digital Library, archiving the choicest
collection of learning materials available on the
World Wide Web. Archived tutorials and lecture
notes from some of the most reputed universities/
research centers like MIT, Stanford and Yale around
the world are systematically organized and made
available through an intranet server to the campus
community on the campus network.
During the last seven years, Vidya has evolved into
one of its kind digital knowledge base of over 4000
GB of organized data comprising learning materials
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on all major areas. This is well supplemented with
Video / Audio lectures from the top universities and
organizations across the globe and a fully
searchable e-books repository with over 120, 000
titles. Vidya hosts video lectures (amounting to over
5000 hours) from over 30 leading universities. The
entire content of Vidya is further mapped to the UG
and PG syllabus as well. Vidya is now deployed in
all the campuses of Amrita University system and
is accessible campus wide via ISRO-Amrita
EDUSAT satellite network. Driven by the motto “To
Inform, Inspire and Innovate”, Vidya provides a
unique multi-university learning experience within
the multi-campus, multi-disciplinary Amrita
University system.
Centres of Excellence
Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security
The Centre is supported by TIFAC (Technology
Professors from Monash University (Australia),
Information Forecasting and Assessment
Michigan State University (U.S), and Mc Afee
Council) of Govt. of India. The centre runs an
Santa Clara (US) are offering courses under
M.Tech. proramme in Cyber Security and has
this programme. The thrust areas of rsearch
undertaken
include Language based Security, Cryptology,
several
research
projects
sponsored by DRDO, NTRO, ADRIN, European
Network Security and Artificial Intelligence.
Union etc.
Centre for Computational Engineering and Networking (CEN)
The centre offers multi-disciplinary Post Graduate programmes (M.Tech in Computational Engineering
and Networking and M.Tech in Remote Sensing and Wireless Sensor Networks). CEN is also actively
engaged in pursuing research in areas of wireless sensor networks, software radio, natural language
processing, computational drug designing and advanced signal processing methods like wavelet
theory. With 9 projects totaling a research grant of Rs 1.7 crores from various funding agencies like
Ministry of IT, ISRO, NPOL, the Centre is engaged in addressing socially relevant issues like plagiarism
detection, language translation etc.
Current research projects include developing an engine to translate English to Indian languages,
modeling a potential drug for Alzheimer’s disease, vibration damper for launch vehicle applications
and wireless sensor networks for precision agriculture.
Amrita Research Labs (ARL)
ARL is an R&D centre of Amrita consisting of a number of research groups working on the following
research topics: Amrita Road WAVE (Road side Wireless AdHoc and Vehicular Environments), Amrita
CUBE(Calm Ubiquitous and Embedded Environments) Amrita MMSec exploring research issues in
securing multimedia systems for emerging applications such as VoIP and IPTV.
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Centre for Nanosciences
This is the first nano-technology centre in the
Atomic Force Microscope and Electro Spinning
biomedical area in India that has been funded by
Equipment. The centre has established a
the Government of India through the Department
nanoparticle processing lab, a polymer chemistry
of Science and Technology. The advanced state
lab and a stem cell lab. The centre also runs an
of- the-art equipment at the centre includes an
M.Tech. course in Nanomedical Science
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope, an
Village Resource Centre
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, in collaboration with ISRO, has launched the AMRITA-ISRO VRC Satellite
network, which is a comprehensive satallite based rural transformation initiative. The VRC (Village
Resourse Centre) delivers to rural India a broad spectrum of Tele-Education, Tele-Medicine,
Tele-Agriculture, Tele-Fisheries etc.
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Centre for Digital Health
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, the super-specialty hospital of the university is connected to
clinics and hospitals in remote areas all over India, making it one of the largest 24/7 telemedicine
networks in the country. The centre for digital health has two components, the telemedicine centre
and the Institute of Medical Informatics and Multimedia Education (IMIME).
Amrita Hospital Information System (AHIS)
This in-house product is probably one of the
only healthcare solutions available, which
h a s been built on open source technology. It
h a s been widely deployed in India. Some
installations include Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre (BARC) hospital, all
government hospitals and medical
colleges in Maharashtra and Uttaranchal.
TIFAC CORE in Biomedical Technologies
The School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri is
identified as a Centre for Relevance and
Excellence
(CORE)
in
Biomedical
Technology by TIFAC of Govt. of India. The
centre pioneers inter-disciplinary research,
education and industrial collaboration in
Bio-medical
conducts
engineering.
Undergraduate
The
and
centre
Post
graduate programmes including M.Sc
(Biotechnology) and M.Sc (Bioinformatics).
The centre which is developing a low cost
insulin pump has extensive industry
participation from MDS Pharma, Hewlett
Packard India, Mascon Global etc.
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Amrita-TBI (Technology Business
Incubator) Global Connect
Biz Dev
Amrita Technology Business Incubator (TBI) is
an initiative of Department of Science and
PR
Venture
Capitalist
Technology (DST), Government of India, hosted
by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to accelerate
successful development of business by grooming
young and dynamic entrepreneurs. Amrita
Technology
Business
Incubator
aims
at
NETWORKING
Angel
Investors
Marketing
converting innovative ideas into products and
helps to ultimately transform into a venture capital
funded company. Amrita TBI helps entrepreneurs
Patent
Experts
Entrepreneurs
by providing space, guidelines in business plan
and brochure preparation, marketing, patenting,
IP protection etc.
Amrita Telematics
The Wi-Fi or the Wireless Fidelity Telematics is a still-to-emerge concept that Amrita is keen to
take over to the next generation of transportation - be it public road transport or railways. Amrita has
successfully developed a secured wireless based media propagation and communication system
for Konkan Sky Bus Metro Project. The application was deployed at the 1.6 km long Sky Bus test
track in Madgaon, Goa. Telematics can facilitate effective vehicle traffic, location tracking, video
announcements, fleet scheduling, video surveillance and also value added or multimedia features
like education through e-learning processes and entertainment
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Centre for Environmental Studies
The environmental activities of the main campus at Ettimadai commenced in the year 1992 through
conservation of the existing trees and new plantings. With the establishment of a Centre for Environmental
Studies in the year 1999, the eco-development programmes achieved greater momentum. Besides tree
planting and soil and water conservation, organic farming, vermin composting, recycling of effluent water
through bioremediation and conservation of biodiversity especially medicinal plants were taken up.
The R&D activities of the Centre consist of:
Biodiversity Conservation : The Centre has
planted, established and conserved more than one
lakh trees in the campus which belong to over
200 species.
Medicinal Plants: A large collection of medicinal
plants is maintained in an area of 5 hectares.
A project on “ex-situ cultivation of medicinal plants”
financed by National Medicinal Plants Board, GOI
is in operation.
Landscaping: Different styles of landscaping like
formal, informal, Japanese, rockery, have been
adopted to serve as educative models for those
interested in landscaping and gardening.
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Nursery: A nursery has been established with
sprinkler and mist irrigation facilities and shade
houses for large-scale production of tree
seedlings and planting materials of ornamental
and medicinal plants. Soil and Water
Conservation, Recycling of Solid and liquid
Waste, organic farming are some other projects
undertaken by the Centre.
International Symposium: The Centre for
Environmental Studies conducted an international
symposium on ‘Healing Across Cultures’, on July
9, 2007 in association with Cleveland State
University, Ohio, USA and signed MOU for
collaborative research and academic activities in
this area.
AMRITA
Programmes in a Nutshell
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Amritapuri
Engineering
Bangalore
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Coimbatore
Education
Kochi
Mysore
Nursing
Pharmacy
Constituent Schools
Medicine & Allied Health
Ayurveda
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Campuses
Management
Dentistry
Biotechnology
Communication
Nanosciences
Arts & Sciences
Social Work
Academic Programmes
UG Programmes
Bachelor of Technology
(B.Tech.)
Medical & Allied Health
Sciences
Arts & Sciences
B.Sc. Microbiology
B.Sc. Biotechnology
Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
B.Sc. Computer Science
Bachelor of Computer
Bachelor of Dental Sciences
Applications (B.C.A.)
(BDS)
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)
Computer Science & Engineering
Bachelor of Ayurvedic
Bachelor of Business
Electrical & Electronics Engg.
Medical Sciences (BAMS)
Management (B.B.M)
Bachelor of Sciences
B.Sc.Visual Media
B.Sc.(Nursing)
M.Sc Physics/Mathematics
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm)
(5 Yr.Integrated Programme)
Civil Engineering
Electronics & Communication
Engg.
Electronics & Instrumentation
Engg.
B.Sc. Medical Radiologic
Technology B.Sc. (MRT)
Information Technology
General Nursing & Midwifery
Mechanical Engineering
(GNM)
Diploma in Podiatry Sciences
(DPS)
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Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)
PG Programmes
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has set a goal for itself, as desired by the Chancellor, to become a World
Class University, in the shortest possible time frame. Realising the fact that Post Graduate Studies and
Research are essential to achieve this goal, MCA, M.Tech, MS and Ph.D programmes have been
started. The MCA programme is available in Coimbatore, Amritapuri, Kochi and Mysore campuses.
11 M.Tech programmes are available in Coimbatore campus, M.Tech in VLSI is available in Bangalore
and Amritapuri campuses also. The MCA and M.Tech programmes follow credit based continuous
assessment pattern. The Ph.D programmes are available in Coimbatore, Amritapuri, Kochi and
Bangalore Campuses, in science, medicine, engineering and biotechnology. The MS programme is
available, only in Coimbatore Campus. The curriculum and syllabi for these courses have been finalised
with input from leading academicians, R & D personnel and professionals from industry. The syllabus
& curriculum are updated periodically by the Board of Studies which consists of leading active
academicians and professionals.
M.Tech. VLSI Design
M.Tech. Engg. Design
Medical & Allied Health
Sciences - M.Sc.
M.Tech. Computational
Medical Anatomy
Engg. & Networking
Medical Physiology
M.Tech. Cyber Security
M.Tech. Power Electronics
Medical Biochemistry
Medical Microbiology
M. Tech. Computer Vision and
Image Processing
Diabetes Sciences
M.Tech. Remote Sensing and
Dialysis Therapy
Wireless Sensor Networks
Anaesthesiology &
M.Tech. Computational
Intensive Care Tech.
Mechanics
Medical Laboratory
M.Tech. Integrated Design &
Technician Course (MLT)
Manufacturing
Allied Health Sciences
M.Tech. Biomedical Engg.
M.Tech. Nanomedical sciences
M.Tech. Embedded Systems
Medical Informatics
Medical Statistics
M.Sc. Information Technology
Physiology
M.Sc. Computer Science
Neuroelectro Physiology
M.Sc. Biotechnology
Cardiac Perfusion Tech.
M.Sc. Bioinformatics
Cardiac Catheterisation Tech.
MCA
MBA
M.F.A (Broadcast Journalism &
Video Production)
M.Sc. (Hospital Administration)
Cardiovascular Tech.
Operating Room and
Intensive Care Technology
P.G. Diploma
M.A. (Communication)
Diabetes Education
M.S.W
Clinical Research
P.G. Diploma in Journalism
P.G.P in Finance
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DNB & Fellowship
Cardiology
Paediatric Surgery
Neurosurgery
Gastroenterology
CVTS
GI Surgery
Nephrology
Urology
Endocrinology
Neurology
General Surgery
Paediatrics
Orthopaedics
Anaesthesiology
Radiology
Geriatrics
Opthalmology
ENT
Pulmonary Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(not exhaustive)
Departments in Schools of Engineering
The three schools of engineering follow the same credit based curriculum and
continuous evaluation under semester pattern.
The combined faculty position of the three schools of engineering shows the
faculty strength and adequacy of each department of study at the university
level. The faculty student ratio is 1:12 which is above the national norms.
Aerospace Engineering
The department of Aerospace Engineering at Coimbatore campus was established in the year 2007.
All the faculty members are having doctoral degree. The areas of their research include compressible
internal and external flows, aero thermodynamics, hypersonic wakes, non-linear structural mechanics,
flight dynamics & control, adaptive filtering etc.
Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science
The department at Coimbatore campus has 20
faculty members, out of which 5 are PhDs and 5
pursuing PhD programme. The faculty members
are presently working on five projects funded by
ISRO, DBT and DRDO for which the total outlay is
over Rs. 1 crore. The major areas of research
include polymer nanocomposites, conducting
polymer-carbon nanotube composites and viscoelastic treatment for launch vehicles.
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Civil Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering was
established in the year 1996. The members of
faculty are from reputed institutions like IISc, IIT,
NIT etc. and the department at the university level
has at present 11 faculty members, of which 6
are PhDs. The areas of research include soft
computing in structural engg., super plasticizer
in cement concrete, hydraulic engg., water
resource engg., waste water treatment and
geotechnical engg. The department has to its
credit 7 papers published in research journals
and a book on “Principles of Fluid Mechanics
and Fluid Machines” authored by Dr.N.N.Pillai.
The department of
engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
the three
schools
has
altogether 81 faculty members, of
which 6 faculty members are with
PhD from renowned universities
in India and abroad and 30% of
the faculty pursuing their PhD. The
main areas of research include
image
processing,
mobile
computing, data mining, genetic
algorithms
and
information
security. Faculty members of the
department have published more
than 60 research papers. The
department has collaborative
research
work
universities
such
with
other
as
State
University of New York, Buffalo and
University of Milan, Italy. The
department
has
International
organized
Programming
Contest ACM- ICPC in 2006 and
2007;
and
Conference
International
on
Advanced
Computing and Communications
(ADCOM 2005).
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Electronics &
Communication
Engineering
The faculty strength of the department of the
three schools of engineering is 112, out of which
11 are PhDs, and 20 are pursuing doctoral
programme. The major areas of research in the
department include applied electromagnetism,
digital communication, signal processing, speech
processing, testing of VLSI circuits, VLSI CAD and
soft computing. Also three funded projects are
undertaken. The department also offers B.Tech. in
Electronics and Instrumentation. Faculty members of
the department have published more than 45 research
papers.
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
The department at the university level has a faculty
strength of 65, of which 6 are PhD. holders and 13
are pursuing PhD programme in India and abroad.
Some of the areas of research by the faculty
members are power electronics, electric drives,
distribution systems automation, dynamic stability
of electric power system, high voltage application
in
clean
manufacturing,
power
quality
improvement, reactive power control and wind
energy. There are about 40 research publications
during the last 3 years by the faculty members. The
faculty members are presently working on seven
projects funded by agencies such as DRDO
and DST.
The department has faculty strength of 68, of which 3 are PhDs and
14 are pursuing PhD. The major areas of research include
information security, wireless sensor networks, intrusion detection
systems and image processing. The faculty members are presently
working on three projects sponsored by funding agencies like DRDO
and Department of Space, India. Faculty members also serve as
office bearers of various professional and industry bodies like CII,
CSI and IETE. The department has organized major events like
AICTE sponsored National Workshop in “Mobile and Network
Security” in 2007, and IBM Sponsored International Collegiate
Programming Contest ACM- ICPC in 2006.
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Mathematics
The department has 49 faculty members in which 15 are PhDs and 9 are doing PhD. The department
offers
mathematics
courses
for
undergraduate
and
postgraduate
programmes.
It also offers PhD program in Mathematics. The research specializations of the faculty members
include Lie algebra bundles and representation theory, graph theory, theory of elasticity, quantum
mechanics,
linear
algebra
and
VLSI
design,
inference
theory,
pattern
recognition,
magnetohydrodynamics, biomagnetic fluid dynamics, applied statistics and bioinformatics. A few of
the faculty members are working as reviewers for reputed international and national journals.
The department of the three engineering
schools has a faculty strength of 66, which
includes 14 doctorates. Presently 16 are
pursuing doctoral programme. The areas of
research include nanometrology & optical
instrumentation, CAD/CAM and robotics, biodiesel
process
plant,
electrochemical
micromachining, pressure mapping in the inlet
manifold of the IC engine, welding of
composites etc. The on-going research in the
department has funds to the tune of Rs. 50
Lakhs from funding agencies like DRDO, DST,
AICTE to carry out four projects. The faculty has
published more than 40 research articles
during the last 3 years. One faculty member is
awarded “Women Engineer of the Year” by
Institution of Engineers.
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Sciences
The Department of Sciences of the university has a faculty strength of 54 out of which 15 are PhDs
and 18 are pursuing PhD. Research activities are in the areas of theoretical nuclear physics, thin
film physics, nanotechnology, quantum optics, laser materials processing, electro bioengineering,
electrochemical sensors and biosensors, organometallics and coordination chemistry,
electrodeposition of alloys, polymer chemistry and corrosion science. Faculty members have
published 60 research papers and 2 books during the last three years. The department has
successfully completed 5 funded projects and, in addition, seven projects are in progress funded
by agencies like DST, ISRO, and DRDO. Mr. S. Saravana Kumar received the Young Scientist award
for Physical Sciences instituted by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment
(KSCSTE) in January 2008.
English
The Department of English has a faculty strength of 21 out of which 6 are PhDs and 2 are pursuing
PhD. The areas of interest include English Language Teaching, Applied Linguistics, European
Literature, American Literature, Indian Writing in English and Comparative Literature.
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Amrita School of Engineering
Coimbatore
A grooming ground for future Engineering
and IT Professionals of the country.
Amrita School of Engineering Coimbatore is ranked
among the top 21 engineering schools in India by
Dataquest - IDC - Nasscom survey, June 2008.
Amrita
School
of
Engineering, Coimbatore
offers nationally ranked UG
programmes
in
nine
branches
and
PG
programmes including MCA,
and M.Tech in ten core areas.
Located on a serene, lush
green 400-acre campus at
the foot-hills of the Western
Ghats, this institution, which
was started in 1994, grew in
stature in a very short time
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and became the preferred destination of students,
aspiring for a career in engineering, from across the
country. Eminent and highly qualified members of
faculty and the up-to-date facilities together enhance
the quality of education imparted at this institution.
The university lays great emphasis on value - based
education system in which the students’ knowledge,
skills and overall personality are nurtured with a lot of
care, meticulous planning and professional
execution. All those who leave Amrita portals will not
only excel in their chosen career, but also bring about
qualitative changes in their working environment,
social interactions and personal disposition.
Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programmes (B.Tech.)
Postgraduate Programmes
(a) M.Tech
Aerospace Engg.
Chemical Engg.
Biomedical Engg.
Civil Engg.
Computational Engg. & Networking
Computer Science & Engg.
Computational Mechanics
Computer Vision & Image Processing
Electronics & Communication Engg.
Cyber Security
Electronics & Instrumentation Engg.
Embedded Systems
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engg.
Integrated Design and Manufacturing
Power Electronics
Remote Sensing & Wireless Sensor Networks
Ph.D. Programme
in various disciplines
VLSI Design
(b) MCA
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Infrastructure
The total builtup area in the
campus is well
over 2 lakh
sq. m.
The 400 acre campus is well planned with infrastructure like
academic buildings, administration wing, central library, hostels,
staff-quarters, shopping complex, swimming pool and play
grounds. The campus has a built-up area of over 2 lakh sq.m.
linked by 7 km black topped roads. Eight hostels accommodate
3500 students. A swimming pool meeting olympic standards is
utilised by students, staff and others living in the campus. Two
power houses are installed with total generating capacity of 1360
KVA to meet the shortage in power supply.
Amrita provides uninterrupted power and water supply round
the clock.
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Computing Facility
The 13 computer centres of Amrita School of
I-DEAS, ProE, CATIA, Unigraphics, ANSYS,
Engineering, Coimbatore are designed, laid out
ADAMS, MoldFlow, Autodesk Inventor Series,
and equipped scientifically so that students can
SolidEdge, Hyperworks, LS-DYNA, CADian and
spend hours together at the terminal without
Abaqus. It also contains Paulson’s CBT on
fatigue. This includes the state-of-the-art CAD/CAM
Injection Molding. The VLSI Lab has more than
centre, high end VLSI Design Centre and an
80 high-end Computers with software such as
exclusive Digital Signal Processing lab. The CAD/
Magma, ModelSim, LeonardoSpectrum, XILINX
CAM centre has more than 70 workstations, CNC
ISE etc.
Milling machine and CNC turning machine along
The computer laboratories are equipped with
with an Industrial Robot. The software include
more than 1750 desktops/workstations. All
buildings are interconnected with high-speed
fibre optic cable and all the computers are
networked over fast ethernet link.
The campus network is connected to the internet
through a 16MB leased line.
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Library
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Central Library uses an automated Library Information system
connected to the LAN/ Wi-Fi for quick interaction with the library irrespective of the place in the campus
where one is located. The Library database system consists of more than 41,000 books, 300 journals,
3800 Project reports, 47 Magazines and 3200 CD/DVD resourses. Library also subscribes to over
2700 Online Journals, Conference Proceedings & Standards viz., IEL (IEEE & IEE), ASME & DEL
(Digital Engineering Library) through INDEST-AICTE consortium. The Central library has a carpet
area of 81,000 sq feet.
Library offers 14 hours of service on all days from 8.00 am to 10.00 pm.
On sundays the timing is 9.00 am to 4.00 pm.
Library Services
OPAC (On-Line Public Access Catalogue)
CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICE
CD-ROM DATABASE (FULL TEXT and ABSTRACT) service
DOCUMENT DELIVERY - ISSUE AND RETURN
ARTICLE ALERT SERVICE IN CO-OPERATION WITH DELNET
REPROGRAPHIC SERVICE
BIBLIOGRAPHIC SERVICE
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Laboratories
The departments have laboratories necessary to
support the UG and PG programmes.
Dept. of Electrical &
Electronics Engg.
Power Electronics Lab
Measurements and Instrumentation Lab
Electrical workshop
Dept. of Electronics &
Communication Engg.
Electronics &
Instrumentation Engg.
Basic electronics Lab
Electrical Machines Lab
Digital design Lab
Common Computer Lab
Communication Lab
Amrita-Microsoft Embedded System
Process Control and Instrumentation Lab
Research Lab
Microwave and RF Lab
Microprocessor lab
Digital signal processing Lab
VLSI design Lab
Biomedical Laboratory
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Dept. of Mechanical Engg.
Product Innovation & Development Lab
Sophisticated metrology facility
CAD/CAM & Analysis wing offering
industrial consultancy
Dynamics lab with facilities for
computer based condition monitoring
and an FFT analyser
Automation & Robotics lab
Product detailing Workshop
Thermal Engineering Lab
Hydraulics Lab
Strength of Materials Lab
Instrumentation Lab
Metallurgy Lab
Special Machines Lab
Lathe Shop
Fluid Power Lab
Optimisation Lab
Dept. of Sciences & English
Engineering Physics Lab
Chemistry Lab
Language and
Communications
Skills Lab
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Dept. of Chemical Engg. & Materials Science
Polymer Physics Lab
Polymer Processing Lab
Polymer Chemistry Lab
Polymer CAD / CAM Lab
Heat Transfer, Mass
Transfer, Fluid Mechanics
Laboratory.
Process Control &
Simulation Laboratory
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Amrita Biomedical Engineering Research Centre - AMBE
AMBE
is
established
utilizing
grant
from
motor driven EDM from Japan, Linear motor
Department of Science and Technology TIFAC
driven high speed Nano machining centre and
Programme as a Centre of Relevance and
wirecut EDM with sub micron level wire
Excellence. This centre is committed to indigenous
accuracy.
development of biomedical technology, low cost
An advanced metrology facility with CNC Laser
biomedical devices and bioimplants.
CMM, Confocal microscope, etc
A low cost Insulin pump has been developed and
Biomedical Clean rooms
undergoes trial runs as one of the programmes
Flexible PCB plant
of the centre. An indigenous blood glucose sensor
development is also under progress.
Facilities under implementation at this centre:
Electro chemical work station (CHI 660 C)
UV-Vis Spectrophotometer Shimadzu make
CNC machines of Nanometer accuracy Linear
The Department of Students’ Welfare
A unique feature of this university is its department for students’ welfare with a Professor in charge of
it. It guides and coordinates the students’ campus activities and helps them solve their academic,
non academic and personal problems. By conducting talent search, it identifies and guides talented
students in their chosen field. The department is a bridge between the parents and the teachers, and
offers counseling to improve the students’ grades. It ensures and sustains an academically friendly,
quiet and career-driven atmosphere in the campus where achievers thrive.
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Campus & Campus life
A dream comes true
Ettimadai campus is
being developed into
an ecofriendly zone
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Hostels
Separate hostel facilities are
provided for girls and boys.
Their stay in the hostel enables
them to imbibe a different
lifestyle and involve in activities
including yoga, meditation,
sports, music, etc., catering to
individual
tastes
and
preferences in addition to
regular studies.
There are eight hostels in
the campus which presently
accommodate
above
3500 inmates. Postgraduate
students and final year
undergraduate students are allotted single rooms. All hostels are
equipped with solar water heater for hot water supply.
Pure vegetarian food prepared under hygienic conditions is served in
the student dining halls and the canteens from a central Kitchen. Night
cafeteria are attached with all hostels.
All students are expected to live in the hostel during their course. However, local students
who live with their parents within a radius of 30 km from the campus will be permitted to come from their
homes. Students are not permitted to live in rented houses, lodges, either alone or in groups.
Amrita attaches great importance to the nature of lifestyle in the campus. Tobacco, in any form, and any
other intoxicants are strictly prohibited.
Guest House
The guest house facility includes 20 A.C rooms, 4 A.C suites, 20 non A.C rooms, conference hall and dining
hall. Guest house serves as the prefered venue for various events like board meetings, conferences,
seminars, press meetings etc. It provides comfortable stay for parents, visiting professors, company
executives, administrators and so on.
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Amenities
Sports facilities
Coimbatore campus has facilities for outdoor and
indoor games like Shuttle badminton, Ball
badminton, Cricket, Football, Table tennis, Weight
lifting, Basketball, Volleyball, and Tennikoit. One
state-of-the art synthetic tennis court and a
cement tennis court are also available. A multigym consisting of eight stations is also provided
for practice. A swimming pool of international
standards of the size 50 x 25 meters is in operation.
Each hostel has a separate sports room. Annual
sports and athletic meet render opportunities to
all students and staff to display their talents and
win prizes.
Medical facility
‘Amrita Dispensary’ works inside the campus round the clock providing medical service to the students,
staff and villagers. Three doctors and 8 Nursing Staff are on duty. The dispensary has 10 beds for inpatients. Basic medical care, pharmacy with adequate medicines, facilities like ECG Machine, Nebulisar,
Oxygen cylinders, Defibrillator, ECG monitor & Pulse Oxymeter and first aid are provided in the health care
unit. Cases which require immediate hospitalization and special medical attention are referred to the
nearby well known hospitals. Ambulance facility is readily available in the clinic for emergency.
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Transport
Banking
College buses, 20 in number, pick up and drop
day scholars from specified locations in
Coimbatore city and enroute, on payment of a
An extension counter of The Dhanalakshmi Bank
nominal fee.
banking facilities at the extension counter. The bank
is functioning in a separate building on all working
days. Students can make use of the personal
also provides a 24 hour ATM facility
Amenities complex
A general store caters to the stationery and other
requirements like domestic goods, toiletry,
provisions, books etc. The store also stocks our
math publications, audio/video cassettes, herbal/
ayurvedic products and so on.
The amenities complex houses a tailoring shop,
a men’s hair dressing centre and STD booth.
Canteen
The institute runs three canteens from 7.00 AM to
7.00 PM everyday. Day scholars, staff members
and guests can avail themselves of this facility.
Students living in the hostels may also make
use of this canteen for additional refreshments.
Student Activities
Co-curricular Activities - Student chapters of
various professional bodies like Association for
Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-USA,
Computer Society of India (CSI), Institution of
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
(IETE), Society of Manufacturing Engineers,
Society of Automotive Engineers, Amrita Science
and Technology Action Forum as well as
departmental associations are actively involved
in conducting technical symposiums, seminars
and other events like quiz, design contests,
multimedia, paper presentations, network
gaming, Nobel Prize celebrations and poster
design competitions.
Social Activities - Amrita Prakrithi Samrakshana
Samity, National Service Scheme, Ham Radio
Club and Youth Red Cross are some of the
avenues available for students to engage in
community development activities.
Extra-curricular Activities
Ragasudha - Music Club, Natyasudha - Dance
Club, Amritadhwani - College magazine, Srishti Literary Club, Photography Club and Arya Culture Club are some of the clubs involved in
extra-curricular activities.
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Amritapuri
The Amritapuri campus is nestled in the
picturesque village of Vallikavu, across the
famed and beautiful backwaters of Kerala.
Amrita
of
Chancellor - Satguru Sri Mata Amritanandamayi
Engineering, Amritapuri,
Devi, the campus instills hope and confidence in
with its proximity to the
the students to set their own pace and time. The
international headquarters
campus, though located in a remote village
of Mata Amritanandamayi
blessed with panoramic backwater expanse and
Math, has the advantage of
tiny glistening brooks on one side and the mighty
basking in the effulgent
sea on the other side, provides all the modern
presence of Amma’s grace;
amenities which help the students to make their
and it helps the students
campus life a memorable one. With everything
from geographically diverse
from yoga classes to the full fledged cafeteria,
locations to develop a
the students can have fun in addition to a first rate
sense of belonging to a
university education. The life in the campus can
supportive
be exciting, stimulating, demanding, challenging
Seeking
inspiration
School
community.
guidance
and
from
its
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and sometimes even down-right hard work.
Courses Offered
Other certification courses available
CISCO Academy for CCNA
Certification
Red Hat Linux
Multimedia
IBM blade center with 36 blades for Virtual
Mechanical Engg.
M. Tech. (VLSI)
Computing Lab (VCL), each blade is
equipped with dual processors, 4 GB
RAM and fiber attached storage
4TB repository of audio and video
lectures and documentaries
MCA
Enterprise class 12 TB storage area
network with end-to-end 4 GBPS fiber
channel throughput
Infrastructure
10 Mbps of internet connectivity (2Mbps
from Bharti Telecom, 8Mbps from VSNL)
Two VSAT links, the Indo-US initiative
Computing Facilities
connecting 25 US Universities and 43
premier
IT Enabled Services on the campus offers various
services for the students and is the backbone of
campus wide networking of computers and other
computing resources.
Facilities available are:
Indian
Institutions
and
the
Amrita-ISRO initiative interconnecting
4 amrita campuses
Wi-Fi hotspots for students with limited
access to campus network
Digital Library with free internet
1000 plus networked desktops and
access for academic purpose
workstations
High speed Internet browsing center for
students
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Electronics & Communication Engineering
Electronics & Communication engineering
laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art
equipment and software. Students work in the
robotics lab of the institute for projects and miniprojects. Our students have successfully
designed and implemented three different robots
as their final year project. IEEE student chapter
has organized many workshops on PIC and
VHDL in house as well as at national level. They
also organize a series of lectures called Fun with
Fundamentals to ensure sound fundamentals
in core subjects.
Computer Science & Information Technology
There are more than 400 high end computers with dual operating system exclusively for the students.
One machine is allotted for one student during the lab hour. All students are given user space in the
server for storing their files and other data. Free internet is also provided for educational purpose.
Students are permitted to use the computer lab beyond their regular working hours. The entire IT
infrastructure of the campus including the computer lab is managed and maintained by the IT Enabled
Services department.
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Mechanical Engineering department is equipped with state-of-the art laboratories such as Advanced
Metrology lab, Flexible Manufacturing lab etc. The department has signed MoUs with reputed
organizations such as TESA of Switzerland. Currently internally funded research project on the
“Design and Performance Evaluation of a Solar Electric Auto” is being carried out. The mechanical
engineering students have developed a Micro-wind turbine, hybrid vehicle and, vapour compression
refrigeration test rig.
Electrical Engineering
In addition to the rigour in pedagogy, the
working in the field of renewable energy
department focuses on the overall development
applications.
of the students by imparting soft skills through
projects and seminar presentations and by
encouraging Students’ Association activities and
industrial visits. The department has highly
experienced faculty members with rich industrial,
research and teaching experience around the
globe. Mr. Joshua David Freeman who was
earlier working at General Motors has carried
over his experience to Amrita and is currently
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Faculty members are also actively involved
in research project WINSOC, funded by
European
Union,
which
explores
the
possibility of developing a novel technology
for
Wireless
Sensor
Networks.
The
department has set up Electrical Machines
Lab, Electrical Measurements Lab, Power
Systems lab etc.
Robotics Lab
The Robotics Lab provides students with a training ground to hone their natural talents and skills.
Chakshuyaan, is the name of an ambitious undertaking by third year mechanical and electronics
engineering students for designing a remote control flying vehicle with video capability. The students
are also involved in the design of a hover craft which will have the ability to take videos of a given
location and transmit data back to the base station and a hybrid rickshaw project in the Robotics Lab.
Language Lab
The Department of English houses a full-fledged Language lab with the intention of giving the
students a grasp of the nuances of the English language. The lab consists of a teacher/master
console and thirty eight student consoles. The master console is provided with the control functions
and the student console is provided with the facility to receive the recorded lessons and to listen to
those lessons and pronunciations.
A network of computers, each equipped with headphones and microphones sharing resources
provides access to a wide variety of very high quality videos, audio materials, interactive software,
comprehension passages and group discussions. The student can listen, repeat and compare his
own pronunciation with the original. Students are exposed to a variety of listening and speaking
drills. On practising with involvement, the students are bound to overcome their difficulties in
pronunciations and intonations.
Internet Lab
Apart from the internet facility given in the computing lab, campus has an internet café also for
browsing purposes. A separate internet lab with downloading facility for the students is set in the
campus.
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Library
The central library of Amritapuri campus is established to serve the students and the faculty with the
latest information, reading materials - both printed, non-printed, advanced technological resources
such as the Web, on-line journals, full-texts, on-line books, reference sources, digital libraries as well
as self-testing materials for education, self-directed learning, and research. In addition, there is
institutional membership with American Library, Chennai that gives access to huge online resources
of American Library. The central library has a collection of over 25,000 volumes and subscriptions of
96 periodicals in print. Each year, on an average, 3500 books and journal volumes are added to the
collection. Students have also access to thousands of International Journals from IEEE Xplore,
Science Direct, EBSCO, INSPEC, Emerald, Cambridge Online, Institute of Physics Journals, ERIC
Database, ACM Digital Library etc. Digital library (VIDYA) which is organized by Coimbatore campus is
accessible through satellite communication. Online books and journals are available which include
IBM Journal of Research and Development and IEEE - ACM Archive. As part of the Indo-US Program,
the campus has access to digital collection of State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. This
provides IEL Online, Science Direct, ACM digital library, EBSCO etc.
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Student Association Activities
IEEE Student Chapter
IEEE Student Chapter of Amritapuri Campus
conducts various workshops, seminars, talks,
etc. for the students of Electronics & Electrical
engineering branches. This includes workshop
on UltraS PARC T2 Micro Architecture and C++
programming Language Workshop. Four papers
submitted by the faculty members together with
the students of Electronics & Communication
Engineering department were accepted at 2008
Regional Student Conference on Research and
Development, held in Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, on 26 - 27, November 2008.
ACM Student Chapter
ACM, the world’s largest educational and
scientific computing society, has a student
chapter in the campus, which frequently
organizes programming contests for the
students to improve their programming skills.
For the first time in India, the chapter has
introduced an online contest judge for the
students who are interested in programming.
ACM Student Chapter has also hosted ACM
Infosys
Programming
Contest,
with
a
participation of more than 200 students from all
over India. Consecutively for two years, the
campus hosted the world’s largest programming
contest - The ACM International Collegiate
Programming Contest (ACM ICPC) in 2007
and 2008.
IBM Great Mind Challenge
participation
The IBM Great Mind Challenge is a national level
software development contest and is the
biggest in the world attracting more than 65,000
registrants all over India. In 2007, students from
Amritapuri Campus participated in this contest
and won 5th position all over India.
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Sun Micro Systems - Code For Freedom
Sun Microsystems conducts student training programs in the campus for those who are interested
in the research and development of operating systems. Avinash Joshi, a student of IT branch, was
the first student in India to fix the bugs in the Open Solaris operating system of Sun Microsystems.
He was the topper in this competition at the national level.
Sun Club & FOSS
Amritapuri Campus of Amrita University has a very active student developer Open-Source University
Meet-Up (OSUM) club that educates its members about the latest open-source technologies and
software development in a fun and engaging way. Through on-campus activities, Sun-sponsored
OSUMs receive access to technical information that can be shared with OSUM members through
technical demonstrations. Additionally, online web courses through the Sun Academic Initiative
(SAI) program will be available to the OSUM participants to provide an opportunity to get its members
certified by Sun. Sun provides a social networking website for all registered OSUMs.
Microsoft Campus Club
Microsoft Academic Initiative has a program called Microsoft Student Partners Program (MSP)
wherein students from campuses around the world are selected through a direct interview procedure
by Microsoft. Anirudh Goel, student of computer science engineering branch was selected as
Microsoft Student Partner in January 2007, and to carry on the activities smoothly in the campus,
Microsoft Campus Club Amritapuri was formed on 18th August 2007. The members are also given
opportunities to attend conferences, take and attend sessions, participate in Microsoft Sponsored
Competitions, win goodies, enhance their technical and soft skills. Currently the club has
40+ registered members.
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Sports and Games
The Annual Sports meet at Amritapuri campus is held in the months of
March/April. The competitions are conducted by grouping all the students
into four houses: Chola, Mourya, Pandya and Gupta.Captains and ViceCaptains are elected and healthy competition is encouraged.
Cultural Activities
The inter-house arts festival Amritakalotsavom
and other inter-college competitions provide
platform for the young talents to nourish and
nurture their innate talents. The colourful Indian
festivals and traditions are enjoyed and
celebrated in their true spirits.The celebrations
of
Ganesh
Chaturthi,
Gokulashtami,
Independence Day - Bharatmatha Pooja- and
other festivals by the student community
reverberate and reflect their passion and
spiritual ardour. The Kerala festival Onam is
celebrated colourfully.
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International Volunteer University Student Association
at Amritapuri Campus
Engineering students are involved in social service activity initiated by the campus. Students from
various Japanese universities who are part of International Volunteer University Association came to
the campus as part of their project work. The students of Amritapuri Campus and the Japanese
students took interest in constructing houses for the poor and cleaning public places in the village.
This was a unique experience for the students where two different cultures joined together for a good
purpose.
Amrita Sanjeevani
Training and Placement
Amrita Sanjeevani, the seva association of
Amritapuri campus, is an organization of staff
The Centre for Corporate Relations (CCR)
and students to uplift and give solace to the
discontented masses as well as to uphold and
activities in the campus. The CCR continuously
encourage through acts of love and self
sacrifice. The seven wings of Amrita
institutions to provide the best career
Sanjeevani:
Vismaya-experiencing
the
sweetness of selfless service, Sameeksha-
programmes and personality development
for the cause of our brethren, Haritha Mithra
(Green Friends)- living in harmony with Mother
responsible for coordinating industrial visits,
Nature, Acharya- learning the true purpose of
life, Arpan- an offering to Mother Earth etc. help
projects for students.
in inculcating and nurturing the core human
values.
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takes care of the training and placement
liaises with various companies and national
opportunities for the students. Various training
workshops are organized. CCR is also
in-plant training, internships and summer
Campus Amenities
Banking
Dhanalakshmi Bank has an
extension counter in the Ashram
premises, that provides banking
support. A 24hr ATM counter near the
institute is an added advantage.
Hostels
Transport
Transport facility is available for the
day scholars, faculty and staff.
institute bus service is available
upto Kollam towards the southern
direction and upto Harippad in the
northern direction.
Medical Services
Amritakripa
Hospital
The campus is almost residential in nature; nearly 95% of the
The students can avail themselves
of the services offered at Amrita kripa
hospital situated in the Ashram
premises. In addition to this, medical
facilities are also made available to
the students and staff on the
campus from 8.30am to 6.30pm.
students live in the campus. Local students who stay with their
parents within 30 km are permitted to come from their homes.
Students are not permitted to stay in rented houses or lodges
alone or in groups.
The hostels provide a salubrious ambience and are equipped
with all amenities for living, recreation and meditation that make
Ayurvedic Clinic
each inmate feel at home. AMMA’s presence amidst them makes
Ayurvedic treatment including
Panchakarma, is available at the
Ashram’s Ayurvedic clinic. Herbal
medicines
prepared
in
the
traditional manner by the monastic
disciples are available at the
pharmacy.
vegetarian diet is served in the dining halls. Tobacco and other
General Store
The general store in the Ashram
premises caters to the needs like
stationery items, eatables, dress
materials, hand bags, sandals etc
along with the products of the Math.
Reprographic services, STD services
and canteen facility are available in the
Campus.
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the students realize the values of life. A completely balanced
intoxicants are strictly prohibited in the campus.
Bangalore
Amrita School of Engineering is located
in a serene campus in the IT corridor of
Bangalore City.
The engineering school has excellent faculty drawn from premier institutes including
IITs and U.S. universities. Moreover, the faculty includes many senior scholars with
vast R&D and industrial experience. The campus life in the school is enriched by a
team of dedicated teachers guiding the students to get the most in their academic
and extracurricular pursuits. The curriculum provides a flexible credit-based structure
and continuous student evaluation to maximize learning and assimilation of
fundamental concepts meeting the changing needs of the industry.
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Courses Offered
Infrastructure
The campus is spread over an area of nearly
40 acres and situated 2 km off Sarjapur Road
within the limits of Greater Bangalore. The
campus is well developed with excellent
infrastructure for classrooms and laboratories,
Electronics & Instrumentation Engg.
state-of-the-art computing facilities, well-
equipped library, separate hostels for boys and
Mechanical Engg.
girls, and on-campus medical and banking
facilities.
M.Tech (VLSI)
M S (MITES
Ph.D programmes
Library
The library of the Amrita School of Engineering,
Bangalore stocks up a large collection of volumes
in engineering sciences. The collection comprises
17300 volumes of printed books, conference
proceedings, technical reports, statistical data
standards, dissertations and documents in
diskettes, 995 CD-ROMs, audio and video
cassettes. Further, the library provides 700 current
journals including on-line access to IEEE journals
and Springer link journals. A “Book Bank” scheme
in the library is also functioning. On-line access of
library catalogue through LIBSOFT, document
delivery, and reprographic facility are some of the
major services offered by the library. For fast
access, a Digital Library “Vidya” is also available.
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Computing Facilities
The Information, Communication and Technology Services (ICTS) department provides and coordinates IT enabled services across the university. Current computing facility includes multiple
computer labs with more than 600 computer systems connected in LAN/ Wi-Fi environment. The
systems are configured to support both LINUX and Windows XP operating systems. Each student
gets an individual computer while working in various laboratories.
Laboratories
Electronics &
Communication,
Electronics &
Instrumentation
Computer Science and
Multimedia Lab
Programming Languages Lab
Digital Design Lab
Operating Systems Lab
Micro-controller and DSP Lab
System Software Lab
Analog electronics and
Communication Lab
DBMS Lab
CISCO Networking Lab
Microwave Lab
Process Control Lab
VLSI Design Lab
Instrumentation Lab
Electronics workshop
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Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering &
Physical Science
Electrical Machines Lab
Measurements and Circuits Lab
AUTOCAD Lab
Electrical Workshop
Computer Lab for Simulation Studies
Mechanics Lab
Engineering Workshops
Humanities
Physics Lab
Chemistry Lab
Multi-Lingual Language Lab
CISCO Networking Academy
Cisco Networking Academy is an innovative education initiative that delivers information and
communication technology skills to improve career and economic opportunities around the world.
The Academy provides online courses, interactive tools, and lab activities to help individuals develop
the skills needed to fill IT positions in virtually every type of industry. The Academy provides numerous
programs and resources to link students and alumni with potential employers. Cisco Networking
Academy at this campus was adjudged as the “Best Local Academy” across the ASIA-SAARC
region for the year 2007.
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Twin Degree Programme
AMRITA University and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo are jointly offering a postgraduate dual-degree programme for IT Professionals M.S. in Management of IT & IT-Enabled
Services (MITES) at Bangalore campus.
TATA - ELXSI
AMRITA University in alliance with TATA ELXSI and University of Maryland, College Park has introduced
an innovative Certificate Programme in Embedded System at Bangalore Campus.
Placement & Training
The Centre for Corporate Relations provides
our students with excellent opportunities for
on-campus placement in leading Indian
companies as well as in MNCs. The centre
also organizes
specialized training
programs that are designed to prepare the
students for a career in the industry with
special regard to the skills currently
demanded by the IT and core engineering
industry. Students are provided with the
unique learning experience to enable them
to launch their careers with the best
companies in the industry. The centre also
provides an opportunity for students to learn
foreign languages like German, French and
Japanese.
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Campus Life
Hostels
Separate hostel facilities are provided for girls and boys. There are five hostels for students and a
guest house for visiting faculty and other visitors. All hostels are conveniently located in the campus
enabling the students to access the library and computer facilities over extended hours. Majority of
the student population reside in the hostels. Pure vegetarian food prepared under hygienic
conditions is served in the student dining hall and the cafeteria to facilitate a healthy lifestyle.
Tobacco in any form and other intoxicants are strictly prohibited in the campus.
Transportation
A fleet of institute buses provides transportation for students who live with their parents within a
radius of 25 km from the campus. Most of the residential areas of Bangalore city are covered by the
institute bus routes.
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Extra-Curricular Activities
At Amrita, a lot of importance is given to ethical
values and our unique cultural heritage. Festivals
are celebrated in a colourful manner with the
understanding of their significance. Under the
banner of AMRITADHARA, there are five student
clubs.
PRERANA-Provides a forum for the holistic
growth of students by tapping the creativity, talent
and energy of students and directing them
toward noble and meaningful endeavours.
CHETANA-
The
sports
club
conducts
competitions in cricket, football, volleyball, table
tennis, basketball, athletics and throw-ball. The
club also organizes tournments both at the Intracampus and inter-campus levels.
SANSKRITI-The Fine Arts Club provides a forum
for students to enhance their talents in music
This club also conducts events such as
and dance. The club also organizes competitions
debate,creative writing, JAM, open house, skits,
in instrumental music, rangoli, mehandi,
street plays, etc.
antakshari, crafting, cookery, art from waste etc.
PRACHODHANA - A technology club which
MAARDHANI-The literary and debating club
organizes quizzes and technical competitions
organizes events that promote a healthy
to enable our students to compete with the best
discussion and debate among thinking minds.
in the nation.
Sports Facilities
At Amrita, students are encouraged to participate
in sports to ensure overall development of mind
and body. Facilities are provided for Football,
Volleyball, Cricket, Basketball, Tennis, Track &
field events, as well as indoor games like Table
Tennis, Chess and Carroms. A well equipped
gymnasium is also available in the campus.
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Centre for Corporate Relations
Academic excellence and personal growth apart, students
need to have skills and avenues for achieving
progress and prosperity in life.
Empowering the students with wholesome
into three wings, the training wing, the placement
knowledge and enriching their minds with human
wing, and the corporate relations wing. In order to
values are the two-pronged approach that Amrita
benefit all sections of students across the
Vishwa Vidyapeetham has adopted to groom all
university, CCR has centers in all the five
those who have come to her seeking education
campuses, replicating the form and function of the
that will assure them of a better tomorrow.
main center, with necessary modifications.
In order to fulfill the career aspirations of the
CCR has been able to establish excellent rapport
students, it is found necessary for them to have
with senior officials of corporates, Government and
expert assistance in specific areas, beyond their
semi Government undertakings, and IT and core
regular academic mapping. The Centre for
industry giants, through regular visits and other
Corporate Relations was established to devise
means of communication. Relentless efforts in this
ways and means to achieve this objective. The
direction has paid rich dividends, especially in the
university management has demonstrated its
following areas:
commitment to this important function by
positioning a Dean in charge of the Corporate
Relations.
* Consultancy * Seminars * Student contests like
ACM, ICPC * In-plant training * Internship and
projects in India and abroad * Introduction of
The big team of counsellors and trainers at the
Centre for Corporate Relations (CCR) is grouped
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industry relevant electives * Placement of students
The central theme of training has been the
overall development of the students’ personality,
with necessary emphasis on communication
skills and reasoning abilities. To get a real-life
experience, students are taken through mock
interviews and group discussions with internal
and external experts on panel. Frequent tests
are administered simulating corporate testing
processes in intensity, variety and content, so
that there are no surprises when the students
actually face the placement routine.
Concerted efforts have been made to give ample
opportunities to students from core engineering branches to find careers in relevant industries. Almost all the major players in the national scene and also some of the international
companies regularly visit Amrita to meet their
talent needs. What is most satisfying to faculty
and management alike is the feed back from
employers regarding significant contributions
made by the Amrita Alumni in their domain
areas and the positive influence of their
personal behaviour and attitude towards the
profession, on their colleagues.
Placement Expectations & Fulfilment
2008 batch: 98.29%
2009 batch: 91% so far,
and still progressing
………….in them our Alumni have reposed their faith
ACCENTURE
ESSAR STEELS LTD.,
ACCORD SOFT
GEA ENERGY SYSTEMS
ADITI TECHNOLOGIES
HCL TECHNOLOGIES
ARICENT
HEXAWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
ASIAN PAINTS
HINDUSTAN UNILIVER LTD.
AVAYA GLOBAL CONNECT LTD.
HINDUSTAN MOTORS
BRAKES INDIA LTD.
HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
CATERPILLAR
(P) LTD.
COGNIZANT
HP
COMPUTER SCIENCE CORPORATION
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PVT. LTD.
CROMPTON GREAVES
IBM
DELL COMPUTERS LTD.
I - FLEX SOLUTIONS LTD.
DELPHI TVS
I-NAUTIX
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INFOSYS
SCM MICROSYSTEMS (P) LTD.
KSB PUMBS
SUNDARAM FASTENERS
L & T INFOTECH LTD.
SYMANTEC
LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD.
TATA AUTOCOMP SYSTEMS
L&T ECC
TATA ELXSI
LUCAS TVS
TCS
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA
TECH MAHINDRA LTD
MAHINDRA ENGINEERING
TESCO
MICROSOFT
TITAN INDUSTRIES
MINDTREE
TORRY HARRIS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
MASCON
UST GLOBAL
PATNI
VERIZONE INDIA (P) LTD.
PEROT SYSTEMS LTD.
VIRTUSA INDIA (P) LTD.
POLARIS SOFTWARE
WHEELS INDIA LTD.
ROBERT BOSCH
WHIRLPOOL
WIPRO
ROYAL ENFIELD
ZENSAR TECHNOLOGIES
SASKEN
SATYAM
Some of the Global Players…
BIN DASMAL, DUBAI
CAPE EAST, ABUDHABI / SAUDI / BAHRAIN
GOLDEN WAY EMW, DUBAI
NSH CORPORATION, SAUDI
PRESTIGE ENGG., SHARJAH
SAUD BAHWAN, MUSCAT
QATAR STEEL, DOHA
ABB, KUWAIT
DOLPHIN IMAGING, CALIFORNIA
only a partial list
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Awards and Achievements of students & Alumni
Amrita alumni and students have proved their mettle in several international and national competitions.
Mr. Ajth Peter (2003) and Mr. Rakesh Peter (2005) won a prize of $1500 in a competition conducted by
National Instruments, India. Several of the alumni have secured admission for post graduate
programmes at top universities in the world like Stanford, Milan, Purdue, Georgia Tech, University of
California etc. Some of them like Ms. S. Kalaivani have secured prestigious scholarships like
Commonwealth,
Chevening
and
DAAD
-
German
Academic
Exchange
Service.
An alumnus, Mr. Sandeep Unnikrishnan was adjudged as the outstanding foreign student at the
University of Aachen, Germany. Many have presented papers at international conferences abroad.
One alumnus Mr. Vijayachandran. V was chosen to be an intern at the Office of Legal Affairs, United
Nations (UN), New York.
Award from Microsoft : Microsoft, the world’s largest IT Company has awarded the prestigious
“Microsoft Best Project Prize” to Mr. Praveen Kumar R, Mr. Ragesh R Santhanam, & Mr. Srivathsan K,
students of the 2002-06 batch Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Engineering) at
Amrita School of Engineering. The award, which carries a citation and cash prize of Rs.75,000/-, was
given for their project titled “iTRUST - An End to End Trust Based Model for Access Control”. The
presentation was made at the “Microsoft Academic Projects” National level Expo held at Bangalore
last year. THIS WAS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND AMRITA UNIVERSITY WON THE TOP
PRIZE IN INDIA. This is a highly creditable achievement considering the fact that over 7000 projects
were registered from 482 cities and towns all over India.
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Amrita IT and CSE Students win top IBM Prize : For the last two years, students of B.Tech
Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
have emerged as the Runners-up in the “IBM Great Mind Challenge”, a national level software development
program. The award carries a citation, i-pods for all the team members and also a high-end IBM workstation
for Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore. It is worth mentioning that in 2008, over 65000 students
participated all over the country and the Amrita team emerged as the second best .
Mr. Bharath S, 2005-09 batch
student secured Gold Medal in a
design contest by National
Design Research Forum,
Institution of Engineers on 8th
Nov. 2008
at Kolkatta
Tamil Nadu Best College Magazine Award: For the fourth successive year (2008), the
annual college magazine, Amritadhwani of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore has been adjudged
as the winner for the Best College Magazine award in Tamil Nadu
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Admission Information
Eligibility for B.Tech admission
(a) Candidates shall be born on or after 1st July 1988
(b)
A pass in 12th standard or second year Pre-University or
equivalent examination from CBSE or any State Board or
equivalent, scoring a minimum of 60 % marks separately in
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
or
A pass in Diploma examination (of minimum 3 years
duration after passing 10th standard) in Engineering,
conducted by any State Board of Technical Education,
scoring a minimum of 60% marks.
Note:
Those who appear for the above examinations in April/May 2009
and expect minimum marks as above, may also apply.
Admission
Admission is based on the rank obtained in the
“Amrita Entrance Examination - Engineering 2009”.
All candidates other than NRI/PIO are required to appear for the Entrance
Examination.
B.Tech programmes of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
are offered at the following campuses
Amritapuri, Clappana P. O
Kollam, Kerala - 690 525
Ph: +91 476 2801280
[email protected]
Ettimadai P. O,
Coimbatore - 641 105
Tamil Nadu, Ph: +91 422 2656422
[email protected]
Kasavanahalli, Carmelaram P. O
Bangalore, Karnataka - 560 035
Ph: +91 80 28439565/66
[email protected]
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(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.
The Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) of the United Nations has
awarded the Math with Special
Consultative Status. The Math is
among 30 Indian NGOs to receive
formal UN affiliation in India.
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Humanitarian Activities
Project to combat Farmer Suicide
In recent years, suicide has been spreading like
an epidemic amongst farmers in India suffering
from debt and crop failure.
On 27 September 2007, the Ashram inaugurated
two programs aimed at fighting the problem:
Vidyamritam and Amrita SREE. The projects are
focused at places with high farmer-suicide
rates-Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh.
Vidyamritam
Through Vidyamritam, the Ashram is providing full
scholarships to 100,000 children (ages 10 to 15)
of farmers living below the poverty line. The children
receive a monthly stipend until they finish their
education, subject to their performance in their
studies.
Amrita SREE (Self-Reliance
Education & Employment)
Through Amrita SREE, the ashram is providing free
vocational training to 5,000 groups of women from
impoverished agricultural families. After completion
of their training, the women are given the necessary
start-up capital to begin small, home-based
businesses.
medical experts traveled to Louisiana to help. Food,
Disaster Relief
clothing, school supplies, were distributed to
Bihar Flood Relief (2008): Rs. Two crores has
evacuees.
been earmarked by Ashram for flood-relief work.
Flood in Mumbai (Jul. 2005): The Ashram sent
Several teams of voluteers, doctors and nurses
a medical team to Mumbai which spent three weeks
are working in the region.
visiting slum areas, distributing medicines and
Kashmir Earthquake (Oct. 2005): distributed
treating over 32,000 victims for infectious diseases.
food and other aid including blankets to victims.
Gujarat Earthquake (Jan.2001): A 12-member
The Ashram is working to fulfil its pledge to rebuild
medical team from AIMS Super Speciality Hospital
three villages.
was immediately dispatched with volunteers. The
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Aug/Sept. 2005);
Ashram rebuilt three villages Modsar, Mokhana and
AMMA donated one million dollars in aid and
Dagara, constructing 1200 earthquake-proof
assistance to those affected by Hurricanes Katrina
houses, medical clinics, water tanks, schools,
and Rita in USA. Devotees who were trained
community halls, temples and mosques.
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Tsunami Relief Projects
More than Rs. 200 crores have been spent for the
relief activity by AMMA, which includes relief activity
in Sri Lanka. The Math has constructed more than
4500 houses in the Tsunami affected areas in
India and Sri Lanka. The Math is the first NGO in
India to complete Tsunami-relief houses according
to the government specifications in Kerala and
Tamil Nadu.
children from the most disadvantaged sections
of society, mainly from tribal areas. These children
receive an excellent education at AMMA’s Sanskrit
Higher Secondary School, Paripalli.
Anbu illam Care Home for Senior Citizens,
Sivakasi
Amrita Anbu illam is the Math’s care home for the
elderly, located at Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu in a
beautiful countryside.
Amrita Kuteeram Free Housing Scheme
In 1996, the Math launched Amrita Kuteeram, a
housing project to construct 25,000 houses for
the homeless and slum dwellers. The second
phase of this project is to build 1 lakh houses. As
of now, more than 35000 houses have been built
across the length and breadth of the country.
Amrita Nidhi Monthly Pension scheme for
destitute women
In 1998, AMMA launched a pension scheme for
the benefit of 50,000 destitute women. The
pension is distributed by the Math through its
branch centres at various parts of the country.
Mass Wedding Ceremony for the Poor
This project helps couples who cannot afford a
proper wedding. The Math provides everything
for the wedding including clothes, gold for the
bride and the traditional feast. Since 2003, over
600 marriages have been conducted for
impoverished couples.
AYUDH (Amrita Yuva Dharma Dhara)
The Math’s initiative for youth, AYUDH organizes
satsanghs and social service activities. Yoga,
meditation and self discipline are part of the
activities. AYUDH members also participate in
cleaning the public premises and render
Amrita Niketan (Orphanage)
assistance in various welfare programmes.
Located at Parippalli, Kollam, Kerala, this
institution is dedicated to caring of five hundred
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Green Friends
Established
for
Mothers’ Kitchen
and
In USA, AMMA’s devotees run Mothers’
protection of the environment, Green Friends
the
preservation
Kitchen in 39 cities, providing over 40,000
aims at afforestation and tree plantation on a
meals for the homeless each year.
mass scale.
Amrita Aranya Jeevanam
Free Meal Scheme
This project provides vocational training and
The Math feeds over 2 million poor and under-
means for livelihood in addition to providing
privileged people every year through its
educational facility and health care to the
branches.
tribals.
Health Care
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala: 1300-bed, super speciality hospitalinternational quality medical care at affordable/subsidized rates. This has become one of the
best hospitals in Asia with many firsts to its credit in facilities and patient care. It offers free and
subsidized services to the poor and needy.
Amrita Kripa Charitable Hospitals, Kollam and Kalpetta.
Amrita Kripasagar Hospital, Mumbai: free care and spiritual solace for terminal cancer
patients.
Amrita Ayurvedic Clinic, Kollam, Kerala.
Amrita AIDS Care Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Free medical camps: conducted at ashram centres throughout India.
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Educational
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, University having 15 constituent schools and with campuses in
Amritapuri, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Kochi and Mysore
Amrita Vidyalayam Schools – more than 50 schools across the country.
MAM Industrial Training Center for the Youth, Kollam, Kerala
Amrita Speech and Hearing Improvement School (ASHIS) for Children, Thrissur, Kerala.
Amrita School of Visual Media Studies, Trivandrum
Spiritual
Ashram headquartered at Amritapuri,
Amma’s teachings in their life and to bring
Kollam with 23 Mata Amritanandamayi Math
up their children in a value oriented life.
(MAM) Centres in India.
Matruvani, monthly magazine published in
MAM Centres in 27 countries
8 Indian and 7 foreign languages.
Amrita Kutumbams, a focused group of
20 Brahmasthanam Temples throughout
house-holders for enabling them to practice
India and in Mauritius.
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