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School of Yoga Sciences

"The School of Yoga Sciences at SRHU embodies yoga as a way of life. Rooted in Swami Rama’s vision, it carries the timeless wisdom of ancient masters. Here, body, breath, mind, and consciousness find their harmony. Blending tradition with modern science, the school nurtures knowledge with compassion. It shapes seekers into leaders, carrying yoga’s light into health, education, and society."

Aligned with the yogic vision of noted Himalayan Master, His Holiness Swami Rama, SYS at SRHU is committed to conducting teaching, training, research, and advocacy on timeless yogic knowledge and spirituality to produce professionally competent, personally developed, and socially empathetic human resources. The spiritually vibrant meditation centre charged by Swami Rama’s intense austerity, vicinity of the Ganges, world class infrastructure, serene and clean campus, healing environs, integrative educational ecosystem, advance research labs, eminent teaching staff, robust foundations of medical and allied health, management, engineering, and technological teaching-learning and market-demanding yoga educational programs (B.Sc. Yoga Science and Holistic Health, M.Sc. Yoga Science and Holistic Health, M.Sc. Yoga Therapy and Ph.D. Yoga) with most updated curricula/courses including all yogic principles and practices with classical foundation, scientific evidence and professional values make SRHU a unique global destination for Higer Yoga Education. Besides ongoing formal educational programs, SYS is also committed to providing need-based short-term online/offline yoga programs/courses (one-month, three-month, and six-month etc.) and consultancy services targeting individual and corporate wellness and excellence. Passionate yoga lovers, health seekers, and learners worldwide are welcome to choose SRHU to empower themselves personally and professionally.

SYS’s functional UG and PG curricula and course content blend yogic principles and practices with medical and paramedical knowledge and traditional healing systems, and prioritize student-centric pedagogy and evaluation to produce competent wellness coaches and yoga therapists who can work under medical professionals. Providing rigorous fieldwork, research projects, community engagement activities, therapeutic exposures, and mandatory internship programs empower learners to apply and validate their learned behaviours in practical settings. Learners’ substantial exposure to advanced laboratories, guest deliberations, value-adding workshops/seminars, learner-centred training/discussions, quality research culture, employability skills and personality development programs, and international collaborations/exchanges creates their better placement possibilities.

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Principal & Professor

Dr Rudra Bhandari

Qualifications: M.Sc., NET, PhD in Yoga and Health

Total Experience: ≥15 years in university teaching, training, research, and administration.

Expertise: Yoga Therapy, Research Methods, Mind-body-spirit practices, Psychology, Interventional & Theory Building Research

Membership: American Psychological Association, Editorial Member of Wiley’s Q1 Journal, “Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies”

Indexed Publications: 30

Guided PhDs: 05

Associate Professor
Dr Subodh Saurabh Singh

Qualification: M.Sc. Yogic Science & Holistic Health & UGC-NET Qualified, Ph.D. Yoga from Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Satna, M.P.

Total Experience: 15 years (Yoga Education & Yoga Research)

Special Interest: Yoga Therapy, Research

Membership: Indian Yoga Association

Publication:  Articles 14, Book Chapter: 02, Book: 1

Patents: 16 Patents filed and 6 Granted

Ph.D. Supervisor: 03 Ph.D. Degree Awarded

Assistant Professor

Dr Somlata Jha

Qualification: Ph.D Yoga Science (Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya,Haridwar) & UGC NET

Total Experience: 24 years in administration and academics.

Special Interest: Yoga Science ,Yoga Philosophy and Yoga Research.

Membership: Indian Yoga Association, Akhil bhartiya Yoga Shikshak Mahasangh.

Awards: Yoga Icon Award by Times of India and ONGC, Teacher of The Year award by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand , International Yoga Prime award by Indian Yoga Therapist Association

Publication: 15, Book:05,Book Chapter-01

Assistant Professor

Dr Mala Tripathi

Qualification: M.Sc Zoology & M.Sc. Yogic Science & Holistic Health, B.Ed, UGC-NET Qualified, Ph.D. Yoga from Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Satna, M.P.

Total Experience: 12 years (Yoga Education & Yoga Research)

Special Interest: Yoga Therapy, Research

Membership: Indian Yoga Association

Publication:  Articles 16, Book Chapter: 02, Book: 1

Patents: 16 Patents filed and 6 Granted

Ph.D. Supervisor: 03 Ph.D. Degree Awarded

International Endowed Chair Professor

Prof Rakesh Kumar

Prof Rakesh Kumar is the Founder and President of the Breast Cancer in Young Women Foundation (USA), dedicated to vaddressing the distinct issues affecting young women with breast cancer. He also serves as the International Endowed Chair Professor at the Cancer Research Institute of the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences. Additionally, he holds adjunct professorships at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr Kumar earned his Ph.D. from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 1984 and began his research career at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in January 1986. From 1988 to 2017, he held various academic and leadership positions —including faculty member, tenured professor, distinguished professor, endowed chair, department chair, and research leader—at esteemed institutions such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. From 2017 to 2022, he served as the National Chair for Cancer Research for the Government of India and as a distinguished professor, continuing his innovative work in breast cancer research.

With nearly 40 years of research and professional experience, Dr. Kumar has made conceptual contributions to the field of cancer research (h-index 108, citations >50,000). He has authored over 325 peer-reviewed publications, edited or co-edited nine books, and delivered 290 invited lectures worldwide. His work has been featured on the covers of 18 major cancer journals and has been highlighted in institutional research reports of the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

A passionate educator and mentor, Dr. Kumar has guided 67 trainees throughout his career. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple leading cancer journals and has served on the editorial boards of 21 top cancer journals. His global reputation is further demonstrated by his participation in about 100 peer-review panels for cancer research funding in the US and internationally over the past 28 years.

Dr. Kumar's innovative research has earned him numerous prestigious honors, including the Hinkle Society Faculty Award at Penn State University (1994), the Dalla/Fort Worth Living Legend Faculty Achievement Award in Basic Sciences (2004), the Ranbaxy Research Award (2006), and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research (2013), among others. Dr. Kumar's pioneering research continues to have a profound influence on the fields of oncology and breast cancer, opening up new opportunities for biomedical scientists and trainees worldwide.