IIT Kharagpur holds a Celebration of International Yoga Day 2020
IITKGP (June 21, 2020)
Celebration of International Yoga Day 2020 at Technology Students Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur
IIT Kharagpur celebrated International Yoga Day by conducting a workshop for limited number of campus residents. About 50 people participated in the event while maintaining social distancing, hygiene and sanitization norms as prescribed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
The workshop was conducted by Yoga expert Shri Sudhir Kumar. He has been conducting this workshop with 50 people for close to a month now. Two sessions were being organized each day, in the morning for the students and in the evening for campus residents. The sessions were also live streamed on web platform to encourage more students and others to join the sessions online and practice Yoga for mental and physical well-being.
Director, IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari participated in today's session along with Dean Students Affairs Prof. Somesh Kumar, Registrar Prof. Bhrigu Nath Singh, President Technology Students Gymkhana Prof. William Mohanty. They shared their thoughts on the importance of practising Yoga daily and the impact of the International Yoga Day. Dean Faculty Prof. V R Desai, gave insights about this Yoga experience. The proceedings were conducted by our Institute's Hindi Officer Dr. Rajeev Kumar Rawat. (Read original article) (Visit Director V K Tewari's Facebook for more details)