KOLLAM: The passing-out ceremony of the 6th batch(2009-2015) of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery students of Amrita School of Ayurveda was held on the Amritapuri campus on Tuesday.
The function was titled ‘Samavarthanam 2015’.
Sankara Chaitanya, Medical Director, delivered the presidential address. Vasudevan Namboothiri, principal, Amrita School of Ayurveda, welcomed the gathering and R N Tripathy, vice-principal, Amrita School of Ayurveda, proposed a vote of thanks.
Darshan Shanker, Vice-Chancellor, Trans-Disciplinary University, Bangalore, while addressing the students, urged them to stay up to date with the latest advancements in the field of health care. He also emphasised the importance of collaborating with the Ayurvedic practitioners to bring Ayurveda at par with other modern medical systems.
Fifty five students graduated this year.
Rajiv Vasudevan, founder and CEO, Ayurveda Hospital, Bengaluru, reminded the graduating doctors about the importance of setting goals in life. Akshayamrita Chaitanya, MA Math in charge, Wayanad, and Jayakrishnan, DGM, Amrita Life, spoke. Amrita Life, the Pharmaceutical venture of MA Math gave cash prizes to the rank holders from the graduating batch.