International Members of International Yog Confederation
South Asia
Singapore |
Govindaradjalou Kumaran - River Valley Cour
Kalpalathika Thiyagarajan (India/ Singapore) - Kalpavrikshaa, School of Fine Arts - Kuchipudi
Raka Maitra - Srishti Dance Works
Shanta Misra - Kuchipudi Artist and Founder of Antara Foundation - Mumbai
Srabonti Dutta Ms.– Professional Odissi
Bangladesh |
Arup Ratan Chowdhury - president Inter. Brotherhood Mission-Kotwali,Chittagong
International Brotherhood Mission-Bangladesh - Kotwali,Chittagong
Rev.Dharmasen Mahathero-Sangharaj - The Supreme Sangha Council - Hon.Dep.of Bangladesh
Rev.Santajyoti Thero - Kotwali,Chittagong - The World Community Deputy of Bangladesh
Pakistan |
Ali Khan Shahbaz - President of Pakistan Yoga Federation
Sheema Kermani - Dancer & Choreographer Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Actress- Yoga Teacher – Karachi
Philippines |
Alberto A. Dacayana Jr.- Migsunedo Esprima - Filipino Stick Fighting
Thailand |
Anita Shanmuganathan Aratnam Dr (India/Tailand) - Samudra Dance Productions Bangkok
Vivekananda Swami- Agama Tantra Yoga
SriLanka |
Dona Udeni - Ajantha fashion
Murugesapillai Indrarajan - Jaffna College
Nilushi Kavinga Wekadapola - Bharata Natyam dancer
Pradeep - kandyan dance - Shastra group
Malaysia |
Jayalakshmi Sekhar - carnatic musician - Kuala Lumpur
Jiva Ravindran Ms - Director of Nritya Vatika Dance Academy
Pamela - Director of Academy: Laya Dance Theater
Periama Sivaperumal Yogacharini - President of Shaptarishi Yoga - KualaLumpur
India |
A.M.Mohanan - Yoga Teacher and Director of Art: come4yoga Music
A.R.Kumaran - Central Electrochemical Research Institute
Anita Babu - Odissi Natya Sala - New Delhi
Ashim Mallick – sitarist - Kolkata
Aashish Phadke Prof.Dr. - Ayurveda & Panchakarma Therapy Consultant – Mumbai -India
Abani Biswas - Milòn Mèla company of Kalaripayattu, Baul, Gotipua, Chhau – Bolpur - West Bengal
Abhik Mukherje - Sitarist of WestBengala
Adyar K.Lakshman Sri Guru - BharataNatyam
Aishwarya Padmanabhan – Bharata Natyam dancer - Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
Ajith Kumar - Maruthi Kalari - Martial Art Kalarippayattu of Kerala - Trivandrum
Aloka Kanungo - Classical Dance Odissi - Director of Shinjan Nrityalaya - Kolkata
Amit Sri Chatterjee – tala player – Delhi - Haryana
Anil Kumar Gopalakrishna - yoga and ayurveda - Chennai
Anuradha Pal - Tabla player - founder of Stree Shakti group - Sur aaur Saaz Music – Mumbai
Anuradha Singh V. - Kathak dancer , Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Araty.H.Shetty- Fine Arts College- Karnatakaand Director of Sridevi Nrithya Kendra- South Kanara
Archana Sachdev - Teacher/Artist: Yoga, Indian dancing, singing, acting - Mumbai, India
Arja Srikanth Department of Culture - Government of Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad
Arsha Vidya Vahini - Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh
Ashim Mallick - sitarist of Mihar Gharana (Baba Allauddin Khan) - Kolkata - West Bengal
Ashwini Shyamprakash – Bharata Natyan dancer and teacher - Bangalore
Avani Shrenik Pandit - Rangashree School Of Fine Art's - Gujarat
Babli Ramachandran - Bharata Natyam dancer - Mathru Mandir - Chennai - TamilNadu
Bhagawan Sri Prem Siddharth - Founder president of Arsha Vidya Vahini - Hyderabad - AP
Bijoy Anand Shivram - Preksha Dance Centre - - Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Bindu Mehra - Visual Arts (Paintings, Sculpture, Installation) Mumbai – Maharashtra
Binoy Varghese - Visual artist - painter - New delhi
Bhole Dr.Mukund V. - Yogacharya - Yoga therapy - Pune
Caroline Klebl – Teacher and Director of Yoga School: Source of Yoga - Lakshmipuram - Mysore – Karnataka Chakradhar Frend - Vedic science – Surat - Gujarat
Chanakya - Pramod Kumar Rout - Indian art and Culture and nature - Bhubaneswar , Orissa
Chandrashekhar Sharma - Jyotish - Vedic Astrology - Nagpur - Maharashtra
Chellappan Ambujakshan Nair - Kathakali - Kalpakkam - Tamilnadu
Chhatrapati Arunodaya Singh- Founder Director-Yoga Instructor of Yoga Chetana Samaj– Patna
Dharam Vir, IAS - President of Indian Yoga Federation - Chandrigarh - Punjab
Darshana Jhaveri - Manipuri Nartanalaya - Mumbai
Debalina Addhay - Odissi dancer - New Delhi
Debashree Patnaik - Odissi dancer- Bhubaneswar - Orissa
Deepak Mehta Yuva Ratna - tabla player - Hindustani classical instrumental music – Delhi
Deobrat Mishra – sitarist - Academy of Indian Classical Music -Varanasi
Devayani - Devayani Dance Company - Bharata Natyam - New Delhi
Devika Dinakar - Equity Intelligence India - Valmiki Nagar - Thiruvanmiyur - Chennai
Dhanraj Dr.hetty – AyurYog - Panchakarma and Yoga – Bangalore - Karnataka
Dharmananda Jain Swami - Adhyatma Sadhana Kendra New Delhi
Dipanwita Roy - Odissi Dancer - Kolkata
Ganesh Shankar - President Yoga and Psychotherapy Association of India (Ypai) - Yoga Psychotherapy and Holistic Health - Sagar - Punjab
Ganga Thampi - Bharata Natyam teacher and dancer - Chennai
Gayatri Balagurunathan- Krishnanjali performing group– Bharatanatyam and folk dances- Chennai
Geetha Rajagopal - Director of Sampradaya – Chennai - TamilNadu
Gopinathan Nithyanantham – director of Nadeswar Yoga Research Academy - Trichy
Gulfam Sarwar Sabri - indian music and sufi music - New Delhi - Haryana
Gurumata Amma - Divine Mother - Vyasa Veda peeta Center for Self Realization - Bangalore
Heritage India Foundation P.K. Rajan - University - Guru Sadanam Balakrishnan – BharataNatyam -Ileana Citaristi - Art Vision school- Danza Odissi e Mayurbhanji Chhau - Bindusagar (west) -Bhubaneswar - Orissa
Imamddin Akbar Khan and Kamrudeen - Ustad Arba Music Institute
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - yoga teacher - New Delhi
Jayalakshmi Sekhar - carnatic musician Veena, Violin, Flute - Chennai
Jayaprabha Menon - Yuga Sanskriti - Centre For Performing Arts - Kerala Mohiniattam - New Delhi
Jayaprakash Dr.Narayan - Ayurveda - Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh
John Kalamandalam - Kalatharamgini Centre for Performing Arts and Culture - Kathakali - Kerala
K.Dev Pareek - Yograttan - Director of yoga 4 U Pvt. Ltd. – Chandigarh UT
K.R.Kurup Dr. - Noopura Institute - Mohini Attam -- Govindapuram and Ghaziabad - Uttar Pradesh
Kalamandalam Radhika - Teacher, performer Mohiniattam - Nrithya Dhara - Bangalore - Karnataka
Kalpalathika Thiyagarajan (India/Singapore) - Kalpavrikshaa, School of Fine Arts - Kuchipudi
Kamalini Dutt - Director Doordarshan National Tv - New Delhi
Kanchan Kuntal Maradan - Kathak Dancer - Gandharva Mahavidyalay - New Delhi
Kannan Parameswaran - Director Abhinavam School of Kathakali – Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala
Kapil Dev Pareek - Yoga Instructor Ashtanga Yoga – Sirsa - Haryan
Kapil Sharma – BharataNatyam dancer – New Delhi - Haryana
Keshava Vidwan D. (Switzerland/India) - Kalasri, School for indian Dance and Yoga - Madurai
Kirti Ramgopal P. – Bharata Natyam dancer - Bangalore – Karnataka
Koothambalam Natyalaya school - K.Sivaloganathan - BharataNuchipudi, Mohiniattam, Kathakali - Karur -Tamil Nadu
Kunal Daswani – Director of Super Audio (Madras) Pvt.Ltd
Lakshmi Sai Kumar Dampanaboina - Kalapremi, Arts Charity, Theatre UK
Leena Kinger - Amatra Wellness - Chennai
Leo Rebello Dr. - President, Holistic Healing Arts -World Peace Envoy - Bombay
M.Harre Dr. Harren Iyer - Music Therapist & Healer- Pondicherry
M.S. Subramania Sharma - Gurukrpa School of Arts and Sports
M.S.Viswanaath -Yoga and fine arts - Foundation of Pathanjala Yoga Kendra and Mill Sivaramaiah
Madhu Ambat - Cinematography
Madhumita Misra, am an Odissi Dancer of Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Madhusmita Smt.Mohanty & Sri Ramesh Chandra Jena, Couple of Odissi Dance
Mahesh Mahbubani - LILA- universal dance company – Mumbai
Mahesh R. Atale - Yoga in Air, Mallakamb - Mumbai
Maitreyi Yogacharini - Arkaya Awareness Centre
Manisha Gulyani - Kathak Dancer - Jaipur- Rajasthan
Manjari Singh - Yoga
Manjula Amaresh - teacher, dancer Bharatha Natyam – Chennai - TN
Mary John - Kalatharamgini Centre for Performing Arts and Culture - Mohini Attam
Mark Dyczkowski Dr.BA-MA Banaras Hindu University-Oxford - Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts -Benares
Masako Ono - Odissi Dance
Mathang K. Iyengar – BharataNatyam
Mathru Mandir - Yoga and BharataNatyam for down's Syndrome kids - Chennai - Tamil Nadu
Minesh Patel – music arranger and music director Gujarati film –Vadodara - Gujarat
Mohan Dr.Joshi - Doctor of Science
Monisha Mukundan - editor and writer - Delhi- Madras
Mukesh Dr D. Jain - Ayurveda Acharya - Sanjivani Wellness Bhilai, India
Music & Chants - Navin Supertape - Super audio - Madras - Tamil Nadu
Mrinalini Rajaram Mrs. - Natya Navaneetam Dance in Mysore
Namboodripad A.S. - Tantra Rathnam - Pondicherry - Tamil nadu
Namita Bodaji – Director - Samskara Academy of Fine Arts Bharatanatyam
Nareshkumar Pandit Pillai - BharataNatyam, Choreographer, Teacher and Performer - Mumbai
Naresh Kumar Pt.R. – Dip Yoga, Sans BA, perform BPA,Chore MFA - Mumbai
Nirmal Kumar - Gurukrpa school - Pondicherry - Tamil Nadu
Nrithyakshethra Ramachandran Muralidaran - BharataNatyam
P.T.Narendran - Bharata Natyam Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher - Deputy of Dance Dep.of Suryanagara- Chennai
Pallavi Krishnan - Lasya Akademi of Mohiniyattam
Panchayat Union Primary School – Trichi D.T. – Tamil Nadu
Pandya Guru Sharad - Purva School of Bharatanatyam
Pandya Ms. Manasi - Performing Artist - 'Purva' - Bharatanatyam & Odissi
Parama Karuna Devi (Paola Mosconi) (India/Italia) - Jagannatha Vallabha Vedic – Puri – Orissa
Pasumarthy Venkateswara Sarma – Kuchipudi dancer and teacher – Vijayawada – Andhra Pradesh
Paul Satyaranjan Shubha (India/Italia) - Ananda Ashram - Milan
Paulomi Pandit - Rangashree Indian dance - Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Pedulla Narsing Rao - Nrityanjali Academy
Poorvadhanashree – Bharatanatyam Dancer
Prahalad Singh Chahar - Jss Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences - Ooty - Tamil Nadu
Prakriti Bhaskar - Co-director of Shiladhish Art & Research Institute
Preeti Dixit - Arch. Research Center - Mumbai
Prem Azeem, Mohammed Turab - Yoga Teacher Social Activist - COVA - Hyderabad
Prerak Dr. Shah - Ayurveda and Panchkarma Doctor - Ahmedabad - Gujarat
Priyashri D.ssa V Rao– Bharatanatyam-Carnatic Music-Music for Dance-Research Scholar- Bangalore Karnataka
Probir Bhattacharyya – Sitarist - Murshidabad. - West Bengala
Ra Mahiema (India/China) - Film maker / Researcher / Writer - Zonsta Creation
Radhika Harish - director of Natyapriya school- BharataNatyam
Rahul Acharya - Odissi - Bhubaneswar - Orissa
Rajan Sadhir - BharataNatyam - Chennai – Tamil Nadu
Rajeshwari Narayanan Kum. N – dancer - Delhi
Ramacharyulu Gollapalli, Chary - National Geophysical Research Institute - Hyderabad
Ramalingam Yogiraj N. - Swami Sivananda Yogasana Research Centre
Ramaniranjan Jena - Performer/Teacher of Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj Style - Orissa
Ramaswarup Chaitanya - Yoga Sivachidananda Center
Ramaswarupananda Swami - Garbha Yoga
Ramesh Chandra Jena Sri & Smt.Madhusmita Mohanty, Odissi Dance Teachers at Orissa Dance Academy
Ramesh Kubernath Gurushri Tanjorkar -Tanjore Performing Group of Tanjore Dance, Music & Art Research Centre -Vadodara - Gujarat
Ranade Prof.Dr.Subhash - Chairman, International Academy of Ayurveda, Pune
Ranjith. C.R - Ottanthullal, Sethanganthullal, Parayanthullal
Rekha Ramachandran - President of Down's Syndrome Ass.of TamilNadu - Yoga and BharataNatyam - Chennai
Rekha Udit Tiwari - dpresident Women International Network(CIN) - New Delhi
Revathi Salunkhe - Eeshha Movements, (The Indian Search for Harmony through Art) - Indian Contemporary Dance
Riya K. John - Kalatharamgini Centre for Performing Arts and Culture - Ottantullal e Bharata natyam
Ruby K.John - Kalatharamgini Centre for Performing Arts and Culture - Kuchipudi
Rumpa Janiva Roy - Ghazal singer – Kolkata - West Bengal
Rupinder Dr Preet Singh - Ayurvedic Physician and Yoga expert - Delhi
S.Sharathkumar Nedungadi - Cochin Cultural Centre - Academy Of Arts & Performing
S.Sivakumar Subramaniam - Shivakalalayam - School of Fine Arts
Sachin Dr. Sarpotdar - Ayurvedic Medicine - University - Pune
Sadananda Dr.P. Sardeshmuch - Ayurveda
Sadhir Rajan - BharataNatyam
Sai Krishna - flute player - Chennai - Tamil Nadu
Sai Kumar D.L. - arts theatre - Hyderabad
Sai Venkatesh - Director of Dance School, Bharathanatyam and Kathak
Sai Venkatesh - Technical director: stage & Light desinger for Dance programmes, Bangalore
Sameer Bhat - Excel Arts Inc. - New Delhi & Srinagar, Kashmir
Sanchari Sarkar - Kathak dancer - Siliguri - West Bengal - India
Sanjay Kansa Banik – tabla player – Parganas – West Bengal
Sanjeev Bhattacharya -Manipuri & Contemporary dance language - Kolkata – North Bengal
Sanjukta Banerjee - Director of Saugandhikam – Bharatanatyam & Mohiniyattam
Santosh Kumar Thadavath - Gopalakrishnan Nair - Kshetra – BharataNatyam
Sarasvati Mohan dr. - Director of Sanskrit Academy
Sarmishtha Sarkar Ahmedabad - Director of Aavirbhaav School of Creative Arts
Saroja Vaidyanathan - Bharatantyam Dancer, Guru, Choreographer - New Delhi
Shanta Misra – Kuchipudi Artist and Founder of Antara Foundation - Mumbai
Sharon Lowen - Odissi, Manipuri, Chhau dance - New Delhi
Shashikant Dr. Patwardhan - Chief Editor of ‘Ayurveda For You' - Madhavnagar – Maharashtra
Shijith Nambiar - bharatanatyam dancer, teacher, coreographer - Chennai - Tamil Nadu
Shivanth pandit Mishra - Academy of Indian Classical Music - Varanasi
Shri Prateek Chaudhuri -Sitar Maestro & Reader in Music, University of Delhi - New Delhi
Shubha Sachin - Bharata Natyam, Odissi
Shyam Mohan Acharya – Director of the Global Pain Relief Centre, Pune
Siri Rama Dr. Mrs - Kanaka Sabha Performing Arts Centre
Smruti Vaghela - Bharata Natyam, Baroda - Gujarat
Sonal Mansingh Smt. - President of Centre for Indian Classical Dances (CICD) - Classical Dance
Sreejap Kurup Ms. - Sanskrit teacher - Kerala
Sri - V.Soumyasri Pawar - Bharata Natyam , Kuchipudi and Coreography -Aurangabad
Srinwanti Chakrabarti - odissi danceer - Kolkata - West Bengal
Subhash Col. Bakshi – Subhi - Noida - UP
Subramania Sharma - Yoga Tantra - Gurukrpa - Pondicherry - Tamil Nadu
Subramanya dr Rao Jagannath – secretary of Swaasthya Ayurveda Centre & Village - Mysore
Subrata De.Swaranjali - Sitarist - New Delhi
Suchitra Ms. - Nritya - Prerana Research and Documentation Centre
Sumer Singh – Director of Citi Entertainment Network
Sunanda Dr. Ms Ranade PhD - Ayurveda
Sunil Babbar - Director and Producer of Pomy Films
Sunil vadakkayil - Yoga instructor - Malappuram - Kerala
Sunita Menon - Bharatanatyam Teacher, Performer, Choreographer - Kaladarppanam New Delhi
Sunita Satpathy – dancer Odissi and Indian fusion
Suparna Venkatesh - Director of Dance School, Bharathanatyam and Kathak
Surendra Kumar Pachauri - Indian Administrative Service - New Delhi
Suresh - Kalapataru Kalavihar - BharataNatyam
Sushmita Banerjee – Kathak dancer – Kolkata - West Bengal
Swami Ramaswarupananda (India) - Honorary secretary of World M.Y.A. - Calcutta
T.S. Gopal Thirumalai - Writer and Poet - Ahmd Hussain Khan Music Circle - Chennai -TN
Tanuja Prof. Dr. Nesari - Ayurveda Doctor, Teacher and Researcher – Pune - Maharashtra
Thingom Brojen Kumar Singha - Manipuri
Thingom - Dep. of Dance&Music
Tripti Bhupen - Bharata Natyam, Folk Dances of India, Reiki & Crystals Healer
Tim M. Hoffman, performing artist a& ethnomusicologist - American Institute of Indian Studies AIIS (USA & India)
Uday Kumar Shri Shetty - Founder of Kalatheera - Odissi
Umang Dawn - National Coordinator - Gujarat State Yoga Association - Gujarat
Urmila Sathyanarayanan - Director of Natya Sankalpaa - BharataNatyam
Ustad Shahid Parvez – sitar player – Pune - Toronto
V.R. Ajith Kumar - Literature, writer - Official Mission Coordinator -Thiruvananthapuram – Kerala
Vaidyaratnam P.S.Varier’s - Arya Vaidya Sala - Divakaran Varier
Vani Madhav - Odissi Dancer
Vidhya Prabha - bharatanatyam dancer - Chennai - Tamil Nadu
Vijayan Ragupathy - Art SISI Institute
Vijay Kumar Soni - Bhikhu - active member of AWGP - Mundra - Gujarat
Vijay Tiwari - International Yoga Federation - New Delhi
Vinaya Manoj - Mohiniyattam and Carnatic Music - Bangalore
Vinod Dr Marathe – ayurvedic doctor -Pune-Ahmednagar
Virendra Quazi - Chairman of Lalleshwari International Trust
Yogesh Prakash - Senior Yoga Teacher – Raipur - State of Chhattisgarh
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South Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It hosts 60% of the world's current human population.
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities (see below), also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east. Topographically, it is dominated by the Indian Plate, which rises above sea level as the Indian subcontinent south of the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush. South Asia is surrounded (clockwise, from west) by Western Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Asia, Southeastern Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Economy
According to the poverty data of world bank, there was more than 40% of the population in this region lived on less than $1.25 per day in 2005, compared to 50% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bhutan has the highest GDP per capita in the region, while Nepal has the lowest. India is the largest economy in the region; it is the world's 11th largest or 4th largest by purchasing power adjusted exchange rates. Pakistan has the next largest economy and the 5th highest GDP per capita in the region, followed by Bangladesh. If Iran is counted, it is the richest economy and the second largest in region. According to a World Bank report in 2007, South Asia is the least integrated region in the world; trade between South Asian states is only 2% of the region's combined GDP, compared to 20% in East Asia.
Relegion
In South Asia Hinduism and Islam and in some of its countries Buddhism are the dominant religions. Other Indian religions and Christianity are practiced by significant number of people. Historically, fusion of Indo-Aryan Vedic religion with native South Asian non-Vedic Shramana traditions and other Dravidian and local tribal beliefs gave rise to the ancient religions of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism and much later to Sikhism, when Sufi tradition of Islam also significantly influenced the nascent Sikhism and its holiest scripture. As a consequence, these four religions share many similar cultural practices, festivals and traditions.
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