Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Other name
Amrita University
Motto
śhraddhāvān labhate jñānaṁ (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
The earnest aspirant gains supreme wisdom
TypePrivate , Deemed University
Established1994 (1994)
AffiliationUGC, AICTE
ChancellorMata Amritanandamayi Devi
PresidentSwami Amritaswarupananda Puri
Vice-ChancellorP. Venkat Rangan
Location
Ettimadai, Coimbatore
,
India

10°54′4″N 76°54′10″E / 10.90111°N 76.90278°E / 10.90111; 76.90278
CampusRural/urban
Colours  Pantone
Websitewww.amrita.edu
University rankings
General – international
QS (Asia) (2023)[1]301-350
Times (World) (2022)[2]801–1000
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2022)[3]16
NIRF (Universities) (2022)[4]5
Engineering – India
NIRF (2022)[5]19
Medical – India
NIRF (2022)[6]8
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2022)[7]14
Dental – India
NIRF (2022)[8]19

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (or Amrita University) is a private deemed university based in Coimbatore, India. It currently has 7 campuses with 16 constituent schools across the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka with the headquarters at Ettimadai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.[9] It offers a total of 207 undergraduate, postgraduate, integrated-degree, dual-degree, doctoral programs in engineering and technology, medicine, business, arts and culture, sciences, biotechnology, agricultural sciences, allied health sciences, Ayurveda, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, nano-sciences, commerce, humanities and social sciences, law, literature, spiritual studies, philosophy, education, sustainable development, mass communication and social work.

History

The university was founded with the opening of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore in 1994 by Mata Amritanandamayi Devi and is managed by her international humanitarian organisation Mata Amritanandamayi Math. In 2003, it became one of the youngest institutes to be accredited as a deemed to be university by the UGC.[10] In 2002, campuses in Amritapuri and Bangalore were started.[11][12]

Campuses

Amritapuri Campus

The university has six campuses, with 15 constituent schools in rural and urban sites in four south Indian states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.[9] The first to be established was the Coimbatore campus in 1994, with the opening of Amrita School of Engineering at Ettimadai, a village about 20 km east of Coimbatore. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) in Edapally, Kochi was inaugurated on 17 May 1998 by the then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Later in 2002, two campuses were opened, one urban campus at Bengaluru, and one rural campus in Amritapuri village, which also hosts the headquarters of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math that runs the university. In 2019, an engineering campus was opened at Chennai. Currently, two new healthcare campuses are being constructed at Faridabad, Haryana[13] and Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.[14]

Coimbatore campus
List of Campuses of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Campus State Location Founded Schools
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Ettimadai, Coimbatore 1994
  • School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • School of Computing
  • School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Agricultural Sciences (Arasampalayam, Coimbatore)
  • School of Business
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Mass Communication
  • School of Social Work
Amritapuri Kerala Amritapuri, Kollam 2002
  • School of Spiritual & Cultural Studies
  • School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • School of Computing
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • School of Business
  • School of Sustainable Development
  • School of Ayurveda
  • School of Biotechnology
  • School of Social Work
Bengaluru Karnataka Kasavanahalli, Bengaluru 2002
  • School of Business
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Computing
Chennai Tamil Nadu Vengal, Chennai 2019
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Computing
Kochi Kerala Edapally, Kochi 1998
  • School of Allied Health Science
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
  • School of Business
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Nano Sciences
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy
  • School of Computing
Mysore Karnataka Bhogadi, Mysore 2002
  • School of Computing
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
  • School of Arts & Sciences
Amaravati[16] Andhra Pradesh Navuluru, Amaravati 2022
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Computing

Amrita Schools

Amrita School of Engineering Coimbatore
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore

Amrita Schools of Arts, Sciences and Humanities

The schools of Arts and Sciences offer Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programs and are located at Amritapuri, Kochi, Mysore. Bachelor of Science in Visual Media (B.Sc.), Integrated M.Sc. in Visual Communication, Master of Science in Visual Communication (M.Sc.), Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication and Master of Arts in Visual Media and Communication (M.A) programs are currently offered at Mysore campus.

Amrita Schools of Business

The school of Business was started in 1996 in Coimbatore campus and currently 4 campuses - Coimbatore, Bangalore, Kochi, Amritapuri (Kollam). The school offers AACSB accredited residential two-year MBA degree program. In addition, it offers a dual degree program leading to an MS in information technology and MBA in collaboration with State University of New York at Buffalo, for working professionals at the Bangalore campus.[17]

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham - Kollam
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham - Kollam

Amrita School of Biotechnology

The school was started in September 2004 and offers B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biotechnology, B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Microbiology, and M.Sc. in Bioinformatics, as well as Ph.D. degree programs.[18] Its research spans a wide spectrum including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Cell-line Engineering, Wound Healing, Computational Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Phytochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Proteomics, RNAi, Analytical Chemistry, Snake Venoms, Sanitation Biotechnology.[19]

The Amrita School of Biotechnology is approved as a Center of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) in Biomedical Technology under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, TIFAC Mission REACH programs. The School of Biotechnology was selected by the DBT-BIRAC (Government of India) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as one of the top six innovators in India to develop next generation sanitation solutions using bacteriophages and other biocontrol agents.[20][21]

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore

Amrita School of Communication

The school offers B.A. and M.A. degree programs in Communication for careers in journalism, new media/animation, and short film making and advertising, based on the UNESCO model curriculum.[22]

Amrita Schools of Engineering

The university has schools of engineering in four of its six campuses, and offers undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programs in fields of Computer science and engineering, Electronics and Communication engineering, Electrical and electronic engineering, Information and communications technology, Artificial intelligence, Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Chemical engineering and Aerospace engineering. The Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore was opened in 1994 and predates the deemed university by 7 years. Other campuses include Bengaluru, Amritapuri, Chennai and Amaravati. Admission to B.Tech. programs are based on Amrita Engineering Entrance Exam (AEEE),[23] SAT, Pearson UEE and JEE Main. Admission to the MTech. Programs are based on the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering(GATE).

The five schools offer B.Tech., MTech. and Ph.D. degree programs and the Kochi campus offers MTech. in Nanomedicine, Molecular Medicine and Nanotechnology and Renewable Energy.

Amrita Health Campuses

Attached to the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre is a 1300-bed super-specialty hospital in Kochi.[24] It is the university's healthcare initial campus. A second medical school and 2,000 bed hospital campus was set up in Delhi on 9 May 2016.[25] The Amrita Schools of Medicine, Dept. of Hospital Administration provide MHA (Masters in Hospital Administration), health sciences, nursing, pharmacy, and dentistry are on this campus. They respectively offer MBBS, Bachelor of Science (Nursing), undergraduate/graduate pharmacy programs, and Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree programs.

The School of Medicine offers graduate programs including M.Sc. in disciplines, Diplomate of National Board (DNB), and PhD. In 2008, the first batch of MBBS students graduated with A. P. J. Abdul Kalam presiding over the graduation ceremony.[26]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "QS Asia University Rankings 2023". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 8 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "World University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education. 2021.
  3. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Medical)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Pharmacy)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Dental)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
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  14. ↑ Sarma, Ch R. S. (8 February 2018). "Naidu lays foundation stone for Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Amaravati". @businessline. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  15. ↑ "All Amrita Campuses to Remain Closed until further notice - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham". 17 March 2020.
  16. ↑ "Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham's New Campus in Amaravati | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham". www.amrita.edu. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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  21. ↑ "Indian Researchers Selected to Develop Next Generation Toilets". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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