Ammachi Labs hosting international conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA – 2016)

Amrita Multi Modal Applications Using Computer Human Interaction (AMMACHI) Labs, of Amrita University Amritapuri campus will organize a three day international conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA – 2016) from December 18 – 20, 2016. RAHA 2016 aims to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, industry professionals, and humanitarian workers to share knowledge about technological…

Amrita hospital brings open fetal surgery to India, fourth country in the world

#Empower_Women.  Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre has unveiled a Centre of Excellence in Fetal Care for open fetal surgery – the first in Asia for treating complex and rare fetal conditions. With this, India becomes the fourth country in world after USA, France and Spain to offer open surgery on fetus. “Open…

Amrita hospital brings open fetal surgery to India, fourth country in the world

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre has unveiled a Centre of Excellence in Fetal Care for open fetal surgery – the first in Asia for treating complex and rare fetal conditions. With this, India becomes the fourth country in world after USA, France and Spain to offer open surgery on fetus. “Open Fetal…

500 toilets estimated to be built in Indhpur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Meera Devi has four children. The first died in an accident at age four. The second, from health problems at 10 months. Third is Chahat, age nine. She has “mind problems” which have gotten better with expensive medicine. And number four is Simran. She has had developmental problems from birth but is a delightful child.…

Stop Trafficking using Smart Decisions Software for Elimination of Violence against Women

#Empower_Women #CasinaPioIV #AmritaCreate @Amrita_Create On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we thought we’d share one of the ways Amma is working to empower and educate young women to protect them from becoming victims of human trafficking. Amma is deeply committed to helping to end human trafficking and other forms of…

Amrita Hospital: Patients given liver transplants regardless of ability to pay

#Empower_Women.  In the past 10 years, Amrita Hospital (Embracing the World‘s tertiary hospital in Kochi) has conducted 325 liver transplants–85 in the past year alone. The youngest patient was five months old. Patients are given transplants regardless of their ability to pay; Amrita has spent Rs. 19 crores (more than $3 million) providing liver transplants…

Effective Strategies for ESL Learners (India Context)

#EmpowerWomen #Education #TeachersMatter #EdTech #Learning Many students struggle with reading when whole group instruction forms the core of the reading program. The objective of our research was to develop and evaluate a model that provides differentiated instruction for learning English as a second language. The key findings from this study indicate that differentiating instruction using…

Addressing Climate Change (from the United Nations)

What you can do!  Things you can do from your couch Save electricity by plugging appliances into a power strip and turning them off completely when not in use, including your computer. Stop paper bank statements and pay your bills online or via mobile. No paper, no need for forest destruction. Share, don’t just like.…

Through our Life Enrichment Education Program, women are given soft-skills and awareness courses using tablets

Ammachi Labs offers Life Enrichment Education.  Both economic and social empowerment are addressed in our two prong approach; interweaving computerized vocational education and training (cVET) with life enrichment education (LEE). While cVET provides technical skills in competencies to enahnce one’s viability in the work force, LEE provides an all inclusive set of skills to facilitate…

Amrita University Develops Innovative Gesture based Wheelchair for Elderly

Every time an elderly person struggled to move wheelchairs, 39-year-old PhD scholar Rajesh Kannan would feel a lump in his throat. Acting on that thought, he decided to build a wheelchair which moves based on the person’s hand gestures. Studying at Amrita University in Kollam, Rajesh knew that it would not be easy to take…