General Body Members
Composition of The General Body
- Chairman
- Governing Council
- President, General Body
- Senior Vice President
- Vice Presidents
- Secretary General
- Joint Secretaries
- Treasurer
- GB Representative to EC
- Directors, Standing Committees
- Chief Executive Officer, Personnel Certification Body
- Founding Member Institutions
- Other Member Institutions
- Eminent Yoga Professionals
- Life Members
- Yoga Professional Members
- Yoga Volunteer Members
- State Chapter
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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Pujya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar, Founder, Art of Living, Bengaluru |
Chairman, Governing Council |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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Yogrishi Swami Ramdev ji Maharaj Founder, Patanjali Yog Peeth, Haridwar |
Member, Governing Council |
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Guruji Dr. H. R. Nagendra, Chancellor, VYASA , 19, Eknath Bhavan, Gavipuram Circle, Kempegowda Nagar, Bangalore-560019 |
Member, Governing Council |
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Dr. Pranav Pandya, Chancellor,Dev Samskriti Vishwavidyalaya |
Member, Governing Council |
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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Founder, Isha Foundation, Coimbatore |
Member, Governing Council |
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Swami Chidanand Saraswati (Muniji), President, Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh |
Member, Governing Council |
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Swami Bharat Bhushan, Founder, President, Mokshayatan, Saharanpur |
Member, Governing Council |
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Shri O.P. Tiwari, Chairman, Kaivalyadham S.M.Y.M. Samiti, Lonavala |
Member, Governing Council |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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Maa Dr. Hansaji Yogendra, Director,The Yoga Institute, Shri Yogendra Marg, Prabhat Colony, Santa Cruz East, Mumbai-400055 |
President |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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Swami Atmapriyananda, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Howrah |
Senior Vice President |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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Shri S Sridharan ji, Senior Teacher – Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) |
Vice President |
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Dr Chinmay Pandya Pro-VC, Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand |
Vice President |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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Shri Subodh Tiwari, Secretary, Kaivalyadham S.M.Y.M. Samiti, Lonavala, Swami Kuvalyananda Marg, Lonavla, Pune. 410403 |
Secretary General |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Chairman, International Centre for Yoga Education and Research (ICYER), Puducherry |
Joint Secretary |
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Bramhacharini Shobha, Director, Amrita Yoga, Amritapuri, Kerala |
Joint Secretary |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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Shri KC Jain Managing Trustee, Adhyatm Sadhna Kendra, Delhi |
Treasurer |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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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 | |
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Shri P.C. Kapoor, Director,Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Nataraja Center, A-41,Kailash colony, New Delhi |
Director Finance Committee |
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Dr Ganesh Rao Life Member, IYA |
Director Academics & Accreditation Committee |
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Dr. Manjunath Sharma Pro-VC, S-VYASA, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Director Research Committee |
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Shri.Haresh Trivedi Hon. Secretary, Samutkarsh Academy of Yoga Music And Holistic Living, Ahemedabad |
Director, Standing Legal & Standards Committee |
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Smt. Kamlesh Barwal
Director Programs, The Art of Living |
Director Publicity, Publications & PR Committee |
| Name and Address | Designation | |
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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 | Mokshayatan Yogashram, 3/1966, Beri Bagh, Saharanpur, U.P. |
Mrs. Pratishtha Saraswat, Director |
| 2 | Yoga Vidya Gurukul, Yoga Bhavan, Kaivalya Nagari, College Road, Nashik-422005 |
Dr. Vishwas Mandlik, President |
| 3 | Ghantali Mitra Mandal, Sahayog Mandir, Ghantali Colony, Sahayogmandir Path, Thane -400602, Mumbai |
Shrikrishna Vasant Mhaskar, Head – Yoga Department |
| 4 | Yoga in Daily Life Foundation, Om Vishwa Guru Deep Ashram, Madhavanand Marg, Kirti Nagar, Shyam Nagar, Jaipur-302019 Raj. |
Swami Gyaneshwar Puri |
| 5 | Art of Living Foundation, 21st Km. Kanakapura Road, P.O. Udaypura, Bengaluru-560082 |
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Founder President |
| 6 | Yoga Vidya Niketan, 1st Floor, Samartha Vyayam Mandir, Kale Guruji Marg, Dadar, Mumbai-400028 |
Shri Rajendra Joshi, General Secretary |
| 7 | Bharatiya Yog Sansthan (Regd.),
Mangalam Place, Sector-3, Rohini, Delhi-110085 |
Shri Des Raj, General Secretary |
| 8 | Sivananda Yoga Vendanta Dhanwantari Ashram,
P.O. Neyyar Dam, Thiruvananthapuram – 69572
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Yogacharya Prahlada Reddy, Managing Trustee |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh (Himalayas), Uttarakhand-249304 |
Swami Chidananda Saraswati, President/ Dr.Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati |
| 11 | Patanjali Yogpeeth (Trust), Maharshi Dayanand Gram, Delhi-Haridwar National Highway, Near Bahadarbad, Haridwar-249405 Uttarakhand, India |
Swami Ramdev, President |
| 12 | Isha Foundation,
Velliangiri Foothills, Semmedu (P.O.), Coimbatore-641114 |
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudeva Founder President |
| 13 | Amrita Yoga, Mata Amritanandamayi Math, Headquarters : Ritapuri, Kolam Kerala-690546 |
Brahmacharini Shobha, Director |
| 14 | Samutkarsh Academy of Yoga Music and Holistic Living, Nr. Anandnagar Flat, B/s Heritage Skyz, Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad-380015 |
Shri Haresh Kumar Trivedi, Hon. Secretary |
| 15 | Ujjain Yoga Life Society, Ujjain-456010 |
Pt. RadheyShyam President, Director |
| 16 | Light On Yoga Trust, 4-B, Barodawala Mansion, 81,Anne Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai-400 018 |
Shri Jawahar Bangera, Chairman |
| 17 | Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Vivekananda Kendra Vivekanandapuram, Kanyakumari – 629 702 |
Sri Hanumantha Rao |
| 18 | Shri Ram Chandra Mission, Babuji Memorial Ashram Shri Ram Chandra Mission Road, Manapakkam, Chennai, 600 125 |
Sri Gyaneshwar Sarin |
| 19 | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Munshi Nagar, Dadabhai Road, Behind Shiv Temple, Bhavan’s Campus, Andheri (W), Mumbai-400 058 | Yogacharya Dr. Hansraj Yadav |
| 20 | Yoga Consciousness Trust, Yoga Chaitanyaramam, Vizinigiri, Jami Mandal, Vizianagaram Dt. – 535250 | Sri Raparthi Rama Rao / Prof Ravindranadh |
| 21 | The World Community Service Centre (WCSC), No. 26, Second Seaward Road, Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamilnadu – 600041 | Vethathiri Maharshi / Arulnithi. SKM. Maeilanandhan |
| 22 | Universal Peace Foundation, 113, Sri Paranjothi Nagar,Thirumurthi Hills, Udumalpet Taluk,Tirupur District, Tamil Nadu, India.Pin: 642 112 | Jagathguru Maha Maharishi Paranjothiar (Gurumahan) |
| 23 | Pathanjali Yoga Training & Research Centre, Ernakulam, Cochin (PYTRC) | Swami Nithyananda Saraswathi |
| 24 | Prajnana Mission | Swami Achalananda Giri |
| 25 | Yogoda Satsanga Society of India | Swami Nishthananda |
| 26 | Yoga Consciousness Trust, Yoga Chaitanyaramam, Vizinigiri, Jami Mandal, Vizianagaram Dt. – 535250 | Sri Raparthi Rama Rao / Prof Ravindranadh |
| 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