Celebration of 8^th International Day of Yoga at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair

The 8^th International Day of Yoga (8^th IDY) was celebrated by the staff of ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair on 21^st June, 2022with the theme “Yoga for Humanity” under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.In his inaugural address, Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI accentuated the health benefits of yoga and also urged the staff of ICAR-CIARI to inculcate the habit of practicing yogaon a regular basis to reap the long term benefits.
During the programme, various common yoga protocols were demonstrated by Smt. M. Tamil Selvi, Yoga Instructor from Port Blair. Altogether, 43 staff from ICAR-CIARI have participated in the programme. The programme was conducted under the Chairmanship of Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI by the team consisting of Dr. K. Saravanan, Shri. P.K. Roy, Shri. Shyam Sundar Rao, Smt. Nutan Roy and Shri. P. Simhachalam.

Celebration of 8^th International Day of Yoga at Regional Station of ICAR-CIARI at Minicoy, Lakshadweep

The team of ICAR-CIARI Regional Station, Minicoy and AYUSH, Minicoy unit jointly celebrated the 8^th International Day of Yoga (8^th IDY)on 21^st June, 2022 at ICAR-CIARI, RS Minicoy under the theme “Yoga for Humanity”. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. RubiyaKoya, In-charge, AYUSH, Minicoy. Special lectures were delivered on the topics such as ‘Role of yoga during Covid-19 pandemic, health and happiness and benefits of yoga in our daily life’. The special lectures were followed by demonstrations of yoga asanaswhich was instructed by the AYUSH team. A total of 15 staff were benefited by the programme.The team comprising of Dr. Gladston Y., Mrs. Ajina S.M., Mr. Shareefuddeen Hassanand Dr. S.K. Zamir Ahmed conducted the programme under the Chairmanship of Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI.

Apart from these celebrations, a workshop on Common Yoga and Y-Break Yoga Protocols was conducted at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair and the training of trainers programme conducted by AYUSH, Andaman and Nicobar Administrationwas attended by the staff of ICAR-CIARI. The details of the same are given below.

ICAR-CIARI conducted Workshop on Common Yoga and Y-Break Yoga Protocols

As a part of celebration of 8^th International Day of Yoga, a Workshop on Common Yoga and Y-Break Yoga Protocols was conducted at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair during 30-05-2022 to 01-06-2022 for the benefit of the Institute staff under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. During the inaugural programme, Dr. Kalyan P. Kadbhane, Deputy Director (AYUSH), Andaman and Nicobar Administration mentioned about the importance of celebration of International Day of Yoga (IDY) and also informed about the elaborate preparations made by the Andaman and Nicobar Administration for the grand celebration of upcoming 8^th IDY on 21^st June, 2022. In his presidential address, Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI accentuated the significance of yoga to lead a healthy life and advised the participants to reap maximum benefit from this workshop. He also appreciated the efforts of AYUSH, Andaman and Nicobar Administration to conduct the workshop with great fervour.

During the workshop, various common yoga and Y-break yoga protocols were demonstrated by Ms. M. Ashwini, Yoga Instructor from AYUSH, Andaman and Nicobar Administration for the benefit of the participants. Altogether, 50 staff from ICAR-CIARI have participated in the workshop. The programme was conducted under the Chairmanship of Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI by the team consisting of Dr. K. Saravanan, Shri. A.K. Tripathi, Shri. Shyam Sundar Rao and Shri. P. Simhachalam.

Training of Trainers on Common Yoga Protocol

As a part of celebration of 8^th International Day of Yoga, Training of Trainers on Common Yoga Protocol was conducted by Andaman and Nicobar State AYUSH Society, Andaman and Nicobar Administration at Port Blair during 06-06-2022 to 11-06-2022. A team of staff from ICAR-CIARI namely, Shri. P.K. Roy, Shri. Shyam Sundar Rao, Smt. Nutan Roy and Shri. P. Simhachalam have attended the above said programme to learn about the various yoga protocols and demonstrated the same during the celebration of 8^th International Day of Yoga on 21-06-2022 at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.