The Gender Equality Working Group participates in Civil 20 Summit in Jaipur
The 2023 Civil 20 Summit in Jaipur (July 29-31, 2023) brought together top leaders from around the world. The three-day …
The 2023 Civil 20 Summit in Jaipur (July 29-31, 2023) brought together top leaders from around the world. The three-day …
AMMACHI Labs Team makes it to the Top 3 in the World Haptics Conference Student Innovation Challenge 2023 As part …
The C20 Symposium on Compassion, held on July 8, 2023, at MA Center Chicago in Illinois, convened esteemed experts, scholars, …
UNESCO India and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham have come together to launch a campaign to create awareness among women, especially young …
The Civil 20 working group for Gender Equality and AYUDH organised a day of solidarity to call for women’s empowerment and an end to the struggles associated with …
Students Harinarayan M, Thajus S, and Madhumati Anand from Amrita Vidyalayam Puthiyakavu School were invited by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI …
The Gender Equality and Disability (GED) Working Group for Civil 20, an official Engagement Group of India’s G20 Presidency, inaugurated …
The C20 Gender Equality & Disability and Education and Digital Transformation Working Groups held a one-day Policy Dialogue in Bengaluru …
The C20 Inception Conference in Nagpur, India, marked a historic moment as Chancellor Amma became the first spiritual leader appointed …
Dr. Bhavani Rao, UNESCO Chairholder on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment participated in an experts’ gender consultation on UNESCO’s Right …
In line with tradition, AMMACHI Labs & CWEGE (Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality) held its 2023 Annual Meeting …
On January 6, 2023, a remarkable gathering of gender-related UNESCO Chairs assembled under the roof of UNESCO/UNITWIN to address growing …
The second Rekha Eipe Memorial Scholarship Award for Women’s Empowerment and Education was awarded to recipient Geethu S. Gireesh, Master …
Amrita students and staff were treated to a remarkable 10-day Unity 3D programming course offered by AMMACHI Labs. Gabriel Coleman, …
Survival of the fittest or survival of the nicest? PhD researchers, faculty and staff were treated to a special guest …
Dr. Bhavani Rao, UNESCO Chairholder in Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (India) and Director of AMMACHI Labs, visited the Amrita …
🌟On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, researchers from AMMACHI Labs and staff from other Amrita …
Dr. Bhavani Rao was a virtual Keynote speaker at the 4th Global Conference on Women’s Studies, November 26, 2022. Her …
Join us for an in-person expert talk “Introduction to Learning Engineering” by Dr. Shashi Kanth Shankar on November 25, 2022 …
Are you a member of a civil society organisation? Make your voice heard at the G20’s 2023 Summit in India. …
Dr. Bhavani Rao gave a Keynote address on the topic of “Sustainable and Inclusive Global Learning” at The Sustainable and …
“Electrified at AMMACHI Labs.” AMMACHI Labs hosted its first Open House at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham on Saturday, Nov 12, 2022. Around …
Two UNESCO Chairs from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham participated in the “Transforming knowledge for just and sustainable futures” event in Paris. …
😁It was all smiles in Odisha when the first SANKALP training centre was inaugurated in the Dhenkanal district. The centre …
We invite you to join us for a distinguished talk by Prof. Avigdor Ableson, Marine Ecologist from Tel Aviv University …
AMMACHI Labs researchers Gayathri Manikutty and Sreejith Sasidharan from Amrita virtually present their work at the Frontiers in Education Conference …
We invite you to join our team. The Amrita School of Social and Behaviourial Sciences is now hiring a Personal …
“Leading With Executive Function” is a new PhD level course that kicked off with an engaging and thought provoking seminar …
International Conference on Systems Thinking & Women’s Empowerment (AWESOME Conference) took place March 3-5, 2022. Organized by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham …
On September 19, 2022, Dr. Marilyn Walker delivered an engaging session: Cultural Anthropology and Indigenous Ways of Being: Theory, Methodology, …
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Bhavani Rao will be a Keynote Speaker for the upcoming 4th Global Conference …
On June 6, 2022, Martha Miller, PhD conducted an engaging seminar for Amrita students and staff on non-verbal Communication. Differences …
UNESCO Chairholder Dr. Bhavani Rao was a speaker at the Ernst Strüngmann Forum: “How Collaboration Arises and Why It Fails” …
Haksh-E is a social robot designed to encourage young children to maintain proper hand hygiene. The robot was developed with the help of youngsters in a co-design process.
Workshop details The workshop Interactive Media Of The 21st Century is used to strengthen the effective use of smartphones in …
Workshop details The workshop, Developing Safe Spaces to Successfully Navigate Social Media, aims to mentor school children to build safe …
Workshop details The Responsive Web Design and Development workshop is an introduction to the design, development, and maintenance of web …
The W36 UNESCO Chairs agreed to engage in a joint response to decelerate the impact of COVID-19 on women and children, and transform the role of women and girls in the post-pandemic era.
Prof. Gayathri Manikutty has been recognized by the Atal Innovation Mission for her exemplary contributions to fostering innovation and learning in students.
Through an initiative by The Department of Science and Technology (DST), AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has conducted a series of workshops at Amrita Vidyalayam, Thalaserry called: “Empowering School children in 21st Century Skills”.
As the world begins its transition into a post-Covid era, the upheaval caused by the pandemic becomes more visible in India’s vulnerable sections, with gender equality a key issue. Still, our Center for Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equality (CWEGE) remains focused on the year 2030—a year the United Nations declares as the target for Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has received INR 30,00,000 from Rekha Eipe Memorial Scholarship Award for Women’s Empowerment and Education to create …
Amrita PhD students, Christopher Coley and Srividya Sheshadri of our Center for Women Empowerment and Gender Equality along with professors, Dr. Sriram Devanathan & Dr. Bhavani Rao have published their South India based women empowerment framework as a research article “Contextualizing women’s empowerment frameworks with an emphasis on social support: a study in rural, South India” in the journal “Community, Work & Family”.
The Atal Tinkering Lab at the Amrita Vidyalayam Schools have blossomed into spaces of creativity and innovation. Prof. Gayathri Manikutty of AMMACHI Labs has been recognized by the Atal Innovation Mission for her exemplary contributions to fostering innovation and learning in students. Congratulations Prof. Gayathri Manikutty for being a top mentor!
On January 13, 2021, AMMACHI Labs and Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center launched an ultra low cost respiratory protection system for doctors and health workers on the frontlines.
Do you have a passion to work with cutting edge technologies such as robotics, machine learning and neurocognition to serve mankind by developing technological solutions for skill development and lifelong learning? Then our PhD Fellowship at AMMACHI Labs is just for you!
A Memorandum of Understanding Partnership between UNESCO chairs of Amrita and BENECON University Consortium, Italy was signed on December 4, 2020.
UNESCO Chair in Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment Recognized for #OrangetheWorld Campaign
On September 15th, 2020 The Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality and Civilizology co-hosted a remarkable webinar between women entrepreneurs and institutional experts to discuss the Priority Action Roadmap for Women’s Economic Empowerment in the wake of COVID-19 (PARWEE).
The Atal Tinkering Labs at Amrita Vidyalayam Puthiyakavu school was recently selected as “Star Atal Tinkering Lab of the Year.” The Atal Innovation Mission, set up by the NITI Aayog, has established Atal Tinkering Laboratories in schools across the country with the objective to cultivate the spirit of curiosity and innovation among young minds.
Four Year Progress report of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s UNESCO Chair in Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (India) from 2016-2020 including detailed future plans.
This women’s tailoring group in Bihar is making progress on the large order of masks requested by the village council. …
Ultra Low Cost Respiratory Protection System for Frontline Health Workers
AMMACHI Labs designed posters in several Indian languages to raise awareness and support for those on the frontlines who keep us safe.
As India plunged into a lock-down like many other countries, the “new normal” threw everyone into a world of uncertainty …
The following brief reflects experiences shared by Amrita’s PMKVY training team on what they are doing in their respective regions to maintain teaching-learning continuity through online and distance learning methods in this period of the national lockdown.
Monitoring Communities’ Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through University Programs. Read the full study here.
In March of 2020, the AMMACHI Labs/CWEGE field team members shifted their priorities from their normal work to making efforts …
Amrita students who have participated in 2nd Foundation workshops present their projects at FabLearn 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Odisha woman joins Amrita’s computerized Rural Toilet Builder course, becomes star student in construction skills, takes up jobs alongside men and meets Minister and introduces herself as Renuka “Maisthri” (Mason).
Celebrating the Achievements of Women Leaders in Villages Amrita’s UNESCO Chair in Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equality hosted The Capstone event …
6 January 2018 Workshop Introduction: AMMACHI Labs hosted Prof. Miriam Reiner, head of the Virtual Reality and NeuroCognition lab at …
Dec. 12th, 2017 AMMACHI Labs hosted a special guest lecture and film screening with filmmaker, producer and influencer, Andrew Garton. …
Resource Person: Conceptia Konnect Venue: Ammachi Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Date: Dec 7th and 8th 2017, Two days Attendees: …
Resource Person: Marie Normand Venue: Ammachi labs Conference room Date: 13\11\2017 Workshop Introduction: Working in a Global culture of the …
Resource Person: Mansee Sawant Venue: Ammachi Labs Date: 03/05/2017 Attendees: Ajay Balakrishnan, Arati B, Jayakumar, Vishnu Vinod, Anila Suresh Workshop …
Resource Person: Ranganadhan Nadadhur Venue: Ammachi Labs Date: 04/02/2017 Attendees: Ajay Balakrishnan, Jayakumar K, Deepu D S, Unnikrishnan, Akshay Nagarajan, …
Dates: Jan 2016 — Jan 2017 Objectives: To empower women to have a stronger voice in personal, family, and community …
December 18- 20, 2016 RAHA 2016, an International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications, was held December 18- 20, 2016, …
Person: Meltem Alkoyak-Yildiz, M.A. is a Research Fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. Meltem has a Master’s Degree in …
3rd March 2016 till 3rd Sept 2016 (10 sessions) of 3 hours Resource Person: Emanuele Ancorini from New York City, …
Project period: 28/07/2014 to 27/07/2016 Addressing the needs of sanitation in India: Scoping and context establishment for women’s empowerment Basic …
Dates: Feb 29th 2016 till March 3rd 2016 Workshop Introduction: Working in a Global culture of the digital age, where new …
1 February to 1 March 2016 Resource Person: Mrs. Bindu, 20 years tailoring teaching experience in tribal communities, 6 years …
Resource Person: Anuradha Srinivasan Venue: Ammachi Labs Date: 29/01/2016 Attendees: Ajay Balakrishnan, Renjith P, Sooraj KS, Sachith K P, Manu …
Resource person: Dr. Anura Jayasumana Venue: Shradha Hall, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Amritapuri Date: 14/01/2016, Thursday Time: 10.40 am to 1.00 pm …
January 10th, 2016 AMMACHI Labs conducted a full day tutorial on Robot Operating System (ROS) and robot manipulator demonstration at …
Resource Person: Dr. Roshy John, Head of TCS Robotics Venue: Shraddha Hall Date: Sept. 30th, 2015 Attendees: Students and Faculty Workshop …
Resource Person: Dr. Martin Schoenhals Venue: AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Amritapuri Date: 23-09-2015 Attendees: Unnikrishnan R, Christopher Coley, Radhika Mohan, …
Resource Person: Dr. Helge Wurdemann Venue: E-Learning Studio, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Amritapuri Date: May 26, 2015 Attendees: Dr Helge A Wurdemann …
Date: 25 February 2015 The interdisciplinary Robotics and Automation M.Tech. Program was launched in 2014 in collaboration with the Department …
Resource Person: Dr. Samir Kamat, Principal, Advisory at KPMG UK Venue: E-learning studio, Ammachi Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus. Date: December …
Resource Person: Dharmishta Rood Venue: AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Amritapuri. Date: Dec. 26th, 2014 An exhilarating brainstorming session on strategy …
Lecture on Humanitarian Robotics and Automation Technologies by Dr. Raj Madhavan, University of Maryland, USA Date: 17 December 2014 Resource …
Resource Person: Daniel Edwards Venue: Ammachi labs Conference room Date: 12\12\2014 Attendees: 13 Workshop Introduction: Working in a Global culture of the …
Resource Person: National Instruments Venue: AMMACHI Labs, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Amritapuri Date: 06-12-2014 Attendees: Staff and students from M. Tech (RAU) …
Guest: Mr. Sunil Upadhyaya, Vice President, Head Channel Business and Solar Business ABB India Ltd; India Date: 26/08/2014 ABB Group, …
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Hosts Three-Day International Women’s Conference Amrita’s UNESCO Chair in Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equality hosted its first …
Taiwan, Nov 7-11, 2016 AMMACHI Labs Researcher & Technical Manager Prof. Gayathri Manikutti is attending the YWCA International Leadership Institute …
Dr. Michel Carton, Senior Advisor at NORRAG Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, shares his sentiments about his collaborations with AMMACHI …
November 5, 2016 Young leaders from a variety of disciplines including tech, advocacy, research and policy assembled at the Vatican Youth …
A milk collection society contributes towards strengthening the livelihoods of smallholder milk producers who form the majority of India’s milk production system. This producer-centric institutional structures strictly conform to cooperative principles and provide rural milk producers a greater access to the organized market.
In Gujarat, our community organizer facilitated the constitution of a new milk collection society. In the society formation meeting, around 180 people participated and 131 people officially enrolled as members. Newly elected heads of the society are Komal Parmar (President), Parul Parmar(Vice President) and Radhe Parmar(Secretary).
Michigan, October 20-22, 2016 Sreeram Kongeseri, a research associate at AMMACHI Labs presented his multi-site case study paper at the Meaningful Play …
To encourage the school students to think and express themselves on #swachhbharat and #MyCleanIndia, AMMACHI Labs team conducted an essay writing and poster making competition on the topic #SwachathaHiSeva at the government school in Kanti village, #…
Village Sarpanch, Village Secretary, Assistant Block Development Officer, Asha worker, and villagers were active participants in the #AmalaBharatham clean-up drive in Kanti village #Haryana. AMMACHI Labs zonal coordinator and the community organizer le…
#AMMA’s birthday celebrations at the AMMACHI Labs training centers in Hadiyabad(Bihar), Goa and Sarai Nuruddinpur village in Uttar Pradesh. Our community organizers, facilitators, deployment team members, self-help group members and a large number of p…
A glorious function was held on ‘#SwachhataHiSeva’ in #Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh and the City Mayor, Chief Development Officer, other senior officials were present during the event. AMMACHI Labs’ facilitator Savita was awarded from her block for well-co…
To promote #swachhbharat #MyCleanIndia movement and to encourage more community engagement, AMMACHI Labs deployment team organized a drawing competition for the youngsters in the Kanti village, #Haryana.
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Prof. Rao R. Bhavani(Director, AMMACHI Labs & UNESCO Chair in Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality) delivered the felicitation address for the 3 day National Seminar on ‘Śakti Worship in India’ jointly organized by Amrita Darshanam – International Centre for Spiritual Studies, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham & Nari Samvaad Prakalp, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
Śakti worship is a unique phenomenon in India. The various other cultures of the globe celebrate the femininity, the fertility and female entity as worshipful. In India, it is deified for highly evolved cultural, philosophical and social practices for the ultimate realization of the Atman. The Seminar endeavors to bring the concepts of (very best of these two under its concept) Sādhana and Upāsana in its entire extent. Eminent scholars are invited to present their papers and presentations.
In Ratanpur village, #Bihar much-oppressed women of the #Musahar community of #mahadalits came forward to participate in the #swachhbharat #MyCleanIndia movement. Our facilitator Mousam and community organizer Usha coordinated the program and they al…