With just a few days to go for International Yoga Day celebration, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), GoJ is in its last leg of preparation. This year, the annual programme will be organized at Prabhat Tara Ground, Dhurwa. Along with the preparation of State level programme, the Department is conducting series of events for the public as a part of awareness drive at schools, colleges, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including private entities.
“The venue of the event has been changed this year from Morhabadi Ground to Prabhat Tara considering the civil construction work at the Morhabadi Ground. Hangers, main podium are almost ready while following the protocol, a booklet on advantages of Yoga will be distributed on the occasion, as the consignment has been delivered. As per the guest list, Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Ranchi MP Ramtahal Choudhary will grace the occasion,” said Dr Ahmed, Director of AYUSH.
The Director further said that attempts are being made to recruit the permanent yoga teaching faculty at State Yoga Centre for which a MoU has been signed with GoI. “Recruitment of Yoga teachers is under process. Meanwhile, the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) was just handled the ground floor of the State Yoga Centre. The equipments have been made available to the centre head.”
Elaborating on the utility of State Yoga Centre for carrying out other multipurpose wellness activities, Dr. Ahmed stated, “Though in full-fledged way, the centre is yet to be made functional but CCRYN had recently appointed a teacher – graduate in Yoga Studies for looking at the affairs of the center for the time being. As per the plan, CCRYN will not just appoint a trained and experienced faculty but will also run a clinic there. A delegation is likely to visit Ranchi after June 21 for further discussion.”
According to Director, AYUSH, GoJ, CCRYN officials who signed MoU with the State government will give a detailed description during their visit to Ranchi about the total number of trainees to be recruited, facilities given at the clinic, equipments to be supplied, working hours etc. Also, Dr. Ahmed mentioned that recently personnel associated with Art of living (AOl) have been told to appoint the Yoga teachers. A few months back, the Department of AYUSH had signed an agreement with AOl to conduct Yoga sessions for public in a disciplined manner maintaining a proper schedule.