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Composition of The General Body

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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
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   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

                        


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

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