Briefs

Ranchi division of South Eastern Railway a organised Yoga Workshop and Practice Session at Railway Officers’ Club, Hatia. About 200 officers and employees enthusiastically participated in the event from 9-10am. Praveen Kumar, a trained Yoga instructor from the ‘Art of living’ led the yoga enthusiasts through a carefully planned yoga regimen. Deepak Kashyap, DRM, Ranchi led by personal example in participating in this Yoga Workshop. Prominent among those who also took part in the camp were Ramashish Yadav, ADRM; Dr BK Samanta, CMS, Dr TK Sinhamahapatra, ACMS; Subodh Vishwakarma, Sr. DPO; Rajeev Yadav, Sr DSC and Shri D.Mohanta, Sr DEE.

Yoga programme concludes at CMPDI

The three-day yoga campaign at CMPDI concluded at CMPDI on Sunday on the occasion on International Yoga Day. CMPDI Director 0Technical) DK Ghosh and Director Technical S Sharan were prominently present here. The officials were trained by Yog Darshan Kendra, Kanke Road Yogacharya Milan Singhis.

Yoga Day at PNB

The International Yoga Day was organised at PNB Divisional Office on Sunday. Security Manager Captain Nupur imparted the yogaasanas to the employees. Divisional Head PK Pradhan highlighted the relevance of asanas. He congratulated all the employees for conducting the programme successfully.

Yoga Day at Sainik School, Tilaiya

Sainik School Tilaiya organised a grand Yoga session on the occasion of International Yoga Day. 600 NCC Cadets of Junior Division and 100 Cadets of Senior Division of the school participated in the event. In the true Tilaiyan style, the event was held on a grand scale in which the Associated NCC Officers and NCC Staff led by Squadron leader Shamim Akhtar, Officer Commanding Indep Coy NCC (JD), Sainik School Tilaiya had been working relentlessly for the past one week.

Army Yoga Camp

International Yoga Day was celebrated by the newly raised Mountain Strike Corps on June 21 wherein ‘Yoga shivir for all ranks of the formation was organised. The Corps Commander lt Gen lK Pandey, AVSM, SM, was himself present for celebrating the International Yoga day. Not only did the officers, JCOs and Men underwent yoga training but their children also participated in the event.  The ease and efficiency with which the army men were doing the ‘yogasanas’ clearly revealed that they have been regularly undergoing yoga training in their units as part of their physical training regime.  Army sources also informed that similar yoga classes are also organised regularly for their families who willingly and actively participate in these sessions.  It is evident that the army understands the importance of yoga and wants to adopt it as their ‘Way of life’.

Yoga Day at SAIl

The International Yoga Day was celebrated at SAIl from 6:30 am on Sunday in association with Patanjali Yogpeeth. Executive Director (HRD) Manas Ranjan Panda inaugurated the programme. He said yoga keeps the mind and soul healthy. The information was given by Communication Chief Ujwal Bhaskar.

CCl marks Yoga Day

Gopal Singh, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Coalfields limited(CCl) performed a variety of yoga poses including Vajrasan and Padmasan along with other three Directors and large number of employees to mark the first International Yoga Day at Gandhinagar Club, Kanke on Sunday morning. In Gandhinagar Club, there was arrangement of live telecast of Yoga’s participation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who performed Yoga in New Delhi, giving message about the importance of Yoga.  D K Ghosh, Director (Personnel), PK Tiwari, Director (Tech\\Oprn),  Subir Chandra, Director (P&P), R S Mahapatro, Director (Personnel) and others  performed yoga following instruction in Hindi and English for 35 minutes and performed 21 different Asans.

DAV Hazaribagh marks Yoga Day

A great number of students, their parents and teaching & non teaching staff of the school were seen doing yoga under the guidance of Mithilesh Mehta, Sanju Kumari and Ranjana Devi of Patanjali Yog Peeth ,Hazaribagh to mark the occasion of International Day of Yoga on the premises of DAV Public School, Hazaribagh .A 35 minutes programme was carried on with the active participation of all. The Principal of the school Ashok Kumar,in his address to the parents , students and the staff present there said that it was really  a matter of great pride for all Indians that the yoga  a part of our Indian culture was going to be  practiced by the people of 191 countries on the 21st June which has been accepted as the day for the International Day of Yoga.

Yoga Camp at RU

On the occasion of International Yoga Day, a Yoga Camp was organised at the Convocation Hall of Ranchi University on Sunday in association with National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers and Art of living members. More than 400 students were present in the camp besides RU VC RK Pandey, Pro-VC M Raziuddin and Registrar AK Choudhary.

Brahmakumaris organise Yoga Day

International Yoga Day was organised at Brahmakumari Ishwarya Vishwavidyalaya, Harmu on Sunday. Brahmakumari Nirmala spoke about the holistic health and climate change. She said yoga keeps mind and soul healthy.

DPS Ranchi students qualify for NEST

Aayush Bhadani and Abhas Ankit have qualified the National Entrance Screening Test (NEST). The test is compulsory for students seeking admission to NISER, Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CBS, Mumbai. Their mandate is to train scientific manpower for carrying out cutting edge scientific research and for providing input to scientific programmes of Department of Atomic Energy and other applied science institutions of the country. The test is conducted in 52 centres across the nation.

The Art of living organises Yoga Day in prison

 The Art of living team which conducted International Yoga Day programs in more than a dozen Prisons in Jharkhand felt spiritually ventilated to galvanise 6000 inmates taking a commitment from them to pursue Yoga in their lives and thus spur their latent equanimity.