8th International Yoga Day Celebrated at IIAS
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21-06-2022, Shimla: 8th International Yoga Day was celebrated at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on Tuesday. The program started with morning assembly at 5:30 AM at the Institute which was followed by distribution of Yoga Attire i.e. T-shirts, caps and yoga mats and then the Live steaming of PM Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on the occasion of IYD. The live address was shown to the participants at the Pool Theatre of the Institute. Officiating Secretary of Institute Sh. Prem chand welcomed the participants and yoga expert from Saraswati Yogapeeth, Panthaghati, Shimla. Ms. Sherry Saraswati along with her 20 Students demonstrated the Yoga asanas and pranayama to the Fellows, Associates, Employees and their family members. Around 200 participants took part in this session. The program concluded with the national anthem.
PRO of IIAS Akhilesh Pathak told that in this series of events organized by the Institute for International Yoga Day, a lecture on the “Importance of Yoga in life” was also delivered by Prof. Satya Prakash, Assistant Professor, Department of Yoga Studies, HPU, Shimla. Fellow of IIAS Dr. Pramod Kumar Chaubey chaired this lecture.