Introduction
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was conferred the "University" status under "Section 3 of UGC Act 1956" by the Government of India in 2003. When it was conferred the university status, it was the first to have a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus at the outset. With campuses at Coimbatore, Amritapuri, Kochi, Bangalore and Mysore, Amrita University is emerging as one of the fastest growing institutions of higher learning in the country. The university, which is managed by Mata Amritanandamayi Math, offers over 150 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in Engineering, Business, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Journalism, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Arts and Sciences, Health Sciences, Teacher Education, Microbiology, Hospital Management, Visual Media Studies, Mass Communication, Social Work, Nanosciences and Ayurveda. Satguru Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (AMMA), one of the foremost humanitarian leaders in the world today, is the Chancellor of the University. Based on the evaluation of all the campuses and programmes by a peer review committee, the University has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with 'A' grade. AMRITA Vishwa Vidyapeetham has also been ranked in the ivy league of Indian universities along with Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai etc. in the 2009 review of Deemed Universities constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) of the Government of India. AMRITA is placed in Category 1 in this review, which is popularly known as the Tandon Committee report conducted by a high power committee consisting of reputed academicians. Amrita is fast emerging as a pioneering Research cum Teaching Institution moulding a new generation of engineers, doctors, managers, healthcare and media professionals, scientists and entrepreneurs of calibre and Character.
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