World’s First Yoga University outside India, Vivekananda Yoga University launched in Los Angeles

The world’s first Yoga University outside India was launched on 23^rd June 2020 at United State’s Los Angeles city. The Yoga University has been named after Swami Vivekananda. The university will be known by the name- Vivekananda Yoga University.  The University was launched as a part of the commemorations for the 6^th International Yoga Day.

• The virtual launch event was organized at New York City’s Consulate General of India. 
• V. Muraleedharan (Union Minister of State for External Affairs) and PP Chaudhary (Chairperson of the Standing Committee on External Affairs) jointly launched the Vivekananda Yoga University during the virtual event.
• Programs based on the ancient traditional Indian practice of yoga will be offered at the university with a combination of scientific principles and modern research approaches. 
• For offering yoga-based higher education programs, the approval and official recognition for the launch of the university was received in November 2019 from California’s Bureau of Private Post-secondary Education.
• Chancellor of SVYASA- Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (Deemed University at Bengaluru for the study of yoga), Dr. H R Nagendra will be the first Chairman of the Vivekananda Yoga University. 
• SVYASA was founded in the year 2002, it is the first Yoga University of India and also of the World.
• Faculties for the Vivekananda Yoga University have been recruited from SVYASA. 
• The first day of classes for the fall 2020 semester of the University will commence on 24^th August 2020. 
• Online Master’s Program in Yoga (M.S Yoga) will also be offered by the University.