In a brief span of 6 years, Amritapuri Campus, one of the 5 campuses under Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is one of the leading higher educational institutions in the State of Kerala.

Amritapuri Campus hosts four Schools: Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita School of Arts & Science, Amrita School of Biotechnology and Amrita School of Ayurveda. The campus is located adjacent to the international headquarters of Mata Amritanandamayi Math and is separated from it by the backwaters linking Kollam and Alapuzha..

The campus is spread across 80 acres of land in one of the most beautiful and picturesque locales of Kerala coastal line. A panoramic view from the campus greets a person with an endless stretch of give one the joy of endless coconut palm-groves miles together. The campus blends into the natural settings of the environment which is an endless stretch of coconut palm groves that typically greets a visitor to this part of the country. Arabian Sea that borders Kerala on the west is only a few hundred meters from the campus.

The Engineering College in Amritapuri Campus was established in 2002 when it was affiliated to Kerala University and was known as Amrita Institute of Technology and Science (AITEC). AITEC was then housed in the existing Biotechnology building.

The first technical education institute managed by the Math was the Industrial Training Center (ITC) located in Puthiyakavu, nearly 5 kms from the existing campus and adjacent to National Highway. In the same premises, a sister institution, Amrita Institute of Technology and Science (AICT) started offering computer and programming courses in 1992. AICT was shifted to the premises closer to the ashram in 1998 when the institution had grown in size and the old structure could no longer accommodate the increasing number of students.

The campus has covered several memorable milestones during the past few years. One of the most sacred moments was when Amma visited the campus for the first time to inaugurate the ISRO E-learning Satellite Network. Dr. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO was the Chief Guest on the occasion.

In 2004, when Tsunami hit the ashram and surrounding areas of Alayppad panchayat, the ashram was temporarily shifted to the campus. The Engineering College was under construction and the unfinished College complex was used by Amma to accommodate most of the evacuees from the village. In the next few weeks, the construction workforce, numbering nearly 1500, and other materials were diverted for village reconstruction and building of Tsunami houses which lasted over 18 months. The construction work could not be resumed during this period and has gravely affected the pace of development of the campus. Thus, Amritapuri Campus has the unique distinction of sacrificing its own growth and development for the purpose of serving local community in its time of distress. Amma teaches us that any other response in times of unprecedented social distress would have been inadequate. It is this spirit of serving the world that is at the core of Amrita’s institutional values and we expect our students to imbibe this spirit of service and cultivate noble human values before during their stay and studies at the University.