Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry, and Amity University, New Delhi on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for extensive collaboration in a wide range of activities related to yoga therapy, education and research.
W. Selvamurthy, president, Amity Science, Technology and Innovation Foundation, said that the research collaboration will focus on hypertension cardiovascular disease. Recent study shows that 24 per cent of the population suffer from cardiovascular disease. “Our programme will focus on treating hypertension and coronary heart disease by holistic yoga. The disease is caused due to sedentary lifestyle, improper diet and stress. Yoga provides for an integrated lifestyle change,” he said.
He added that yoga is not only about doing asana and pranayama , the yoga therapy brings about harmony between mind and body. “It focuses on promoting the human potentials, preventing the disease and also on curative aspects,” he said.
Mr. Selvamurthy emphasised that traditional system can be used to treat psychosomatic and stress-related disorders. “Yoga therapy should not be seen as a complementary approach alone while treating psychosomatic and stress-related disorders,” he said.
Scope for research
The MoU will pave way to joint educational and research activities, exchange of academic materials and publications as well as the exchange of faculty members for research, lectures and discussions.
Mr. Selvamurthy, who is also the Director General for Amity Directorate of Science and Innovation, Chair Professor for Life Sciences and Chancellor, Amity University, Chhattisgarh represented and signed the MoU on behalf of Amity University while K. R. Sethuraman, Vice Chancellor of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, signed on behalf of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth in the presence of Prof. A.R. Srinivasan (Registrar, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth) and Prof Ravishankar (Dean MGMCRI).
Mr. Selvamurthy gave an invited guest lecture on ‘Yoga for Everyone - Scientific Perspectives’ highlighting the scientific research work done in Yoga and graciously shared comprehensive and commendable years of experience in this field.
Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth has been running Centre for Yoga Therapy, Education and Research (CYTER) in its campus since 2010 under the SBV AIM HIGH initiative.
