Vice President Hamid Ansari to inaugurate 2-day International Conference on Yoga today

Vice-President Hamid Ansari will inaugurate a two-day international conference 'Yoga for Body and Beyond' in New Delhi today. Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik will be the guest of honour and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will grace the valedictory session of the conference tomorrow. Conference being organized by the AYUSH Ministry in which delegates from 32 countries will take part. About 70 international delegates from countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Algeria, Malaysia, Spain, Russia, Australia, China, Egypt, Japan, Kuwait, Korea, and Mauritius will attend the



conference. 

Swami Ramdev, Dr Pranav Pandya, Swami Amrita Suryananda, Swami Chidanand Muni and Prof H R Nagendra will be present during the inaugural session. Eminent yoga gurus, exponents and experts will extensively deliberate during the nine technical sessions of the conference. There will also be a panel discussion and an open ended session on experience sharing by foreign delegates. During the inaugural session certificates will be presented to the winners of Best Yoga Apparels and Best Yoga Geet. During the valedictory session, certificates will also be presented to the first certified yoga school in India.