Practice of the Month
Garbhasanskar workshop guides expecting mothers on the path of conscious motherhood 
The Garbhasanskar Workshop, organised by iPregatips in collaboration with AYG Academy, an Associate Centre of the Indian Yoga Association (IYA), was held on 10 December 2025 at 6:00 pm. The session welcomed expecting mothers into a warm, nurturing, and insightful learning environment focused on conscious...
Shiv Darshan Yoga Vidyalaya conducts Maruthi Maha Yajna for World Peace 
Shiv Darshan Yoga Vidyalaya, an Associate Centre of the Indian Yoga Association (IYA), organised a sacred Maruthi Maha Yajna for World Peace, conducted with deep reverence by Swami Gambhirananda. The event witnessed heartfelt participation from devotees who gathered in large numbers to invoke peace, harmony,...
Easy Yoga Studioz touches lives through community wellness initiatives 
Easy Yoga Studioz, an Associate Centre of IYA, collaborated with the Lions Club to conduct wellness programmes for senior citizens, hospital staff, and children from boys’ and girls’ orphanages. Over two days, tailored sessions were conducted for different age groups, with over 200 participants benefiting...
CYE conducts skill training programme on Yoga and Health Management 
The Centre for Yoga Education (CYE), an Associate Centre of IYA, organised a Two-Day Skill Training Programme on Yoga Skills and Health Management under RUSA 2.0 at Alagappa University, Karaikudi, on 23–24 October 2025.The programme commenced with a welcome address by Prof. S. Saroja, followed...
YogAI 2025 explores the Interface of Yogic Science and Artificial Intelligence at WCSC 
Vethathiri Maharishi College of Yoga Research Centre, a unit of the World Community Service Centre (WCSC) which is a Member Institute of IYA, organised its first International Conference – “Yogic Science through Artificial Intelligence (YogAI 2025)” on 13–14 December 2025. The conference was preceded by...
Yogis Trust hosts three-day Yoga and Meditation camp in Courtallam 
Yogis Trust, an Associate Centre of IYA, organised a three-day Yoga and Meditation Camp from 12–14 December 2025 at the serene premises of Ramakrishna Ashram, Aintharuvi, Courtallam, Tenkasi District, Tamil Nadu. Participants from various regions across Tamil Nadu attended the camp with keen interest. Each...
Students experience the spirit of Karma Yoga through seva at Chiranjiv Foundation 
Students of Chiranjiv Foundation, an Associate Centre of IYA, enthusiastically participated in a Karma Yoga Practical Activity on 7 December 2025, gaining firsthand experience of Nishkama Karma—selfless action performed with devotion and responsibility. The students engaged in meaningful activities such as: Gardening and soil preparationPlantation...
Gramin Upkar Sansthan promotes Surya Namaskar among youth in Ranchi 
Gramin Upkar Sansthan, Ranchi, an Associate Centre of the Indian Yoga Association (IYA), successfully organised Surya Namaskar yoga sessions on Sunday, 14 December 2025, at Vaishnave Prabhat Shakha, Gayatri Nagar, Pirra, Kathitand, Ranchi, Jharkhand. The session was conducted under the guidance of Shri Ajay Dubey,...
Rajasthan SCC hosts Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 
On the auspicious occasion of the Jaipur visit of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji, Chairman of the Indian Yoga Association, the Rajasthan State Chapter Committee of the Indian Yoga Association extended a warm and heartfelt welcome to him. Being in the divine presence of...
Krish Yoga Vidhyaalaya hosts 3-Day transformative workshop 
Krish Yoga Vidhyaalaya, an Associate Centre of the Indian Yoga Association, successfully organised a transformative three-day yoga workshop in collaboration with Puvidham Rural Development Trust in Dharmapuri. The first day, held on 10th October 2025 at the Krish Yoga Vidhyaalaya campus, focused on an immersive...



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S. No Title Authors Journal J Impact F actor Status
1 Diabetes Prevention through Yoga-Based Lifestyle: A Pan-India Randomized Controlled Trial Raghuram Nagarathna,Venkata S. Ram, Sasidharan K. Rajesh, Amit Singh, Vijaya Majumdar, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra Diabetes (ADA) 7.273 (Abstract) Published
2 Distribution of Glycated Hemoglobin and its Determinants in Indian Young Adults., Raghuram Nagarathna, Navneet Kaur, Akshay Anand, Kanupriya Sharma, Rima Dada, Palukuru Sridhar, Purnendu Sharma, Amit Kumar Singh, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 3.2 Published
3 A composite of BMI & WC may be better obesity metric in Indians with high risk of T2DM NMB 2017 Raghuram Nagarathna, Murali Venkatarao, Rajesh S K, Amit Singh, Hongasandra R Nagendra Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 3.2 Published
4 Perceived stress and depression in Pre- Diabetics and Diabetics among
Indian population a call for mindfulness based intervention
Raghuram Nagarathna, Shweta Modgil, Amit Mishra, Radhika Khosla, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Hongasandra R Nagendra General hospital psychiatry 3.2 Published
5 Efficacy of a Validated Yoga Protocol on Dyslipidaemia in Diabetes Patients: NMB- 2017 India Trial. Nagarathna R, Saurabh Kumar, Amit S, Patil S, Anand, A, Nagendra HR Medicines (basl) 2.1 Published
6 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Yoga in rural and urban India: KAPY: A nationwide randomized cluster sample survey Raghuram Nagarathna, Madhava Sai, Amit Mishra, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Hongasandra R Nagendra Medicine 2.1 Published
7 Impact of Yoga on Blood Glucose Level among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Multicentre Controlled Trial Amit Singh, Padmini Tekur, R. Nagaratna1, and H. R. Nagendra Journal of Stem Cells 1.55 Published
8 Partitioning of radiological, stress and biochemical changes in pre-diabetic women subjected to Diabetic Yoga Protocol Amit Kumar Singh, Navneet Kaur, Sushant Kaushal, Rahul Tyagi, Deepali Mathur, Madhava Sai Sivapuram, Kashinath Metri, Sridhar Bammidi, Vivek Podder, Shweta Modgil, Radhika Khosla, Kiran Sharma, Abhilasha Anand,
Neeru Malik, Vidhya Sagar Boroiah,
R. Nagarathna, H.R. Nagendra, Akshay Anand
Diabetes and metabolic syndrome- clinical research and reviews .83 Published
9 Narendra Modi’s citizen centered Yoga-Diabetes Management Program: Will Indian State install Integrative Medicine in premier Institutes? Akshay Anand Annals  of Neuro- science 0.8 Published
10 Development and implementation of ZED- YOG quality module: Niyantrita
Madhumeha Bharata skill development initiatives
Tyagi R, Anand A Annals  of Neuro- science 0.8 Published
11 Methodology Part-1 Nagendra HR, Nagarathna R, Rajesh SK, Amit S, Telles S, Hankey A IJOY  Published
12 Methodology Part-2 Nagarathna R, Rajesh SK, Amit S, Patil S, Anand, A, Nagendra HR, IJOY  Published
13 Nationwide Psychometric Analysis of Yoga Barriers and Benefits-2017 Raghuram Nagarathna, Shreyas A Chawathey, Amit Mishra, Akshay Anand, Rajesh S K, Amit Singh, Hongasandra R Nagendra Work 1.1 Published
14 Effect of yoga based life  style program on reduction of
diabetes risk and regression to normoglycemia, a multicentre RCT NMB 2017
Raghuram Nagarathna, Venkata S. Ram, Sasidharan K. Rajesh, Amit Singh, Vijaya Majumdar, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra BMI open diabetes research and care 5.06 Accepted for publication
15 Nationwide distribution of Indian Diabetes Risk score (MDRF-IDRS) Nagarathna Raghuram, Rahul Tyagi, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Hongasandra R Nagendra Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 3.2 Accepted for publication
16 Higher perceived stress and poor glycaemia changes in Pre Diabetics and Diabetics among Indian population Raghuram Nagarathna, Shweta Modgil, Amit Mishra, Radhika Khosla, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Hongasandra R Nagendra Journal of medicine and life 1.1 Accepted for publication
17 Local (Chandigarh, Panchkula) Prevalence of Healthy, Pre-diabetes, and Diabetes in North Indian population based on Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) and Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) Saurabh Kumar, Akshay Anand, R Nagarathna, Navneet Kaur, Deepak K Pal, Neeru Malik, Amit K Singh, HR Nagendra Endocri- nology, Diabetes and meta- bolism 1.1 Accepted
18 Prevalence and determinants of self –reported Diabetes in young adult Indian population Raghuram Nagarathna, Parul Bali, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra Frontiers 3.2 Review
19Effectiveness of Yoga life style on lipid metabolism in vulnerable population – a community based multi centered studyRaghuram Nagarathna, Saurabh Kumar, Akshay Anand,
Amit Singh, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra
Mindfulness23.5Editorial
review
20Prevalence of diabetes and pre diabetes pan India NMB 2017Boulton, Raghuram Nagarathna R, Kashinath Dixit, Girish N Rao, Mariyamma, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Hongasandra R NagendraNEJM70.67Under pro- cess
21Prevalence of hypertension in diabetes pan India NMB 2017Raghuram Naghna, Aghoramuthy G, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Sridhar Palkuru, Suchitra Patil, Kashinath Metri, Hongasandra R NagendraAmerican Jounral of heart Under pro- cess
22Prevalence of obesity in diabetes pan India NMB 2017Raghuram Nagarathna, Vijaya Majumdar, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Hongasandra R NagendraInter- national journal of obesity3.56Under pro- cess
23Association of Diabetes with other co- morbidities in North IndiaVivek Podder, Vinod Srivastava, Saurabh Kumar, R Nagarathna, Madhava Sai Sivapuram, Navneet Kaur, Kanupriya, Amit K Singh, Neeru Malik, Akshay Anand, HR NagendraJournal of neuro science in rural practice0.5Review
24Prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and Diabetes in Chandigarh trinityKanu Priya, Vivek,Sheetal Sharma, R. Nagarathna, Navneet Kaur, Neeru Malik, Amit K Singh, Akshay Anand, HR NagendraActa Diabet- olgica Rebuttal is being sent3.1Review
25Role of DYP in preventing Diabetics -North Indian StudyNavneet Kaur, Akshay Anand, R Nagarathna, Neeru Malik, Amit K Singh, HR NagendraSubmiiting to Mindfulness on 23.4.2020 In Commu- nication
26The psychometric based effects of DYP on Diabetes in Chandigarh tri cityDr. Rama Malhotra Akshay Anand, R Nagarathna, Amit K Singh, HR NagendraWork In Commu-
nication
27Effects of long-term yoga practice on health parametersAkshay Anand, R. Nagarathna, Navneet Kaur, Neeru Malik, Amit Kumar Singh, HR Nagendra IJOY submitting by  30/4  In Commu- nication
28Prediction of type 2 Diabetes in North India based on Indian Diabetes Risk Score: Is waist Circumference main culprit?Kanupriya, Priya Battu,
Rakesh,Akshay Anand, R. Nagarathna, Navneet Kaur, Neeru Malik, Amit Kumar Singh, HR Nagendra
Diabetes and metabolic
syndrome submitting by 30/4
 In Commu- nication
29Alteration in stress and sleeping pattern among practitioner of yoga DYPPuja,Akshay Anand, R Nagarathna, Dr. Rama, Deepak K Pal, Vinod Srivastava, Ami K Singh, HR Nagendra  In Commu- nication
PAPERS UNDER PREPARATION
S. No Title Authors Journal
30 Prevalence of hypertension amongst seven zones of India- NMB 2017 Raghuram Nagarathna, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra Journal to be decided
31 Prevalence of complications in high risk diabetes population – a pan India 2017 study Raghuram Nagarathna, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra Annals of neuroscience
32 Diabetes prevalence in Socio economic strata : a retrospective NMB study Raghuram Nagarathna, Akshay Anand, Amit Singh, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra IJOY
33 Prospective study of different staple diets of Diabetics in Indian population Deepali Raghuram Nagarathna, Akshay Anand, Gauri Rokkam, Amit Singh, Suchitra Patil, Hongasandra R Nagendra Diabetes clinical research and practice
34 Prevalence of smoking and alcohol across seven zones of India – a pan India 2017 study Madhav,Dr. Vivek, Pradhan Raghuram Nagarathna, Hongasandra R Nagendra et al Journal of medicine and life submitting afteter 25.4
35 Prospective study of different diet factors in Diabetics Indian population- NMB 2017 Raghuram Nagarathna, Hongasandra Nagendra et al To be discussed
36 Distribution of physical activity amongst high risk population Vivek,Raghuram Nagarathna, Hongasandra R Nagendra et al Journal of yoga and physical Therapy
37 Association between sleep pattern and high risk for diabetes Saurabhkunar, Raghuram Nagarathna, Hongasandra R Nagendra et al JAIM
38 Depression in Diabetes Raghuram Nagarathna, Hongasandra R Nagendra et al To be discussed
39 Medical expenses and hospital visits in high risk population of India Raghuram Nagarathna, Hongasandra R Nagendra et al To be discussed
40 State wise prevalence of Diabetes and Pre Diabetes Raghuram Nagarathna, Hongasandra R Nagendra et al Waiting for main prevalence paper
41 Association of junk food and self-reported Diabetes Raghuram Nagarathna, Hongasandra R Nagendra et al To be discussed

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