Puduvai Kalaimamani Yogacharya
Dr. ANANDA BALAYOGI BHAVANANI
MBBS, ADY, DPC, DSM, PGDFH, PGDY, FIAY, MD (Alt.Med), C-IAYT, DSc (Yoga)
Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani is Director of the Institute of Salutogenesis and Complementary Medicine (ISCM) and Professor of Yoga Therapy at the Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pondicherry (www.sbvu.ac.in/iscm).
He has served as member of numerous expert committees of the Ministry of AYUSH including its Steering Committee of the Yoga Certification Board, National Board for Promotion of Yoga and Naturopathy, the CCRYN, as well as the Expert Committees for Celebration of International Yoga Day and the Yoga & Diabetes program. He is Consultant Resource Person for the WHO Collaborative Centre in Traditional Medicine (Yoga) at MDNIY, New Delhi. He is also Joint Secretary of the Indian Yoga Association (www.yogaiya.in) and Vice President of the Yogasana Bharat (https://yogasanasport.in)
A recipient of the coveted DSc in Yoga from SVYASA Yoga University, he is Chairman of the International Centre for Yoga Education and Research at Ananda Ashram, Pondicherry, India (www.icyer.com) and Yoganjali Natyalayam, the premier institute of Yoga and Carnatic Music and Bharatanatyam in Pondicherry (www.rishiculture.in). He is son and successor of the internationally acclaimed Yoga team of Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj and Yogacharini Kalaimamani Ammaji, Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani.
He is a Gold Medallist in Medical Studies (MBBS) with postgraduate diplomas in both Family Health (PGDFH) as well as Yoga (PGDY) and the Advanced Diploma in Yoga under his illustrious parents in 1991-93. A Fellow of the Indian Academy of Yoga, he has authored 19 DVDs and 35 books and 36 compilations on Yoga as well as published more than 400 papers on Yoga and Yoga research in National and International Journals. His literary works have more than 4000 Citations, with an h-Index of 28 and an i10-Index of 77. In addition, he is a Classical Indian Vocalist, Percussionist, Music Composer and Choreographer of Indian Classical Dance.
He is a recognized PhD guide for Yoga Therapy and is the first Indian to be recognized as an IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) by the International Association of Yoga Therapists, USA. He was honoured as Yoga Chikitsa Ratna by the Indian Yoga Association in January 2025. In recent years he has travelled abroad 20 times and conducted invited talks, public events, workshops and retreats and been a major presenter at Yoga conferences around the world.
He was awarded Puduvai Kalaimamani by the Government of Pondicherry for the year 2016. He is an Honorary Advisor to International Association of Yoga Therapists (www.iayt.org), and Gitananda Yoga Associations worldwide (www.rishiculture.in).
Relevant links:
https://www.facebook.com/cyter.mgmcri/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CYTER2010/videos
http://www.slideshare.net/anandabhavanani
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ananda_Bhavanani
https://sbvu.academia.edu/AnandaBhavanani
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=6b91sPsAAAAJ&hl=en