http://www.amrita.edu   Amrita Vishwa Vidyappeetham (AMRITA), (www.amrita.edu) accredited with A Grade by NAAC, celebrates the first decade of service to the society and humanity. Under the inspiring and motivating leadership of the Divine Mother Mata Amritanandamayi Devi as chancellor, AMRITA is marching forward towards higher goals and accomplishments and scaling great heights of excellence. AMRITA was conferred the status of a University under “Section 3 of UGC Act 1956” by the Government of India in 2003. Amrita is spread over six campuses at Amritapuri, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Kochi and Mysore in three different states and another two are upcoming. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham offers over 150 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in twenty disciplines including Engineering, Management and Medicine. It has a student population around seventeen thousand and a faculty strength of two thousand.Right from the inception research has been a very significant activity at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. The research activities at AMRITA are directed towards societal, humanitarian and community development and relief. Many centres of excellence have been started in cutting-edge areas with the support of major national laboratories, industry leaders and agencies. AMRITA is also a partner in the Indian government’s Ministry of Human Resource development’s National Mission for Education using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).