MP Kher dedicates ₹1cr from MPLADS to PGI yoga centre

Chandigarh: MP Kirron

Kher

has dedicated approximately Rs 1 crore out of

MPLADS

for the development of yoga centre at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (

PGI

). Collaborative Centre for Mind Body Interventions through Yoga has been established by Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN), Delhi and PGI as a collaborative research centre at PGI,The research projects in yoga are being jointly conceived between CCRYN who will fund the projects whereas PGI Chandigarh will provide the institutional approval, expertise and study subjects, besides office space for housing research personnel in its

premises

. Dr Vivek Lal, director, PGI while appreciating this said, “This grant will help PGI in generating rigorous evidence for various yoga intervention studies and promote holistic medicine. He complimented Dr Akshay Anand, professor incharge of yoga centre for his efforts and promised all support for the upcoming centre, which will fund research studies in yoga.”The Collaborative Yoga Research Centre has already recruited two research officers and two yoga therapists who hold daily yoga sessions for the healthcare workers and are also providing free yoga classes for patient’s attendants besides select patients that are referred by doctors. The MPLADS grant will be used to acquire state of art analytical and naturopathy equipment for future research projects. Dr Anand said the director is considering a proposal from

Harvard University

to sign an MOU with PGI in order for them to acquire skills in yoga and yoga research expertise.