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The biggest yoga therapy research Health Home, "Arogyadhama" with 200 beds in the country with the most comprehensive and effective treatment through yoga.
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Produced the largest number of research papers on yoga therapy and other applications of yoga in the national & international research journals of great renown.
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Built a team of research scholars, assistants & guides along with biochemical, physiological, psychological,
neuro-physiological and immunological laboratories.
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Trained nearly 5000 yoga teachers to introduce yoga in schools in 8 States. |
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Our work spread over 30 countries with collaborative research projects in UK & USA as Royal Free Hospital, London,
Middlesbrough General Hospital, Fort Collins Chest Clinic Denver, Eating Disorders
Center in Los Angeles and University of Florida in Gainesville on
FMRI research, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore Sports Authority of India in Bangalore, S N Sinha Institute of Business Management in Ranchi.
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Been organizing regular seminars and international conferences in Prasanti Kutiram. The 15th International Conference was held from December 16 to 19, 2005 in Prasanti Kutiram.
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Recognitions |
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VK YOGAS (now VYASA) has been recognized as "Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, (SIRO)" from Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India .
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Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2001) has funded VYASA under the "DST-FIST sponsored scheme".
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UGC mentioned us in their letter dated Aug 10, 1993 (D O NO. F.B-1/93) - SVYASA as one of the four premier yoga institutes in the country and asked us to start yoga
centers in the Universities (we are presently running 5 centers).
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Bangalore University has recognized VYASA as a center for running courses leading to yoga including PhD in Yoga. |
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Grants for research & running courses are received from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of AYUSH., CCRYN, DRDO of Ministry of Defense and NIN Pune, India.
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SVYASA, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana has been granted
UNIVERSITY status by the Ministry of HRD, Govt of India through UGC. With this new status, short-term and long-term courses have been started from Sep 11, 2002. [Sep 11, 1893 was a great day for India when Swami Vivekananda heralded the grandeur of our culture in the Parliament of Religions in Chicago.]
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The objective of this University named SVYASA is essentially to combine the Best of the East (Yoga and spiritual lore) with the Best of the West (modern Scientific wisdom and research) to achieve Health, Peace and Happiness on earth. The present global trend towards a Consciousness based approach from matter-based paradigm will aptly be worked out in the curriculum and research programs in this
University. Yet another specialty of this unique venture is to institute several Chairs to be occupied by the best of the Yoga masters on one hand and Nobel Laureates on the other hand to raise the standards of learning and research in the faculty and student community.
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National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore |
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Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore |
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St. John's Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore |
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Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore |
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S N Sinha Institute of Business Management, Ranchi, Jharkhanda, India |
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Manipal Hospital and Heart Foundation, Bangalore |
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University of South Florida, USA |
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The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, USA |
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Swinberne University, Australia |
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The Center for International Mental Health School of Population Health, the University of Melbourne, Australia |
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Memorial Hospital, Department of Complementary Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Japan Vivekananda Yoga Kendra, Yonago, Japan |
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Andaman & Nicobar Administration |
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East Tennessee State University, USA |
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University Associations and Projects |
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UCSF, San Francisco -NID grant has been obtained for a research project on HIV & DM |
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Stanford University - Insulin Resistance studies and yoga. |
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University of Berkeley - QM and consciousness. |
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UCLA and USc - Reversal of Atherosclerosis. |
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MDACC - Yoga and Cancer. |
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MOU with University of East Tennessee State University - Yoga and Asthma. |
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University of Miami - Yoga and HIV. |
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John Hopkins University - Yoga and Pain Management. |
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Harvard University Center for Mind - Body medicine - Yoga Relaxation Response |
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North Eastern University - Center for drug research - Yoga and drug abuse. |
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Central Michigan University - Exchange of Students and Faculty; Research Projects conferences. |
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Uniformed Services University of Health Science, Bethseda |
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Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa |
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University of West - Yoga and Buddhism. |
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