Padmashree Dr. Nagendra is the chancellor of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation (SVYASA), Bengaluru,India. He quit his high profile career at NASA USA and returned to India and founded SVYASA university — from engineering to human engineering “in search of truth.” SVYASA has published more than 300 research papers on yoga and its applications. Apart from being a unique Yoga Therapy Health Center and a Yoga University training students in the field of yoga, SVYASA also has Ayurveda and Naturopathy degree programs. For details, visit: http://svyasa.edu.in/

Dr.R.Nagarathna, MBBS, MD, FRCP (Edinburgh), FICA (USA) is the Chief Yoga Therapy Consultant and Dean of the Division of Yoga and Life Sciences at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, SVYASA, Bengaluru. She combines her medical training along with her deep understanding of yoga in leading the health center. She heads the therapy division for asthma, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer and other ailments. Dr. Nagaratna serves as an adviser and guide for Ph.D students at SVYASA. For details regarding SVYASA, visit: http://svyasa.edu.in/

Sharad Dandekar is on the board of Advisors of Yoga Bharati. Engineer by profession he retired in 2003 from Xerox Corporation. After retiring he completed Yoga Instructor Course (YIC) in 2004. Since then he is actively engaged in promoting ‘Yoga for Positive Health – an Integrated Approach’. He is a registered member of Yoga Alliance at RYT200 level. In 2014 Sharad completed training in ‘Stop Diabetes Movement’ (SDM) program and conducted two camps. Sharad is one of the founding members of the Los Angeles Chapter of Yoga Bharati. Besides having on going Yoga classes the chapter conducts Yoga Instructor Course and Sun Salutation Marathon annually. Chapter also maintains library of books on Yoga and conducts monthly meeting of members Yoga Teachers’ Alumni.