Vidyamritam - Lecture Series

The annual extramural series ‘Vidyamritam’ has become popular with its holistic approach for

knowledge dissemination through Invited Lectures, Workshops and Conferences.

During the Ninth Vidyamritam series, more than 50 lectures and Amrita Film Festivals and

many National Conferences and Workshops were conducted. Conferences and Workshops

are being organised in Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Finance and Stock Exchange, FDI,

Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain Management, Visual Media and Arts, Video Production,

Advertising, Film and Documentary.

Dr. Sarath Menon, Professor University of Houston, USA

Dr. N. GopalakrishnanDirector, Indian Institue of

Scientific Heritage

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Distinguished Visitors

Dr. Manohar Shinde Former Professor of Psychiatry

UCLA, USA

C. A. Venugopal. C. Govind, F.C.A. Mg. Partner, M/s. Varma and Varma

Dr. N. Unnikrishnan NairFormer Vice Chancellor, CUSAT

Dr. K. Narayana MoorthyProject Director, GSLV MK3, ISRO

Sri. Adarshkumar G. NairMVI, Kochi

Sri. C. RadhakrishnanRenowned Literateur

Dr. S. K. Ramachandran Nair Sr. Medical Administrator, AIMS

Dr. A. Unnikrishnan

Associate Director, NPOL, Kochi

Sri. K.V. Somanathan Pillai

Senior Manager, Indian Bank

Sri. L. Gireesh Kumar Director, Sreepuram Tantric

Research Centre

Dr. Prem Nair Medical Director, AIMS Hospital

Sri. Sunny Joseph Cinematographer

Dr. K. Ampady, MD, Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation

Sri. K.V. PRADEEP KUMAR Director (Finance) , Central Ware-housing Corporation, New Delhi

Dr. P. MuralikrishnaScientist, NPOL, Kochi

Padma Shri MadhuActor

Sri. G. JayalalDirector General, All India Radio

Sri. K. JayakrishnanDirector, Xtend Technologies

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- Experts who shared their knowledge

Department of Computer Science and I.T.

Sri. L. L. Ramachandran Chief Manager (IS), BPCL Kochi Refinery

Dr. Vrinda V. Nair College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Ms. Geetha Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical

Sciences, Trivandrum

Dr. B. Ramadoss, Professor and Head, Dept of CA, National Institute of

Technology, Trichy

Arshdeep Singh Corporate Trainer,

Kyrion Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Achuthsankar S. NairDirector, SIUCEB

Dr. P. T. Mathew ITSPrincipal General Manager

BSNL, Ernakulam

Adv. Prem KamathCyber Law Expert

Advocate, Kerala High Court

Sri. Madhu GuptaCEO & MD, Radha Electronics

Sri. Sankaran NamboothiriCEO, Lattice Bridge Infotech, Chennai

Shri. S. MukhopadhyayGeneral Manager and CISO (former)

State Bank of India

Dr. M. Sethumadhavan,Profes-sor of Mathematics and Computer

Science, Head, Center for Cyber Se-curity, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Dr. A. SreekumarDept. of Computer Science, CUSAT

Sri. Ramesh GovindProject Manager, Infovista Ltd., Kochi

Shri. Kandasamy Muniasamy Director, i-Human India Pvt Ltd

Chennai

Shri. Amalan Mariajohn Senior Manager, Practice Head –

Security Services, CSC Independent Testing Services

Dr. Jayaraj Poroor Chief Technology Officer

Head of Amrita Research Labs

Shri. Tamaghna BasuSenior Security Engineering , ebay

India Pvt Ltd., Bangalore

Shri. Amalan Mariajohn Senior Manager, Practice Head –

Security Services, CSC Independent Testing Services

Sri. Amarnath Raja CEO, InApp Ltd.

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Department of Computer Science and I.T.

Br. Pradeep Achan Director, Amrita Technologies Ltd.

Smt. Daleesha MDept. of Computer Science, CUSAT

Sri. G. Krishnakumar Project Management Consultant

Smt. Poornima Ramachandran Sr. Technical Author, FCI Technology

Services Ltd.

Department of Commerce & Management

Dr. Adv. K.P. Satheesh Senior Counsellor, Kerala High Court

Dr. V. N. Suresh, Associate Professor, Maharaja’s College

Sri. Vivek Krishna Govind Chartered Accountant and Partner

Varma and Varma, Ernakulam

Sri. Wilson JosephSenior Manager (HR)

Carborandum Universal Ltd.

Sri. C.V. GeorgeGeneral Manager (South Zone) Reserve Bank of India, Kochi

CMA. Madhu A.P.Director

Hampshire Group of Companies

Sri. Narayanankutty P Manager-Customer ServiceCarborundum Universal Ltd

Smt. Parveen Hafeez Managing Director, Sunrise Hospitals

Smt. Mridhula K Manager-Accounts

Carborundum Universal Ltd

Sri. K. K. Pillai CMD, Nikasu Group, CSEZ, Kochi

Smt. Sheela KochousephManaging Director

V- Star Creations, Kochi

Dr. K.N. RAGHAVAN, IRSAdditional Commissioner, Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax

Sri. Riju Vishwanath Partner, Best Bakers

Sri. Ajit KumarManagement Consultant (SAP), Kochi

Sri. Ajith Kumar, Dy. General Manager, KSIDC, Trivandrum

Sri. K. S. Rao, Vice President, Birla Sun Life Asset Management

Co. Ltd., Bangalore

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Department of Commerce & Management

Smt. Geetha Anand, Sr. Branch Manager, United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

Sri. P. Santhosh KumarNational President, Junior Chamber

International

Smt. P. K. ShibyCEO, Spinach India, Ernakulam

Sri. Biju Varghese, Business Manager (South), Tally Solutions

Sri. BalachandranTrainer, Junior Chamber International

Dr. V.K. Vijayakumar, Investment Strategist, Geojit BNP-Paribas

Financial Services Ltd.

Sri. M. PETER, Senior ManagerGeojit BNP-Paribas Financial

Services Ltd.

Dr. K. P. S. Nair, Professor School of Engineering, CUSAT

CA C.J. Johney, FCAChartered Accountant

Prof. Sunanda MuraleedharanChair Person, Amrita School of

Business, Kochi

Sri. K.R. JayaprakashLead District Manager

Union Bank of India

Sri. G. S. Prakash Deputy Director, MSME - DI, Thrissur

Department of Visual Media & Communication

Sri. J. GopikrishnanSr. Journalist, The Pioneer, New Delhi

Sri. Soorya Krishnamurthy Founder-Director, Soorya Stage &

Film Society

Sri. Hareesh N. Nampoothiri Visual Design Consultant

Sri. Antony John Bureau Chief, Malayala Manorama

Sri. Sabu JohnBureau Chief, Deepika

Sri. V. S Shine, ChiefPhotographer, Matrubhumi

Sri. K. P. Madhu, Faculty in Charge, Science Media Centre

IISER, Pune

Sri. T. C. Mathew Associate Editor, Rashtra Deepika

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Sri. G. P. NairTechnical Head, Amrita TV

Smt. Sudha NamboothiriSenior Journalist, Times of India

Department of Visual Media & Communication

Sri. B. Ajith Kumar Film Editor

Sri. Prakash Babu Regional Manageer (Sales)

Amrita TV

Sri. Feroze Babu, Guest FacultyKerala Press Academy, Former Chief Photographer, Malayala Manorama

Sri. Sebastian Thenasseri Web Editor, Amrita TV

Sri. B. Sreejan, Senior Reporter, The New Indian Express

Sri. Venu RajamonyPress Secretary to the President

of India

Sri. Deependra Dev Creative Director, Aakar Digital Media Solutions (P) Ltd., Kochi

Dr. S. Anil Kumar Director of Public Relations, CUSAT

Sri. K.P. Nayar, Chief Diplomatic Editor & Correspondent for the

Americas, THE TELEGRAPH, USA

Sri. Madanan, Chief ArtistMathrubhumi Publications

Sri. T. Unni PadmanabhanBird Photographer

Sri. Shyamaprasad, Film Director President-Programme, Amrita TV

Sri. K. G. Jayan Renowned Cinematographer

Sri. MohandasWildlife Photographer

Sri. Nimal C. NamboodiripadManager (Operations), MAA BOZELL

Sri. Sajeev C Warrier, Chief Reporter & Bureau Chief, Amrita TV

Sri. Ramesh RamakrishnanSound Engineer, Amrita TV

Sri. T. K. Rajeev Kumar, Film Director, Former Chairman, KSFDC

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