General Body Members

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Composition of The General Body

Name and Address Designation
  Pujya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar,
Founder, Art of Living, Bengaluru		 Chairman, Governing Council
Name and Address Designation
Yogrishi Swami Ramdev ji Maharaj
Founder, Patanjali Yog Peeth, Haridwar		 Member, Governing Council
Guruji Dr. H. R. Nagendra,
Chancellor, VYASA , 19, Eknath Bhavan,
Gavipuram Circle, Kempegowda Nagar, Bangalore-560019		 Member, Governing Council
Dr. Pranav Pandya,
Chancellor,Dev Samskriti Vishwavidyalaya		 Member, Governing Council
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev,
Founder, Isha Foundation, Coimbatore		 Member, Governing Council
Swami Chidanand Saraswati (Muniji),
President, Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh		 Member, Governing Council
Swami Bharat Bhushan,
Founder, President, Mokshayatan, Saharanpur 		Member, Governing Council
Shri O.P. Tiwari,
Chairman, Kaivalyadham S.M.Y.M. Samiti, Lonavala
 Member, Governing Council
Dr Ishwar V Basavaraddi Ji,
Director of Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga
 Member, Governing Council
Name and Address Designation
Maa Dr. Hansaji Yogendra,
Director,The Yoga Institute, Shri Yogendra Marg,
Prabhat Colony, Santa Cruz East, Mumbai-400055		 President
Name and Address Designation
Swami Atmapriyananda,
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Howrah		 Senior Vice President
Name and Address Designation
Shri S Sridharan ji,
Senior Teacher – Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) 		 Vice President
Dr Chinmay Pandya
Pro-VC, Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand		 Vice President
Name and Address Designation
Shri Subodh Tiwari,
Secretary, Kaivalyadham S.M.Y.M. Samiti, Lonavala, Swami Kuvalyananda Marg, Lonavla, Pune. 410403		 Secretary General

Name and Address Designation
Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani,
Chairman, International Centre for Yoga Education and Research (ICYER), Puducherry		 Joint Secretary
Bramhacharini Shobha,
Director, Amrita Yoga, Amritapuri, Kerala		 Joint Secretary
Name and Address Designation
Shri KC Jain
Managing Trustee, Adhyatm Sadhna Kendra, Delhi		 Treasurer
Name and Address Designation
Dr. Jaideep Arya,
Patanjali Yogpeeth,  (Trust) Maharshi Dayanand Gram, Delhi-Haridwar National Highway,
Near Bahadarbad, Haridwar-249405		 GB representative to EC
Name and Address Designation
Shri P.C. Kapoor,
Director,Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Nataraja Center, A-41,Kailash colony, New Delhi		 Director Finance Committee
Dr Ganesh Rao
Life Member, IYA		 Director Academics & Accreditation Committee
Dr. Manjunath Sharma
Pro-VC, S-VYASA, Bangalore, Karnataka		 Director Research Committee
Shri.Haresh Trivedi
Hon. Secretary, Samutkarsh Academy of Yoga
Music And Holistic Living, Ahemedabad		 Director, Standing Legal & Standards Committee
Smt. Kamlesh Barwal

Director Programs, The Art of Living

 Director Publicity, Publications & PR Committee
Name and Address Designation
Dr. S. P. Mishra,
Former Vice Chancellor (DSVV), Haridwar & Shridhar University Pillani), 95, Loni Road, Near
Hindon Air Force Station, Mohan Nagarm, Ghazibad-201007 (UP)		 CEO, PrCB
 Sl.  Name Founder /Representative, Designation
  1   AHYMSIN,
Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Virbhadra Road, Virpur Khurd, PO-Pashulok, Rishikesh, UK
Swami Rama/Swami Veda Bharati
2 Bihar School of Yoga,
Ganga Darshan, Munger, Bihar
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
3 Deva Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya,
Gayatri Parivar, Shanti Kunj, Haridwar
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
4 Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram,
31, Fourth Cross Street, RK Nagar, Chennai-600028
Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari
5 Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga,
68, Ashok Road, New Delhi-110001		 Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari
6 Preksha International,
Jain Vishwa Bharati, Ladnun – 341306, Rajasthan
Acharya Tulsi and Acharya Sri Mahaprajani Ji
7 Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute,
1107, B/1, Shivaji Nagar, Pune-411016
Yogacharya BKS Iyengar
8 S.M.Y.M. Samiti, Kaivalyadhama,
Lonavla, Pune-410 403.                         
Swami Kuvalyananda
9 Sri Aurobindo Ashram,
Puducherry
Maharishi Sri Aurobindo
10 Sri Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, PO-Bellur Math, Distt. Howrah, W.B. Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda
11 Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Parishad,
Prashanti Kuteeram, Bengaluru		 Dr HR Nagendra
12 The Divine Life Society,
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Swami Shivanandaji
13 The International Centre of Yoga Education and Research,
16-A, Mettu Street, Chinnamudaliar Chavady, Kottakuppam-605104, Via Puducherry
Yogacharya Sh. Geetananda Giri
14 The Yoga Institute,
Santacruz (East), Yogendra Marg, Mumbai-55.
Swami Yogendraji
15 Vipasana International Academy,
Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, Maharashtra.		 Sri SN Goenka
     Name Founder / Designation
Mokshayatan Yogashram,

3/1966, Beri Bagh, Saharanpur, U.P.

 Mrs. Pratishtha Saraswat, Director
Yoga Vidya Gurukul,

Yoga Bhavan, Kaivalya Nagari, College Road, Nashik-422005

 Dr. Vishwas Mandlik, President (Life Member)
Ghantali Mitra Mandal,

Sahayog Mandir, Ghantali Colony, Sahayogmandir Path, Thane -400602, Mumbai

 Shrikrishna Vasant Mhaskar,Head – Yoga Department
Yoga in Daily Life Foundation,

Om Vishwa Guru Deep Ashram, Madhavanand Marg, Kirti Nagar, Shyam Nagar, Jaipur-302019 Raj.

 Swami Gyaneshwar Puri
Art of Living Foundation,

21st Km. Kanakapura Road, P.O. Udaypura, Bengaluru-560082

 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder President
Yoga Vidya Niketan,

1st Floor, Samartha Vyayam Mandir, Kale Guruji Marg, Dadar, Mumbai-400028

 Shri Rajendra Joshi, General Secretary
Bharatiya Yog Sansthan (Regd.)

Mangalam Place, Sector-3, Rohini, Delhi-110085

 Shri Des Raj, General Secretary
Sivananda Yoga Vendanta Dhanwantari Ashram,

P.O. Neyyar Dam, Thiruvananthapuram-69572

 Yogacharya Prahlada Reddy, Managing Trustee
Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation,

New No.60 (old No.79), Greenways Road Extension, R.A.Puram, Chennai-600028

 Dr.Kausthub Desikachar, Chief Executive Officer
Parmarth Niketan,

Rishikesh (Himalayas), Uttarakhand-249304

 Swami Chidananda Saraswati, President/ Dr.Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Patanjali Yogpeeth (Trust)

Maharshi Dayanand Gram, Delhi-Haridwar National Highway, Near Bahadarbad, Haridwar-249405 Uttarakhand, India

 Swami Ramdev, President
Isha Foundation,

Velliangiri Foothills, Semmedu (P.O.), Coimbatore-641114 Represented by :

 Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudeva, Founder President
Amrita Yoga,

Mata  Amritanandamayi Math, Headquarters : Ritapuri, Kolam Kerala-690546

 Brahmacharini Shobhana, Director
Samutkarsh Academy of Yoga Music and Holistic Living,

Nr. Anandnagar Flat, B/s Heritage Skyz, Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad-380015.

 Shri Haresh Kumar Trivedi, Hon. Secretary
Ujjain Yoga Life Society,

Ujjain-456010

 Pt. RadheyShyam President, Director
Light On Yoga Trust,

4-B, Barodawala Mansion, 81,Anne Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai-400 018

 Shri Jawahar Bangera, Chairman
Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Vivekananda Kendra Vivekanandapuram,
Kanyakumari – 629 702		 Sri Hanumantha Rao
Shri Ram Chandra Mission
Babuji Memorial Ashram Shri Ram Chandra Mission Road, Manapakkam, Chennai, 600 125		 Sri Gyaneshwar Sarin

Eminent Yoga Acharyas (Selected) – 10

Life Members (Selected) – 10

Yoga Professional Members (Selected from Yoga professionals registered – 10

Yoga Volunteer Members (Selected from General Members) registered with IYA) – 10

Two representatives from each State Association as President and Secretary or their nominees; and One representative from UT Association as President or his nominee. (29×2 =58 &7×1=7) – 65