Honorary Doctorate of Letters from University of Mysore for Amma

Amritapuri, Kerala March 11, 2019Students of Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus won the Overall honours at the National...

Awards

Amrita’s learning app wins $125,000 prize in US-based XPRIZE Adult Literacy Competition

February 22, 2019

Amrita Learning App was awarded $125,000 after a 12-month study of low-literate adults in the US showed significant gains in reading skills for all...

Education Featured

Amrita University pays tribute to the CRPF Martyrs of Pulwama Terror Attack

February 19, 2019

Students & Faculty of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham offered their tribute to 44 CRPF men, who were martyred i na terror attack at Pulwama, at...

Amrita Hospital conducts four rare surgeries in ten days

January 18, 2019

Four patients have successfully undergone surgery for repairing Type A aortic dissection at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences within a span of 10 days....

Achievements

Surgeons remove massive cancerous tumor from man’s jaw

December 4, 2018

A dad-of-four who hid his face from the world for 10 years has embarked on a new life after having an enormous 5.3kg (approx. 11.6...

Amrita Hospital Kochi

Amrita Hospital conducts India’s first fetal surgery in mother’s womb

July 26, 2018

In India’s first-ever fetal surgery of its kind, surgeons at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi have successfully operated on a 21-week-old fetus...

Prime Minister Honours Amma for Largest Contribution to Swacch Bharat

October 3, 2018

2nd October 2018, New DelhiDuring the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in Delhi, the Honourable Prime Minister, Sri. Narendra...

Awards

Amrita Emerges on Top in Swachh Campus Rankings 2018

October 2, 2018

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, has emerged on top of the Swachh Campus Rankings 2018 of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of...

Amma

Amma Supports Prime Minister During Swacchta Hi Seva Relaunch

September 16, 2018

• Prime Minister Modi and Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) had a live interaction over video-conferencing broadcast nationally and live-streamed on social media. • Amma...

Amrita to partner in EU internet-based project

March 1, 2019

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is now partnering with 14 other institutions from EU, UK, China, Mexico, Mongolia, Paraguay in the "WeNet-The internet of Us". Amrita...

AMMACHI Labs

Amrita and Government of Israel pact a research project on Women Empowerment

February 12, 2019

On February 11, 2019, Her Excellency Ms. Dana Kursh, Consul General of Israel to South India (Bengaluru) inaugurated a new collaborative project at our Amritapuri campus. “Women in Sustaining the Environment” (WISE) is a research project between Amrita and Tel Aviv University, funded by the Consulate of Israel to South India (Bengaluru).

Collaborations

Amrita & Tel Aviv University collaborate to create low-cost water purifiers for Jivamritam project

January 23, 2019

The inauguration of potable water systems under Amrita’s ongoing ‘Jivamritam: Clean Drinking Water Project’ took place at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and...

Rural India

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Income Generation

Invasive weed gives tribals job security

September 21, 2018

Coimbatore: Three years ago, M Kannammal, 32, of Seengapathi, a tribal settlement in Boluvampatti forest range, would search frantically for a job as a...

Income Generation

Lemongrass oil distillation started in Chhattisgarh in collaboration with CSIR-CIMAP

June 11, 2018

The fields are resting now. Last month during May, in the Malgaon village of Chhattisgarh, lemongrass was harvested and oil distilled for the second...

Income Generation

Bleed Red, Bleed Green; Amrita’s Saukhyam Sanitary Pads

June 5, 2018

On the occasion of World Environment Day, meet Anju ‘Pad Woman’ Bist, who is promoting sustainable menstruation through cloth padsOf the 1.3 billion Indians,...

WOMEN

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AMMACHI Labs

Amrita and Government of Israel pact a research project on Women Empowerment

February 12, 2019

Homepage Featured

15000 women attend ‘Amrita SREE’ meet at Kochi

February 11, 2019

Around 15,000 women belonging to the various Amrita SREE groups in the district participated in the event. An amount of Rs 30,000 was given as the working capital for each group this year.

Self Help Groups

15,000 Thousand Participate in Amrita Women Empowerment Programme

January 12, 2019

On Friday, January 11 2019, 15,000 women gathered at the Amritapuri campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to participate in a sustainable women-empowerment programme conducted...

YOUTH

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AYUDH Featured

AYUDH Mumbai launches project for slum women, Janani Jagaran

March 5, 2019

On the occasion of International Women’s day, Amma blessed and launched AYUDH Mumbai project 2019 ‘Amrita Janani Jagaran’ during the second leg of Her...

AYUDH Featured

AYUDH Pune launches River clean-up project, Punarjani

March 2, 2019

Amma launched AYUDH Pune 2019 project 'Punarjani'- The River Clean up and Maintenance Project during the second leg of Her Bharat Yatra 2019.Inspired by...

AYUDH Featured

AYUDH organises the second edition of India Leaders Training Summit shaping leaders of the future

December 27, 2018

The second edition of AYUDH’s India Leader’s Training Summit with the theme ‘Now is the future’ was organised at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri...

EMERGENCIES

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2018 Kerala Floods

Ashram donates ₹10 Crore to Kerala CM’s Relief Fund

September 6, 2018

With massive rains continuing to bombard Kerala, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi has announced that her organisation will donate Rs. 10 crores to the...

2018 Kerala Floods

Amrita Helpline Comes to the Rescue of Thousands of Lives During Kerala Floods

August 22, 2018

Amrita Helpline Comes to the Rescue of Thousands of Lives During Kerala FloodsVolunteers fielded more than 25,000 calls over five days. More than...

2018 Kerala Floods

Amma announces Rs. 10 Crore for Kerala Flood Relief

August 17, 2018

As Kerala is trying to grapple with the worst floods it has witnessed in almost a century, a catastrophe of colossal proportions, Sri Mata...

Basic Needs

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2013 Typhoon Haiyan-Yolanda

530 Typhoon Haiyan-Yolanda affected students from Philippines received scholarships and education support from Amrita

May 18, 2018

A total of 480 students, the victims of typhoon Haiyan-Yolanda in Philippines in 2013 who received scholarships from the Amrithanandamayi Math, have graduated...

AMMACHI Labs

Meet Husky – the Scottish designed robot helping Indian villagers collect water

March 23, 2018

The remote-controlled device can carry three 20-litre bottles at once and is helping make locals' lives easier.A water-carrying robot developed with the help of Scots computer...

Basic Needs Featured

Water Testing & Management Toolkit For Rural Women

April 19, 2016

Many villages like Sadivayal, Tamil Nadu and Ratanpur, Bihar, have received Amrita Water Distribution Systems which relieve the physical stress, time, danger, and inconvenience...

Yoga & Meditation

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IAM Technique

Meditation can bring a positive focus to our world’s leaders

October 23, 2018

“Meditation is a powerful remedy for these turbulent times,” said Mr. Vijay K. Nambiar, former UN Secretary-General Special Advisor on Myanmar and also Chef...

Amrita Yoga

Jivatma is part of Paramatma, says yoga

June 20, 2018

Yoga means to bring two things together – to merge. Some may say it is the merging of the jivatma into the Paramatma –...

Amma

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Amma Featured

Honorary Doctorate of Letters from University of Mysore for Amma

March 23, 2019

23rd March 2019, AmritapuriAmma was today awarded with an honorary Doctorate of Letters (D.Litt. Honoris Causa) by the University of Mysore.While the University convocation...

2019 Pulwama Terror Attack

Amma to Donate Rs 5 lakh Each to Families of CRPF Troopers Martyred in Pulwama Terror Attack

February 19, 2019

The Mata Amritanandamayi Math will give Rs.5 lakh to each of the families of the more than 40 CRPF soldiers killed in February 14th’s Pulwama terror attack.

Amma Featured

Amma addresses huge gathering of Ayyappa devotees at Thiruvananthapuram

January 21, 2019

An unusual evening, punctuated by a sea-like confluence of orange clad monks and Ayyappa devotees at Putharikandam Maidanam, is what Thiruvananthapuram witnessed for the...

Amrita students bag top honours in National Solar Vehicle Challenge

March 12, 2019

Amritapuri, Kerala March 11, 2019Students of Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus won the Overall honours at the National...

Amrita’s learning app wins $125,000 prize in US-based XPRIZE Adult Literacy Competition

February 22, 2019

Amrita Learning App was awarded $125,000 after a 12-month study of low-literate adults in the US showed significant gains in reading skills for all...

Amrita University pays tribute to the CRPF Martyrs of Pulwama Terror Attack

February 19, 2019

Students & Faculty of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham offered their tribute to 44 CRPF men, who were martyred i na terror attack at Pulwama, at...

Amrita launches PMKVY Centres throughout India

February 15, 2019

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been selected as an implementing agency for the Govt. of India’s Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Special Project...

From the Archives

UN praises Amrita’s Women Empowerment Project

Amma at UN May 3, 2014

More than 1,500 women from various parts of India poured into Amritapuri for the two-day event in early May - A Celebration of Empowerment. This was the capstone event of AMMACHI Labs’ Women Empowerment Project, co-funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and...

Amrita & Tel Aviv University collaborate to create low-cost water purifiers for Jivamritam project

Collaborations January 23, 2019

The inauguration of potable water systems under Amrita’s ongoing ‘Jivamritam: Clean Drinking Water Project’ took place at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and...

Amrita Hospital conducts four rare surgeries in ten days

Achievements January 18, 2019

Four patients have successfully undergone surgery for repairing Type A aortic dissection at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences within a span of 10 days....

Surgeons remove massive cancerous tumor from man’s jaw

Achievements December 4, 2018

A dad-of-four who hid his face from the world for 10 years has embarked on a new life after having an enormous 5.3kg (approx. 11.6...

Amrita and Tata Institute for Genetics and Society to conduct joint research against antibiotic resistance

Biotechnology November 13, 2018

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rapidly-spreading phenomenon which threatens to make once-treatable bacterial infections deadly again The collaboration between Amrita and TIGS will...

When Organ Recipients meet Donor’s Familty at Amrita Hospital

Stories September 17, 2018

From asking her sons and husband to kill her after her hands were amputated after an accident at home, to now holding hands with...

Amrita Hospital to get its first homograft bank in Kochi

Amrita Hospital Kochi August 2, 2018

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) is in the process of setting up a homograft bank that will be second such bank to preserve...

Amrita Hospital conducts India’s first fetal surgery in mother’s womb

Amrita Hospital Kochi July 26, 2018

In India’s first-ever fetal surgery of its kind, surgeons at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi have successfully operated on a 21-week-old fetus...

Yemen youth blinded in bomb blast regains vision at Amrita

Achievements May 10, 2018

Islam Hussein, a class 11 student who dreams of becoming a doctor, also lost both his hands in the explosion and has now been...

For a Sustainable Environment

Prime Minister Honours Amma for Largest Contribution to Swacch Bharat

Amma Featured October 3, 2018

2nd October 2018, New DelhiDuring the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in Delhi, the Honourable Prime Minister, Sri. Narendra...

Amrita Emerges on Top in Swachh Campus Rankings 2018

Awards October 2, 2018

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus, has emerged on top of the Swachh Campus Rankings 2018 of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of...

Amma Supports Prime Minister During Swacchta Hi Seva Relaunch

Amma September 16, 2018

• Prime Minister Modi and Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) had a live interaction over video-conferencing broadcast nationally and live-streamed on social media. • Amma...

Jivamritam: Amrita’s ₹100 Crore Clean Drinking Water Initiative for Rural India

Environment Featured October 8, 2017

The Jivamritam water filtration system was designed by faculty and students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and launched by the President of India, Sri Ram...

Amrita Selected as India’s Cleanest Technical Institution in Swachhta Ranking 2017

Awards September 16, 2017

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been awarded the Number One Rank in the ‘Technical Institutions’ category in the Swachhta Rankings 2017 released by the Union...

Freedom from Fear, When Sanitary Cloth Pads Reached the Villages

Environment Featured March 8, 2017

First there were four tailors, and then in the next village four more joined. In the third village five ladies heard about the course...

Amrita Micro Hydro Electric System- Illuminating Rural India via Renewable Resources

Energy & Environment October 13, 2015

Many villages in India do not have access to electricity. Villages that do receive power, do so intermittently and with frequent disruption, making the supply of...

Amma donates Rs.100 Crore for Clean Ganga Project

Amma September 11, 2015

Amma today presented Sri. Arun Jaitley, India’s Hon. Minister of Finance, a cheque for Rs. 100 crore (US$15 million) for the construction of toilets...

Research for a Cause

Amrita to partner in EU internet-based project

Collaborations March 1, 2019

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is now partnering with 14 other institutions from EU, UK, China, Mexico, Mongolia, Paraguay in the "WeNet-The internet of Us". Amrita...

Amrita and Government of Israel pact a research project on Women Empowerment

AMMACHI Labs February 12, 2019

Amrita & Tel Aviv University collaborate to create low-cost water purifiers for Jivamritam project

Collaborations January 23, 2019

The inauguration of potable water systems under Amrita’s ongoing ‘Jivamritam: Clean Drinking Water Project’ took place at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and...

Amrita installs advance warning system against landsides in Sikkim

Research Featured September 7, 2018

Sikkim is one Indian state which has always been a pioneer in a lot of things. Right from imposing a total ban on the...

Amrita, Wipro win award for Novel Diabetes Solution

Awards March 5, 2018

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and IT major Wipro have jointly won the Aegis Graham Bell Award 2017 in the ‘Innovation in mHealth’ category for a...

Amrita Awarded World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction

Awards June 12, 2017

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was awarded the ‘World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction’ by the International Program on Landslides (IPL) at the fourth...

Amrita’s Light Weight Bullet Proof Jacket to save ₹20000 Crore for Indian Army

Homepage Featured June 8, 2017

The Man on the MissionIn a first, Indian Army will have bullet-proof jacket manufactured completely through indigenous technology.The bullet-proof jacket, designed by Bengali scientist...

Amrita and University of Michigan come together for Research on Antimicrobial Resistance

Amrita Hospital Kochi February 4, 2017

Antibiotic resistance, a global public health threat, is a big challenge in the country and especially in Kerala where the practice of buying over...

Empowering Rural India

Income Generation

Invasive weed gives tribals job security

September 21, 2018

Coimbatore: Three years ago, M Kannammal, 32, of Seengapathi, a tribal settlement in Boluvampatti forest range, would search frantically for a job as a...

Income Generation

Lemongrass oil distillation started in Chhattisgarh in collaboration with CSIR-CIMAP

June 11, 2018

The fields are resting now. Last month during May, in the Malgaon village of Chhattisgarh, lemongrass was harvested and oil distilled for the second...

Income Generation

Bleed Red, Bleed Green; Amrita’s Saukhyam Sanitary Pads

June 5, 2018

On the occasion of World Environment Day, meet Anju ‘Pad Woman’ Bist, who is promoting sustainable menstruation through cloth padsOf the 1.3 billion Indians,...

Agriculture

Mushroom Cultivation Training in Uttarakhand

April 28, 2018

Women from self-help groups (SHGs) in the neighboring Uttarakhand villages Dunda and Udalka received a ten-day training on straw-based mushroom cultivation to...

Rural Education

Savings Accounts for Tribal Kids in Wayanad District, Kerala

April 21, 2018

Eighteen tribal children opened accounts at the Vellamunda post office in Wayanad district, Kerala. The children of the Valaramkunnu tribal settlement trekked four kilometres...

Environment Featured

Jivamritam: Amrita’s ₹100 Crore Clean Drinking Water Initiative for Rural India

October 8, 2017

The Jivamritam water filtration system was designed by faculty and students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and launched by the President of India, Sri Ram...

Income Generation

How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That Otherwise Destroys Forests

July 14, 2017

It was the year 2000 when Maya Mahajan, a PhD scholar from Coimbatore, was researching on the impact of invasive alien weeds on native...

Environment Featured

Freedom from Fear, When Sanitary Cloth Pads Reached the Villages

March 8, 2017

First there were four tailors, and then in the next village four more joined. In the third village five ladies heard about the course...

Agriculture

Ricycle: A Low Cost Rice Planting Machine

February 19, 2017

Sustainable agriculture requires water, sun, soil, physical ease and access. In Indian villages, farming is a family activity but women perform majority of the...

FEATURED VIDEOS

Live-in-Labs, A Unique Experiential Learning Program from Amrita

Science of Compassion – a Documentary on Amma, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi

Amma signs Faith Leaders’ Universal Declaration Against Slavery, Joining global faith leaders at Vatican

Amma

December 2, 2014

Embracing the World: How it Began

Experiential Learning: Live-in-Labs

Amrita & Tel Aviv University collaborate to create low-cost water purifiers for Jivamritam project

Collaborations January 23, 2019

The inauguration of potable water systems under Amrita’s ongoing ‘Jivamritam: Clean Drinking Water Project’ took place at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and...

Meet Husky – the Scottish designed robot helping Indian villagers collect water

AMMACHI Labs March 23, 2018

Japanese students bring drinking water in Alappuzha

Food & Water March 15, 2018

Jivamritam: Amrita’s ₹100 Crore Clean Drinking Water Initiative for Rural India

Environment Featured October 8, 2017

How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That Otherwise Destroys Forests

Income Generation July 14, 2017

Ricycle: A Low Cost Rice Planting Machine

Agriculture February 19, 2017

E-Cycle: An Off-Grid Solution For Rural Electrification from Amrita

Energy & Environment October 16, 2016

Load-Carrying Assistive Aid Designed For Rural Women

Livelihood & Skill Development September 19, 2016

Live-in-Labs, A Unique Experiential Learning Program from Amrita

Water Testing & Management Toolkit For Rural Women

Basic Needs Featured April 19, 2016

Empowering Women

Amrita and Government of Israel pact a research project on Women Empowerment

February 12, 2019

15000 women attend ‘Amrita SREE’ meet at Kochi

February 11, 2019

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham opens skills training Centre in Odisha

January 18, 2019

15,000 Thousand Participate in Amrita Women Empowerment Programme

January 12, 2019

Amrita hopes to create a comprehensive map of the vulnerabilities women face

April 15, 2018

Amrita introduces innovative, eco-friendly sanitary pads named Saukhyam

February 26, 2018

Freedom from Fear, When Sanitary Cloth Pads Reached the Villages

March 8, 2017

India’s First-ever UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment at Amrita

November 7, 2016

AYUDH: Empowering Youth

AYUDH Mumbai launches project for slum women, Janani Jagaran

AYUDH Pune launches River clean-up project, Punarjani

AYUDH organises the second edition of India Leaders Training Summit shaping leaders of the future

December 27, 2018

AYUDH forges a new path for the world’s future

AYUDH organizes Two Day camp ‘Dakshin’ in Kerala

Disaster Relief

Amma to Donate Rs 5 lakh Each to Families of CRPF Troopers Martyred in Pulwama Terror Attack

February 19, 2019

Ashram donates ₹10 Crore to Kerala CM’s Relief Fund

September 6, 2018

Amrita Helpline Comes to the Rescue of Thousands of Lives During Kerala Floods

August 22, 2018

Amma announces Rs. 10 Crore for Kerala Flood Relief

August 17, 2018

530 Typhoon Haiyan-Yolanda affected students from Philippines received scholarships and education support from Amrita

May 18, 2018

Ashram donates Rs. 2 Crore aid to CM’s relief fund for cyclone Ockhi

February 12, 2018

Helping hand in cyclone Ockhi: One Lakh rupee package for families

December 30, 2017

Rs. 5 Crores for Chennai Flood Relief

December 8, 2015

Amrita’s Chennai Flood Relief Work

November 25, 2015

Yoga & Meditation

Meditation can bring a positive focus to our world’s leaders

IAM Technique October 23, 2018

“Meditation is a powerful remedy for these turbulent times,” said Mr. Vijay K. Nambiar, former UN Secretary-General Special Advisor on Myanmar and also Chef...

Jivatma is part of Paramatma, says yoga

Amrita Yoga June 20, 2018

Yoga means to bring two things together – to merge. Some may say it is the merging of the jivatma into the Paramatma –...

Amritapuri Ashram Hosts the ‘Ahimsa Yatra’ led by Jain Monks

Amritapuri March 11, 2019

March 11, 2019 AmritapuriAhimsa Yatra, an odyssey on foot led by H. H. Acharya(Supreme Head) of Jain Śvētāmbara Terapanth, Mahashraman to promote communal harmony, elevate...

Why is Amma making everyone cry?

Ashram Featured March 4, 2019

March 4, 2019 Nerul, MumbaiAmma’, today addressed thousands of Mumbaikars who had come to her Nerul ashram, in the presence of actor Vidya Balan, MLA...