Govt sets up panel for yoga education in universities

The decision to start a yoga department in all universities was taken at a consultative meeting of vice-chancellors, which was chaired by HRD Minister Smriti Irani, on January 2.

Paving the way for yoga in mainstream education, the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has set up a committee for setting up of Departments of Yogic Art and Science in universities across the country.

The panel has been asked to identify courses in Yogic Art and Science that can be offered, develop curriculum for the identified courses, define eligibility criteria for students studying yoga in higher education, prescribe qualifications for yoga faculty and determine modalities for faculty training, among other things.

The decision to start a yoga department in all universities was taken at a consultative meeting of vice-chancellors, which was chaired by HRD Minister Smriti Irani, on January 2.

The committee was notified on January 15. It has been asked to submit its report within 45 days.

The 12-member committee will be headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s yoga teacher, Professor H R Nagendra.

Ishwar Bharadwaj, head of the Department of Yogic Sciences at the Gurukul Kangri University in Haridwar, Professor Neel Kamal from Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali University in Haridwar and Rupen Bhowmick, working president of the Indian Yoga Federation in Agartala, are among the committee’s 12 members.

Source | Indian Express | 20 January 2016

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