With an aim to instill healthy life style among the public, the stage is all set for International Yoga Day celebration. Getting bigger and better with every passing year, besides the State level programme at Prabhat Tara Ground, Dhurwa, universities, colleges, schools, Public Sector Units (PSUs), clubs, NGOs etc will also celebrate the occasion tomorrow on the much wider scale with gusto.
As many as 10,000 people are expected to participate in the State level programme scheduled from 6 AM onwards. Along with Chief Minister, Raghubar Das, Ranchi MP Ramtahal Choudhary, Urban Development Minister C P Singh, and Union Minister, Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will grace the occasion endorsing the benefits of Yoga among the enthusiasts.
The State-owned biggest university, Ranchi University (RU) this year again has made elaborate arrangements for Yoga Day celebration at Dikshant Mandap, Morhabadi. “like every year, the Yoga Day celebration has been organized on a big scale. With the motto to infuse this healthy practice among the young generation, all faculty members and administrative staffs will participate in the programme along with students. Over 400 students will participate in the event,” said RU VC Dr. Ramesh Kumar Pandey.
Besides, RU, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University (DSPMU) will organize Yoga Day for the first time after gaining university status on its premises. Following the instructions of University Grant Commission (UGC) that had asked the educational institution heads to upload the video of Yoga Day celebration on UGC’s website, colleges too this year have made arrangements on their respective campuses to mark the occasion.
National Service Scheme (NSS) will organize Yoga Day programme at Marwari College Campus from 7:30 am onwards. “With every passing year, we are getting tremendous response of the students who enthusiastically participate in the programme along with the teaching faculty members. To take Yoga to the next level touching lives of thousands and shunning all discriminations, more than 100 students will participate in the programme” said a faculty member of Marwari College.
Other educational institutions too had issued a communiqué to the staffs as well as the students to be present on the venue in sufficient number to make the event a grand success. Meanwhile, in order to inculcate and motivate public in quite a good number to adopt Yoga and its best practices, a seminar on Yoga was organized on Wednesday evening at State Yoga Centre. The seminar was attended by prominent persons.