World’s first yoga university outside India

The world’s first yoga university outside India has been launched in Los Angeles, offering programmes that combine scientific principles and modern research approaches to the ancient Indian practice of yoga.

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The Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU) was jointly launched by Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Chairperson of the Standing Committee on External Affairs during a virtual event held at the Consulate General of India in New York.

Eminent Indian yoga guru Dr. H R Nagendra, Chancellor of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA) is the first Chairman of VaYU.

VaYU will offer online graduate programmes based on scientific principles and modern research approaches to yoga.

Founded on the principles of Swami Vivekananda’s prescription for universal welfare, VaYU will offer online graduate programmes based on scientific principles and modern research approaches to yoga.

VaYU faculty has been recruited from SVYASA, the first Yoga University in India.

It will facilitate collaborative research, credit transfers, and joint programmes with multiple premier universities across the world. The university will offer an online master’s program in Yoga. The applications for the fall 2020 semester are open with the first day of classes starting on August 24 in a virtual mode.