“Hittala Gida Maddalla’ is a popular proverb in Kannada. It means that “The Tree in the backyard is not Medicine”. Probably, the proverb is tailor-made for a variety of courses offered by the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana Arogyadhama (S-VYASA) at Giddanahalli In Anekal Taluk of Bengaluru Rural district, about 20 miles from Bengaluru city.
Yoga courses on offer in S-VYASA: The numbers of courses offered in S-VYASA make a big list. The following is a list of them:
*Yoga Instructor Course (YIC) of one-month duration.
*BNYS (Bachelor of Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences) of 5 1/2 years duration.
*BSc (Yoga Consciousness) of three years duration.
*BSc (Yoga Therapy) of three years duration.
*BSc (Clinical, Nutrition & Dietetics) of three years duration.
*BPT (Bachelor of Physiotherapy).
*MSc (Yoga Therapy) of two years.
*MSc (Yoga Consciousness) of two years duration.
*PGDYT (Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy) of 15 months duration.
*MD (Yoga) of three years.
*PhD (Yoga): As per UGC Regulations.
*MBA (Marketing, Finance, HR & Hospital Administration) of four semesters.
Open and Digital Learning Programmes (ODL): Apart from all the above in house programmes, S-VYASA also offers several online courses as well. These courses varying from six months to three years are YIC (Yoga Instructor Course), BSc (Yoga), BSc (Yoga and Education), MSc (Yoga), MSc (Yoga and Education), PGDYT and PGDYT (Doctors).
Not even one without a job! Perhaps the best feature of these courses is the 100 per cent placement assistance! Prof MK Sridhar, Registrar S-VYASA informs: All former students are employed. They start their own independent studios, Yoga centres. They are employed as Yoga Instructors to the general public, corporate and abroad. There is not even a single ex-student who has come back complaining of not getting a job”.
The first Yoga University of the country: He also tells-“According to the information of University Grants Commission (UGC), there are 993 universities in the country, in the state, central, deemed to be, deemed and private categories. Of them, 47 happen to be in the state. S-VYASA in the state and Patanjali Yoga Vidyapeeth in Haridwar, Uttarakhand are the only two deemed to be (Autonomous) Yoga universities”.
Most students come from the North and North East: “In S-VYASA, most of the students come from North India, including Odisha, New Delhi and the North-Eastern region. From the state, people come for Yoga Instructor Course (YIC) of one-month duration”, he said.
200 centres in India: Prof MK Sridhar also explained-“S-VYASA conducts one-month duration Yoga Instructor Course (YIC) at 200 centres in the country. Of these, 60 are in Bengaluru and 10 in the state while there are 80 branches all over the world”.
20 batch of foreign students trained: He says proudly-“Under the aegis of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), we have trained 20 batches of foreign students. There used to be 60 students in each batch. In this way, we have covered around 200 countries so far. We also did one weekly training program for 40 teachers of the ICCR. These trained teachers will impart Yoga training; in the countries, they are deputed”.
126 MOUs’ so far: He was also jubilant to list out the accomplishments of S-VYASA-“We have signed 126 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), so far with universities, NGOs’, foreign universities. The foreign universities alone number 31”.
Three lakhs trained worldwide: “Under the Self Management of Excessive Tension (SMET) program of three days to one week program, about three lakh people have been trained across the world. We have also entered into a tie-up with the ONGC and the IIM-B for treating stress-related issues of corporates”, he said.
850 Research Papers published so far: Prof MK Sridhar was excited to share the progress of the deemed to be university in the field of research-“850 research papers have been published since 1980 to till date. This number is second highest only after IISc”.
Several new courses on the cards: He also that effort is underway to launch several courses, including the following:
*Advanced Diploma Courses in Integrative Medicine.
*Bachelor in Physiotherapy.
*Masters in Physiotherapy.
*Bachelor in Occupational Therapy.
Minimum of100 patients every week: About the patients visiting the hospital for a consultation, treatment, OPD patients and those getting admitted, he told that-“Since beginning a minimum of 100 patients have been visiting the institute every week”.
-Manohar Yadavatti
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