Lok Sabha Question No. 2999 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Number of Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2999 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018

## Number of Colleges

## †2999.SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of colleges/ institutions that provided education and training in yoga and naturopathy during the last three years and the current year; and
- (b)  the  other  measures  being  undertaken  by  the  Government  for  standardization  of teaching of yoga and naturopathy in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a)  &  (b):  The  Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  informed  that  there  are  two  institutes  and  one Council namely Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, National Institute of Naturopathy and Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy under their aegis that provide education and training in Yoga and Naturopathy. The Ministry of AYUSH has also formed a board for accreditation and certification of Yoga professionals.

Moreover,  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  had  appointed  a committee,  under  the  chairpersonship  of  Prof.  H.R.  Nagendra,  Chancellor,  Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bengaluru (S-VYASA) for making recommendations  on  Yoga  Education  in  Universities.  The  Committee  had  prescribed curriculum for Yoga courses in its recommendations. As a follow up to the recommendations  of  the  Committee,  the  Ministry  had  asked  the  University  Grants Commission (UGC) to promote five Yoga courses in Universities and Colleges. Course and Course Code-wise duration of Yoga courses are as follows:

|   S.No. | Course                      | Course Code   | Duration         |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------|------------------|
|       1 | Bachelors of Science (Yoga) | B.Sc.(Yoga)   | 3 year to 6 year |
|       2 | Masters of Science (Yoga)   | M.Sc. (Yoga)  | 2 year to 4 year |
|       3 | Doctor of Philosophy (Yoga) | PhD (Yoga)    | As per the PhD   |

|    |                                       |       | duration specified by UGC   |
|----|---------------------------------------|-------|-----------------------------|
|  4 | Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga         | PGDY  | 1 year to 2 year            |
|  5 | Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy | PGDYT | 1 year to 2 year            |

The following Central Universities had been identified to start the Yoga Departments,  subject  to  the  approvals  of  the  competent  authorities  of  concerned Universities:

- (i) Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand;
- (ii) Visva Bharti Shantiniketan, West Bengal;
- (iii) Central University of Rajasthan;
- (iv) Central University of Kerala;
- (v) Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Madhya Pradesh; and
- (vi) Manipur University.

Further,  UGC vide its letter dated 26.10.2016 requested all Universities to include AYUSH disciplines for  enrolment  of  candidates  in  the  Ph.D.  programs.  UGC  has  also included Yoga as a subject for National Eligibility Test (NET).

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