AITEC at Amritapuri to be opened on Monday

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AITEC at Amritapuri to be opened on Monday

 

KOLLAM: The Amrita Institute of Technology and Science

at Vallikkavu will be inaugurated by Principal

scientific advisor to the Government of India D

Chidambaram on Monday.

 

The AITEC is situated in the land of the international

headquarters of the Matha Amritanandamayi Mutt.

 

Br Abhayamrita Chaitanya, the correspondent of Amrita

Institutions, told newsmen here on Saturday that

realising the necessity of having research and

development an integral component of engineering

education, the Amrita ITF labs, the R&D wing of Amrita

Institutions offer staff and students an invaluable

opportunity to engage in R&D work in Applied

Computing. The intranet system of the campus provides

online course delivery and management system, online

digital library and online technical discussions.

 

The AITEC, Amritapuri, is planning to commence

UG-level courses in core engineering disciplines like

Electrical and Electronics and Mechanical as well as

Bio Technology and Bio Informatics. Efforts are on to

develop the institute as a centre for excellence and

technical learning with unparalleled state-of-the-art

infrastructure.

 

The function in connection with the inauguration will

be presided over by Education Minister Nalakathu

Soopy. Matha Amritanandamayi Mutt vice-chairman Swami

Amritaswaroopananda Puri will deliver the benedictory

address. IISC Bangalore divisional chairman N

Balakrishnan, C R Muthukrishnan of IIT Chennai and

Lathakumari of TCS, Kochi, will offer felicitations

and Amrita Institutions correspondent Br Abhayamrita

Chaitanya will welcome the gathering and college

principal K Sankaran will propose a vote of thanks.

 

 

 

 

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