Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Motto: "Shradhavaan labhathe Jnaanam" (Sanskrit: The earnest aspirant gains supreme wisdom)
Established: 2003
Type: Private
Chancellor: Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Vice-Chancellor: Dr.P.Venkat Rangan
Faculty: 1000
Students: 7000
Location: Coimbatore, Bangalore, Amritapuri, Cochin, Mysore
Website: www.amrita.eduwww.amritapuri.amrita.edu
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The Saraswathi statue in front of coimbatore campus
The Saraswathi statue in front of coimbatore campus

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a Deemed University (not funded by University Grants Commission), spread across five campuses in south india. The headquarters are in the foothills of the Western Ghats, Ettimadai, 20 km away from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The Chancellor is Mata Amritanandamayi.

This is a unique multi-campus university situated through three states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka (Bangalore) and Kerala (Amritapuri, Kollam and Kochi). It is connected virtually through the Amrita-ISRO Network for e-learning [1].

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University) "The Amrita educational institutions, as well as their faculty and students, are at the forefront in working for the nation's betterment." -His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India

From the President of India to ISRO, the India Space Research Organisation, all of India is taking notice of Amrita University. The institution is India's youngest to be conferred with university status, and the only such deemed-university to have a multi-campus, multi-discipline character at its outset.

Amrita University's four ever-growing campuses-Amritapuri, Bangalore, Coimbatore and Cochin-currently house schools of Medicine, Business, Engineering, Journalism and Arts & Science. And all four campuses are linked via an ISRO satellite (news) , establishing Amrita University as a fully interactive, multi-disciplinary, multi-media virtual campus without geographical limitations.

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[edit] Noted Faculty

The Vice Chancellor is Prof. P Venkat Rangan [2] a noted academician who has initiated various research projects [3]. Inspired by AMMA's clarion call to serve the society an increasing number of noted academicians from all over the world are joining Amrita University[4] taking Amrita education to global standards.

[edit] Campuses

Amrita School of Engineering was conceived as the grooming ground for the future engineering and IT professionals of the country. The school has over the span of 9 years become one of the pioneering engineering institutes in the country. The school offers UG (B.Tech) programmes in 7 branches, PG (M.Tech) programmes in 5 branches, MCA and M.Sc programmes. The school also offers Ph.D programmes in major areas of engineering and applied sciences. ASE's campus is located in a serene location of western ghats on the way from Coimbatore to Palakkad. The campus is about 400 acres and has got inbuilt well furnished hostels, staff quarters, canteens, stores. The college has got its own PARAM 10000 super computing facility which is used for research purposes. Amrita is one place to learn, develop and adopt.

Amrita School of Business (ASB), earlier known as Amrita Institute of Management, started in 1996 by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math is a constituent of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, which has evolved as a vibrant, value based, inter-disciplinary multi-campus Deemed University. The MBA Degree Programme is a fully residential two-year Programme at the Coimbatore campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The Programme has been approved/ accredited/ recognized by AICTE, NBA and AIU.

Health care campus, Kochi : Incorporating state of the art educational facilities that meet international standards, the AIMS Medical College is a fusion of the latest technology with traditional spiritual values. The curriculum is based on the directives of the Medical Council of India, and is recognized by both the World Health Organization and the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates of the United States. The health care campus also includes the AIMS College of Nursing, and the Amrita College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the Amrita College of Dental Sciences.The health care campus is attached to AIMS super speciality hospital establiched to provide outstanding and affordable medical care in a patient-friendly environment.

Amrita School of Applied Arts and Sciences has taken the present form from its humbler beginning as AICT inside the serene ashram campus at Kaloor in 1992. Amma lit the holy lamp inside the AICT institute on 19th August 1992. Apart from thousands of students coming out of Amrita Institutions every year, the institutions have a big clientele in the field of corporate training, consultancy and software development. Later the institute shifted to the present sprowling campus at Brahmasthanam, Edappally North, Kochi.

Amrita School of Engineering - Amritapuri, Kerala

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Nestled in a serene & picturesque village, across the beautiful and famed backwaters of Kerala, is the School of Engineering - Amritapuri campus was established in the year 2002. Currently under Amrita University it offers undergraduate Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) programmes in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology.

[edit] Alumni

Amrita Alumni Association (A3) is an effort to bring the vast alumni body of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham together, with a vision of giving back to our alma mater. A3 is an unification of all the individual Alumni Associations that were active and were taking up projects on different levels. Since the past few months A3 has been undergoing a series of restructuring, all with the intention of making it more effective and outreach. Website

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