NEW DELHI: The Ayush Ministry on Wednesday said Vishwas Mandlik of Nashik and The Yoga Institute in Mumbai are the recipients of the Prime Minister's Award for remarkable contribution to promotion and construction of yoga.
Mandlik gained the award within the class Individual - National and The Yoga Institute gained within the class Organisation - National. The selection was once done from amongst 186 nominations gained under other categories for the yr 2018, the Ministry said in a statement.
Mandlik received in-depth wisdom of original Patanjali and Hatha Yoga, Bhagwad Gita and Upnishad via study and analysis of ancient scriptures over the past 55 years. In 1978, he arrange first branch of Yoga Vidya Dham, which these days has 160 centres in India.
Mandlik arrange Yoga Vidhya Gurukul in 1983 for yoga schooling. Yoga Chaitanya Seva Pratisthan, a consider, was once arrange via him in 1994 to propagate yoga in far off portions of India. He has written 42 books and advanced 300 CDs to cover quite a lot of coaching lessons, said the Ministry.
The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, arrange in 1918 via Yogendraji, has finished 100 years producing greater than 50,000 yoga lecturers and has over 500 publications to its credit score. It has contributed to the promotion and construction of holistic yoga for over 10 many years.
"The winners will be felicitated with a trophy, certificate and a cash award each. The value of each cash award would be Rs 25 lakh," the Ministry said.
Nomination for the awards were invited through open commercial. The Screening Committee chaired via Ayush Secretary drew up a shortlist from the 186 applications, and a jury chaired via the Cabinet Secretary examined the recommendations and made its own analysis.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the institution of those awards on second International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2016.
The award for 2017 was once gained via Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune.
Mandlik gained the award within the class Individual - National and The Yoga Institute gained within the class Organisation - National. The selection was once done from amongst 186 nominations gained under other categories for the yr 2018, the Ministry said in a statement.
Mandlik received in-depth wisdom of original Patanjali and Hatha Yoga, Bhagwad Gita and Upnishad via study and analysis of ancient scriptures over the past 55 years. In 1978, he arrange first branch of Yoga Vidya Dham, which these days has 160 centres in India.
Mandlik arrange Yoga Vidhya Gurukul in 1983 for yoga schooling. Yoga Chaitanya Seva Pratisthan, a consider, was once arrange via him in 1994 to propagate yoga in far off portions of India. He has written 42 books and advanced 300 CDs to cover quite a lot of coaching lessons, said the Ministry.
The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, arrange in 1918 via Yogendraji, has finished 100 years producing greater than 50,000 yoga lecturers and has over 500 publications to its credit score. It has contributed to the promotion and construction of holistic yoga for over 10 many years.
"The winners will be felicitated with a trophy, certificate and a cash award each. The value of each cash award would be Rs 25 lakh," the Ministry said.
Nomination for the awards were invited through open commercial. The Screening Committee chaired via Ayush Secretary drew up a shortlist from the 186 applications, and a jury chaired via the Cabinet Secretary examined the recommendations and made its own analysis.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the institution of those awards on second International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2016.
The award for 2017 was once gained via Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune.
Nashik's Vishwas Mandlik, Mumbai's Yoga Institute win PM awards
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