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A detailed look at our projects.
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- Virtual Skill Labs for PSSCIVE, Bhopal
- The Women’s Empowerment Project Store
- Enhancing Teaching and Learning of Vocational Skills through Machine Learning and Cognitive Training (MCT)
- Rajasthan Projects
- Amrita Eye Care Champions
- The Viswamrit Project
- Sameekshanam
- Seaweed Project
- VET-Sankalp
- Avsar-SANKALP Project
- WADI Project
- The SMART SHG Project
- Gender Conversations Workshops
- DST Digital@ikya Project
- Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR)
- WE: Rural Toilet Builder-Community Sanitation ph2
- Pepe the Social Robot – Pilot Project
- NUF – 500 Filtration Systems
- Amrita Unmanned Aerial Systems
- The WISE Project
- The NORRAG Project
- WE:CSDP–Community Sanitation
- Soil-Sampling Robot
- Wearable Assistive Device
- Cable Driven Robot for Assisting Coconut Dehusking
- “Ri-Cycle” Rice Transplanter
- 2nd Foundation Project: Promoting Future Skills
- Exoskeleton Orthosis for Rehabilitation
- The AMBA Balance Trainer
- Bar Bending Simulator for L&T
- MySangham Online Portal
- E-Content for Skill Development
- The Women Empowerment Project
- MoVE – Mobile Vocational Education
- SAVE (Sakshat Amrita Vocational Education)
- Art of Beekeeping project
Virtual Skill Labs for PSSCIVE, Bhopal
Across India, countless women trained through Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s initiatives are turning their skills into livelihoods. The Women’s Empowerment Project Store serves as a bridge — We are bringing the Make in India vision to life in the most rural corners of the country, empowering women to produce locally and compete globally. The We Store is advancing gender equality in the global garment and bag manufacturing sector through our women seamstresses. Through our network of volunteers and in-house designers we are constantly endeavouring to build capacity and advance their skill sets to enable them to compete in the marketplace effectively.
The Women’s Empowerment Project Store
Across India, countless women trained through Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s initiatives are turning their skills into livelihoods. The Women’s Empowerment Project Store serves as a bridge — We are bringing the Make in India vision to life in the most rural corners of the country, empowering women to produce locally and compete globally. The We Store is advancing gender equality in the global garment and bag manufacturing sector through our women seamstresses. Through our network of volunteers and in-house designers we are constantly endeavouring to build capacity and advance their skill sets to enable them to compete in the marketplace effectively.
Enhancing Teaching and Learning of Vocational Skills through Machine Learning and Cognitive Training (MCT)
For the past 15 years, AMMACHI labs has been training women on several vocational trades to enhance their skills, tools, and market reach. This research project complements the initiative by providing neurocognitive data-driven insights on dexterous vocational skill performance specifically on tailoring skills.
Rajasthan Projects
This project aims to foster a cultural shift toward gender equality by strengthening the capacities of women and men across two rural villages in Barmer District, Rajasthan. Using a participatory, systems-based approach, the intervention will promote inclusive leadership, shared responsibilities, and community resilience.
Amrita Eye Care Champions
Preventable blindness caused by cataracts and uncorrected refractive errors remains a significant community health problem throughout rural Africa. Eye conditions in rural regions are disproportionately common due to factors such as dietary deficiencies, intense UV exposure near the equator, poor sanitation exacerbated by drought, and a severe shortage of eye care professionals. Many communities lack access to timely eye care services.
The Viswamrit Project: Empowering Women through Skill Development and Community Engagement
The Viswamrit Project is a transformative initiative launched to empower women from the Vishwakarma community through a structured skill development program in Kannur and Kollam districts of Kerala. Spearheaded by the Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality (CWEGE), Amritapuri, in collaboration with the Vishwakarma Navothan Foundation, the project is grounded in Amma’s vision of upliftment through education, dignity, and collective empowerment.
Sameekshanam, Be Calm, Be Compassionate
Sameekshanam is a transformative psychosocial initiative of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, rooted in the philosophy “Be Calm, Be Compassionate.” Launched in 2020, the project addresses mental health challenges, gender dynamics, family well-being, and financial literacy across diverse communities.
Seaweed project
In January 2023, we launched the Seaweed Cultivation Training Project to empower women and women’s groups through Amrita’s integrated vocational training approach. This initiative aims to promote sustainable livelihoods while addressing economic and environmental challenges.
VET-Sankalp
Launched in December 2024 under the SANKALP initiative, the Skill-eLabs project is a collaborative endeavour by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in partnership with the Directorate General of Training (DGT) and the National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI).
Art of Beekeeping project
The “Empowering Women & Communities through the Art of Beekeeping” project, for the promotion of beekeeping as a means of sustainable livelihood for villagers, was started in April 2023.
Avsar-SANKALP Project
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India in collaboration with the World Bank has created the “SANKALP” project (Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion)
WADI Project
With a broad vision to work with the farmers and landless people for the tribal communities in Odisha, the WADI project was formulated. In all its hues, the project is being implemented in the tribal hinterland in Hindol Block of Dhenkanal District,
The SMART SHG Project
The large-scale program of the Government of India, the National Rural Livelihood Mission, has led to the formation of above 7 million Self-Help Groups (SHG) meant to support women’s economic growth through easy and affordable access
Gender Conversations Workshops
The Gender Conversation Workshop series addresses the issue of gender equality, masculinity, and mental health at the individual, household, and community levels. The ultimate purpose is to promote the wellbeing of the CRPF servicemen and women and improve their overall morale.
DST Digital@ikya Project
This project aims to complement existing pedagogical approaches in rural and semi-urban schools in India with the critical 21st-century skills, competencies and character qualities that are often left unaddressed while also addressing some country’s unique educational
Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR)
Amrita PAPR, an ultra-low-cost Powered Air Purifying Respirator alternative for frontline medical workers for COVID-19 response.he blower in a PAPR takes contaminated ambient air, passes it through a filter and supplies it into the hood on the user’s head
WE: Rural Toilet Builder-Community Sanitation ph2
Phase II of the Women’s Empowerment: Rural Toilet Builder and Community Sanitation Project scaled Phase I efforts to 21 states throughout India. WE: Sanitation II extended the initial phase of the program that was conducted from 2014-16.
Pepe the Social Robot – Pilot Project
Pepe is a hand-shaped robot with a small video screen mounted behind its green plastic exterior. Installed on a wall near school washrooms, its purpose is to interact with children as they pass by the sink and encourage them to practise proper handwashing.
NUF – 500 Filtration Systems
Water reserves in the state of Kerala were severely impacted by the 2018 floods that contaminated much of the drinking water supply and left almost all water resources in the state polluted and unsafe for use.
Amrita Unmanned Aerial Systems
Addressing the pressing need for a medical payload dropping solution deployable during disasters like the Kerala floods and the Uttarakhand flash floods that paralysed our nation and its people, Amrita University researchers have embarked on a targeted payload delivery system carried on a multirotor vertical take off and landing UAV.
The WISE Project
The environmental impact of the Kerala floods has been significant. Top soil in most affected areas has been completely washed off. The dwindling tree cover that barely held the top soil in place has been drastically reduced, triggering and triggered by landslides. Rivers and ground water sources have been polluted by debris, human and animal carcasses.
The NORRAG Project
AMMACHI Labs engaged in a multidimensional scoping study with the REAL Center of Witwatersrand University in South Africa, facilitated by NORRAG of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Switzerland, to better understand the dynamics of skill development among unreached populations and the role ICT plays.
WE:CSDP–Community Sanitation
The Women Empowerment: Community Sanitation through Democratic Participation (WE:CSDP) project (UDF-15-IND-667) was launched in February 2017. It is a two year, pan-India initiative jointly funded with the United Nations Democracy Fund. It aims to address the issues of inadequate community sanitation, women’s health,
Soil-Sampling Robot
In post-disaster scenarios, especially those dealing with soil contamination by hazardous materials, it is important that soil quality be measured without putting human lives at risk. Our engineers designed and implemented an autonomous soil sampling solution based on the platform for monitoring the presence of heavy metals in landfills.
Wearable Assistive Device
The AMMACHI Labs Rural Technologies team of engineers have designed and deployed a low-cost wearable assistive device for women in the rural villages (Dunda and Udalka) of Uttarakhand for assisting them to carry the conventionally used basket for carrying heavy loads
Cable Driven Robot for Assisting Coconut Dehusking
Coconut de-husking is a labor intensive and expensive process crucial to agricultural productivity in coconut growing states like Kerala which faces an acute shortage of farm labor. Faced with this problem, our engineers have developed a cable driven parallel robot for automating the process of coconut dehusking in large and medium sized farms.
“Ri-Cycle” Rice Transplanter
Rice saplings need to be planted with regular spacing to optimize water and nutrient intake. This process is very labor intensive and leads to back problems and repetitive stress injuries in the farm laborers.
2nd Foundation Project: Promoting Future Skills
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham collaborated with Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) and School Education Department to complete a pilot project called “Redesigning Educational Pathways using Technology and Innovative Pedagogical Constructs for Scalable Quality Education and Lifelong Learning” in selected state model schools.
Exoskeleton Orthosis for Rehabilitation
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The AMBA Balance Trainer
There is an emerging need for balance rehabilitation due to its growing population of elderly, diabetics and stroke patients. We designed a cost effective system in collaboration with the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department of Amrita Hospital christened AMBA (Amrita Balance Trainer),