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Academic, ExtramuralCo-Curricular Activities

have been consistently involving in our

campus recruitment process for inducting

the young talents to their corporate world.

Modern education should be embedded with values. Creativity and collaborative organisational

work enables student to inculcate and bring out the results of values. Extramural events like

Vidyamritam Lectures, Workshops, Conferences, Debates, Contests, Exhibitions and Group

activities, Visits to organizations and interviews with eminent personalities facilitate platforms for

students to hear, speak, see, do, understand and assimilate ideas coming from the interactions.

Our Annual series of extramural learning ‘Vidyamritam’ has completed 14 years. School has

so far witnessed more than 900 sessions. Last year we conducted more than 50 sessions

by learned experts. Our rich Digital Video repository of all the sessions is an excellent academic

reference.

Cultural festivals, Social Awareness Sessions, Community Outreach activities, Healthcare and Yoga

camps, activities involving Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Mathrubhumi SEED unit, Nature

Camps, Tribal Welfare, SPIC MACAY and Samskriti, Kayikamritam, Kalamritam, Amrita Veechi

Orchestra, Dramatics Forum, Amrita Kala Vedi are all opportunities for nurturing the varied blend

of innate talents and positive outlook of the youngsters.

Here’s a snapshot of most of the happenings of 2016 - ’17.

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Academic, Extramural, Co-Curricular Activities

2 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham


Inauguration of Academic Year 2016-’17

Chief Guest: Dr. M.C. Dileep Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady


3Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi

Samskrita Dinam and Ramayana Dina Acharanam

Chief Guest: Dr. M.V. Natesan, Faculty, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady



Spicmacay - Gotipua, kuchipudi Demonstration

Gotipua - By Guru Sri. Jayakrushna Nayak, Konarak Natya Mandir, OdishaKuchipudi - Vedantam Venkata Naga Chalapathi Rao, Kuchipudi Village, Andhra Pradesh



Thattekkad Tribal Colony Visit - a Samskriti and SEED event

Kayikamritam 2017 - Annual Sports



Kalamritam - Cultural Fiesta

Chief Guest: Dr. Sunil Nellay, Dancer and Performing Artist



Keralapiravi - Malayalam Dinakhosham and Blood Donation Camp

Guest of Honour: P.I. Sankaranarayanan, Noted Writer and Dr. S. Hariharan Nair, Director, Sariga Sangeetha Academy



Onam Celebration



Mathrubhumi SEED: Organic Farming assisted by Krishi Vijnana Kendra (CMFRI-ICAR)



Women’s Day

Guest of Honour: 1. Women O�cers of Indian Navy2. Dr. Adeela Abdullah, IAS, RDO, Fort Kochi and Sub Divisional Magistrate



International Forest Day

Blessings by Brahmachari Anaghamrita Chaithanya



International Water Day

Chief Guest: Sri. K.J. Martin Lowel, Asst. Conservator of Forests (Social Forestry)



Subodha - ‘Say NO to DRUGS’

Chief Guest: Sri. Venugopal G. Kurup, Superintendent, Narcotic Control Bureau, Govt. of India



Teachers’ Day

Mathrubhumi SEED - Arboretum, Aluva Study Camp

Honouring Prof. P.A. Appukuttan and Dr. S. Balasubramanian



Legal Literacy Programme

Amrita Values Programme - Value Additions to Life and Sustainability

Chief Guest: Sri. C.S. Mohit, Sub Judge and Secretary, DLSA



Visit to Kerala Kalamandalam

Visit by Naval Expedition Team (INS Valsura)

Performing Artist: Prof. Radhakrishnan Asan (Chakiar Koothu)

Led by Commanding O�cer Commodore Indrajith Das Guptha



Computer Society of India (CSI) Annual Award Function

Career Guidance Talk by Dr. U. Krishnakumar

Dr. U. Krishnakumar and Colleagues receiving award

At Jawahar Navodaya School, �rissur, St. Mary’s (Amrita) School, Alapuzha, Sarvodaya School, Aryampadam



Department of Computer Science and IT

Hands on workshop on Simulation of Networks using ns-3

CSI State Student Convention and Technical IT Exhibition (Indriya)

Chief Guest: Dr. K.C. Chandrasekharan Nair, Assoc. Principal Counsultant, KITCO, Ex-CFO, Technopark



Department of Computer Science and ITSavishkara - Quiz programme for differently abled

Seminar on Digital India - The Technological Transformation

Chief Guest: Sri. V.T. Santhosh Kumar, Technical Director, NIC

Valedictory: Dr. Ananthkumar, HOD, Neurology, AIMS and Ms. Shruthi Sikhamani, Assoc. Director (Films)



Department of Commerce and Management

International Conference on International Financial Management

Avyukta 2017 - Commerce Fest

Chief Guest: Sri. K.G. Ajith Kumar, General Manager, KSIDC

Chief Guest: Smt. Parveen Ha�z, Director, Sunrise Hospital and CA Vivek Krishna Govind, Partner, Varma and Varma




Spandanam 2017 - Management Fest

Guest of Honour: Sri. Abhishek Jayaraj Shikki, CEO, Global Business Operations and Smt. Sujatha Madhav, Head, Strategic Projects, TCS




Seminar on Impact of Demonetisation

Hands-on Workshop on Social Science Research

Invited Talks

Chief Guest: Sri. Venugopal C. Govind, CEO, Varma and Varma

Chief Guest: Dr. N. Unnikrishnan Nair, Former Vice Chancellor, CUSAT

1. Sri. Abhijith S.K., Country Sales Manager, Saint Gobain 2. Dr. Bala Raghupathy, Sr. General Manager, CUMI 3. Sri. Venugopal, CEO, Gokulam Engineers 4. Dr. Vinod Nair, Hindu Economic Forum 5. Sri. Nair Nandakumar, Sr. Associate Vice President,

CUMI 6. Smt. Anil Jyothi Reddy, CEO, Key So�ware Solutions, USA (Social Worker)



Department of Visual Media and Communication

Audio Workshop by Sri. Arun Rama Varma

Film Production Workshop by Sri. Reghunath Paleri

Workshop on Art Direction by Dr. C.S. Jayaram

Workshop on Script Writing by Sri. Babu Pallassery




Camera Speaks 2017 (Nature and Wildlife Photography Workshop and Exhibition) - the 12th edition

Chief Guest: Sri. Ramesh Pisharody, Film Artist




R 4 Respect - A PR Campaign of MJMC Students

Guest of Honour: Smt. Soumini Jain, Mayor of Kochi




Unmeelanam - Workshop on Mural Painting

Workshop on Animation Film Making by Sri. Rajesh Sharma (Walt Disney Studios)

Visual Media and English Literature Students - Visit to Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad

Led by Sri. K.U. Krishnakumar, Principal, Guruvayoor Devaswom Institute of Mural Painting



National Conference cum Workshop ‘Sense and Frames’

Videography Practical

Videography Practical using Drone

Chief Guest: Prof. Anandakuttan B. Unnithan, Professor, IIM, Kozhikode




Dakshina 2017 - Annual Art and Advertising Portfolio Exhibition

Guests of Honour: Prasad N. Krishnan, Chief Designer and Visualizer, Lotus Media House, Kochiand Sri. Shivakumar, MD and CEO, MindMine Brand Communications




Workshop on Advertising by James Paul Valappila, Director, Valappila Communications

Trinity Drama Workshop by Smt. Vaishali Chakravarthy, Assoc. Faculty, Trinity, London

Department of Mathematics

Workshop for CSIR-UGC JRF/NET and GATE Aspirants

Chief Guest: Dr. A. Vijayakumar, Head, Dept. of Mathematics, CUSAT

Blessings by Brahmachari Anaghamrita Chaithanya



Department of Mathematics

Sastramritam 2017

Chief Guest: Dr. P.S. Sobhan, Former Professor, Maharajas College, Ernakulam



Department of English and Languages

400th Anniversary of Shakespeare

Chief Guest: Dr. Murali, Retired Professor of English

1. Mr. Heinz Johannes Paul, German Scholar 2. Dr. C.S. Jayaraman 3. Dr. D. Venkat Rao, EFLU, Hyderabad4. Dr. C.B. Sudhakaran, Ilahiya College

International Conference ‘In Between: Critical Humanities in Context’



Department of English and Languages

Talk by Dr. Rajvedam, University of Texas, USA on Erased History of Ancient India

Grooming Session for Finalists of Mathrubhumi - Federal Bank Debate on Speak for India

Narendram

Dance by our students at 80th Birthday Celebrations of Poet Sri. P.T. Narendra Menon, Ottappalam

Ms. Shona Smith, our M.Phil. ( English) student (Participant)

* in India

National Institutional Ranking FrameworkMinistry of Human Resource Development

Government of India

76Patents and Inventions

180+Awards and

Recognitions

20Centres of Excellence

230+Crore Research

Grant

3500+Publications

3437Authors

10.6Top JournalPercentiles

10662Citations

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