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Other name | Amrita University |
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Motto | śhraddhāvān labhate jñānaṁ (Sanskrit) |
Motto in English | The earnest aspirant gains supreme wisdom |
Type | Private, Deemed University |
Established | 1994 |
Founder | Mata Amritanandamayi |
Accreditation | National Assessment and Accreditation Council (A++) |
Affiliation | UGC, AICTE |
Chancellor | Mata Amritanandamayi |
President | Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri |
Vice-Chancellor | P. Venkat Rangan |
Academic staff | 2000+ |
Students | 30,000+ [1] |
Address | , , , India 10°54′4″N 76°54′10″E / 10.90111°N 76.90278°E |
Campus | multiple sites, 9 campuses across India, 1,300 acres (530 ha) |
Colours | AM Maroon (Pantone 7426C) |
Website | www |
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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (or Amrita University) is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary, research-intensive private deemed university in India.[2] It currently has 19 constituent schools spread across nine campuses in Amaravati, Amritapuri(Kollam), Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Kochi, Faridabad, Mysore, and Nagercoil.
It's headquarted in Ettimadai, Coimbatore and other 9 campuses are off-campuses of the same university as per section 3 of University Grants Commission Act, 1956.[3][4][5][6] It offers over 300 undergraduate, postgraduate, integrated-degree, dual-degree, doctoral programs in engineering, medicine, management, Architecture & planning, Natural sciences, Ayurveda & health sciences, Agriculture & Life sciences, commerce, Arts & humanities, social sciences, media & communication, law, fine arts and cultural studies.[7] As of 2023, university had a faculty strength of over 2000 and over 30,000 students.[8]