Lok Sabha Question No. 2138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: National Eligibility Test for Yoga
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2138 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH MAY, 2016

## NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR YOGA

## 2138. SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI D.S. RATHOD:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of institutions which offer a mas t 's degree in  yoga including proposed new Yoga Universities and the rules framed for appointment of yoga teachers;
- (b) whether a Committee on the subject has recommended for a National Eligibility Test aspiring yoga teachers and also favoured experts from certain yoga institutes to teach in thes Universities/ institutions, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  said  Committee  has  also  suggested  six  courses  in  Central  Universities separate faculty called yogic art and science in a ll such institutes of higher learning if so, th details thereof; and
- (d) the response of the Government thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a)  to  (d): As  informed  by  the  University  Grants  Commission(UGC),    there  are  25 Universities & 18 Colleges offering Master's Degree in Yoga(as per All India Survey of Higher Education(AISHE)  provisional  report  2014 - 15).  UGC  has  notified  Regulation, 2010  on Teacher's appointment which specify the rules for appointment of Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Professor.

Contd…..

The following two Yoga Universities are in UGC list:

- (i) Lokulish Yoga University, Ahmedabad
- (ii) Swami Vivekanand Yoga Anusandhan Sansthan(Deemed to be University), Bangalore.

The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  informed  that  a    Committee  was constituted by the Government on 15 th January, 2016 on yoga education in universities under the chairpersonship of Prof. H. R. Nagendra, Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana, Samsthana, Bengaluru. The Terms of Reference(TOR) for the committee included prescribin qualification of faculty of yoga in Colleges and Universities and also to examine whet existing qualifications for recruitment of the faculty in the Colleges and Universities as approved by the University Grants Commission(UGC), will need amendments.

The Committee in its report submitted on 19 th April, 2015 has inter - alia recommended as f ollows:

- I. appointment of a  sub - committee to finalise the NET syllabus.
- II. Implementation of  seven programmes in universities viz. (i) Certificate Course in (CCY) of 6 to 12 months duration; (ii) Bachelor of Science (Yoga) - BSc. (Yoga) of 3 to 6 years ;  (iii)  Post  Graduate  Diploma  in  Yoga  (PGDY)  of  1  to  2  years;  (iv)  Post  Gradu Diploma in Yoga Therapy (PGDYT) of 1 to 2 years; (v) Masters of Science (MSc.) -Yoga of 2 years to 4 years; (vi) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) -Yoga of 3 years to 5 years; and (vii) Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) -Yoga of 4 to 6 years. The committee has also prescribed the qualifications for faculty of yoga. The committee has made other recommendations promotion of yoga in universities.

The recommendations of the commit tee are being examined.

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