Yoga department set up in six central Universities

Six Central Universities will have full fledged Yoga departments from academic session 2016-17 and the number would be raised to 20 within one year. These six universities are Hemwati Nandan Bahugana Garhwal University, Uttrakhand (North), Viswa Bharti, West Bengal (East), Central University of Rajasthan (West), Central University of Kerala (South), Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madya Pradesh,(Central) and Manipur University (North East). This was stated by Smt Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister of Human Resource Development addressing a National Seminar on Yoga . A panel headed by Prof H R Nagendra, suggested various kind of courses ranging from certificate courses to Bachelor’s, Masters and PhDs for yogic sciences.