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Dr. Bhavani Rao Dean, Amrita School of Social and Behavioural Sciences UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (India) Director, AMMACHI Labs Director, Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality vision is to strengthen the economic and contribute to the social stability of the nation empowering masses a sustainable, way technological
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and should be accessible without barriers of gender, caste, economic status and geographic location.” E Content and Simulations Simulators (VR, Haptics) Learning Platforms andforAnalyticsVocational and Life Skills Robotics and SocialComputationalIoTThinkingMediaCompetency and Safe Responsivespaces Web Design Interactive Media Drone Development & Training for Disaster Management Social robots with AI for Behaviour Change FOCUS AREAS LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES SKILLS FOR SCHOOLS HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGIES
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2 AMMACHI Labs (Amrita Multi Modal Applications and Human Computer Interaction) is a multidisciplinary research center at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. WHO WE ARE VISION
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3 Amrita Progressive Training Assistance using Haptic simulation (APTAH) Trained and certified 15 women partnering with NSDC. Two APTAH simulators have been deployed at Larsen and Toubro’s (L&T) Bangalore and Kanchipuram Construction Skills Training Institutes (CSTI). APTAH Haptics simulator to train and evaluate novices in the construction rebar bending Deployedskill 4 simulators at 4 different L&T CSTIs across India. Over 2500 students trained Bar Bending Simulator VR Scaffolding simulator to assemble and dismantling the scaffold. Trains on safety and procedural skills Reduces the fear of height. Multiplayer and collaboration features VR Scaffolding Simulator* LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SKILLS Kaushalsangham HAPTIC & VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATORS Amrita Skills for Life YouTube Channel types of DEVELOPEDSIMULATORS with LMS, Analytics in foreskillindia.orgNSDCpublicaccess COURSESVET New COURSES in LANGsREGIONAL DEPLOYEDSIMULATORS L&T CSTIs, India for low literate users Training for Interview and Communication Skills for University Students Motorcycle Maintenance L&T TRAINEDPERSONNEL HAPTICS SIMULATIONS E-LEARNING & MOOCS VR SIMULATIONS ENROLMENTSESKILLINDIA4 15 2000+ 100,000+6 6 3000+ videos covering 15 vocational courses in multiple regional languages freely available on both YouTube and the NSDC’s eSkillIndia.org content aggregation platform. Amrita’s kaushalsangham.org is an LCMS (Learning and Content Management System) that supports rich multimedia content, Assessments and help to measure learning outcomes. Insights and measurements through question banks and assessments help with exact measurement of course outcomes and program outcomes. It is being used by NSDC benefiting around 1.5 lakh learners across India. * Under development E-LEARNING & MOOCS
4 SKILLS IN COMMUNITYSCHOOLSCAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH SKILL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ICT enabled Skill training pilots Social Robots with VILLAGESAI in INDIA 101 Village Project, Amrita SREE, PMKVY, SANKALP Research and Training Areas Maker ComputationalSkillsThinking VocationalEducation Recognized as Top Mentor of Change by Mentor India Initiative of Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog in 2021 Digital@ikya is a series of 21st Century Skills workshops supported by DST to build capacity amongst Indian rural school children. Robotics WORKSHOPS TRAINED 60+ 6k+ COMPETITIONSNATIONALTeamsTrainedfor 11 STUDENTS MODELCVETAMRITAwithSTATES 3015 21 DEVELOPEDCURRICULUM 20 TEACHERS 186 OfHours TRAINING IN THE FIELD 4000+ Pilot studies in RwandaPilotwithPilotvillagesstudiesCSC,ITIsstudiesin Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Ministry of Education Other Government Agencies Technology Enhanced Vocational, Life Skill Development Create capacity in villages through train the trainer programs SHG EmpowermentImplementation,Impact Evaluation Active MSW Student Engagement with CommunitiesHaksh-E:Embodied AI Powered Social Robot- An innovative social robot co-designed with primary school children to improve young children’s handwashing behaviour. Amrita’s Kaushal Sangham platform used by NSDC, hosting 150+ courses with over 7.5 Lakh enrollments Designed and Developed E-Content for Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitra for NSDC Empaneled E-Content Developer for NIMI, DGT Empaneled Research and Analytics partner to NSDC PMKVY Special Project for VET training across India Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (“SANKALP”)
project “SAVE” to develop India’s first haptic device, and eLearning modules for vocational training Building India’s first virtual labs for skills for school children Empowering Rural School Children with 21st Century Skills during COVID, funded by Department of Science and Technology Redesigning educational pathways using technology and innovative pedagogical constructs for Scalable Quality Education and Lifelong Learning, funded by APSSDC
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The training that you have given women to become masons and to construct toilets is a great example of Human Resource Development and skill-development. Women were always ahead in matters of cleanliness and sanitation. But now you have also given them skill and empowerment as well. I offer my pranams to all the efforts being rendered by you.
An interdisciplinary research laboratory that studies the complexity of skills and their enhancement through teaching, based on models of skill learning Research focused on skill ontology, complexity, skill levels, and teaching and learning models with judicious use of AI, Haptics & Robotics.
Normally, technological innovation stays with the elite. Amma’s organization is the only one who takes technology to the rural masses. It is remarkable.
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RESEARCH AREAS: Our areas of research include Computer Human Interaction (CHI) and Human Robot Interaction (HRI) studies, Impact Evaluation and Skill Analytics. Skill Intelligence Lab Facilities Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Studies and Enhancement of Skill Intelligences
--Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Education of India
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KollamAmritawww.ammachilabs.orginfo@ammachilabs.orgAMMACHILabsVishwaVidyapeethamAmritapuri,ClappanaP.O.-690525,Kerala,India
There are two types of education: education for a living and education for life. When we study in college, striving to become a doctor, a lawyer, or an engineer, that is education for a living. But education for life requires an understanding of the essential principles of spirituality; it is about gaining a deeper understanding of the world, our minds, our emotions, and ourselves. Mata Amritanandamayi Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Cognitive Sciences Technology fully funded PhD program in Cognitive Sciences and Technology. Aspirants can work with cutting edge technologies such as Robotics, Machine Learning and Neurocognition to serve humanity by developing technological solutions for skill development and lifelong learning.
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Chancellor Amma, pictured here circa 1987 enaged in construction work Launched in June, 2021 Fellowship PhD Program in
