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                                                                   December 18th, 2025, Thursday

Time

Program

6:00 – 8:00 am

Ganapati Homa | Venue: Temple

7:00 – 8:00 am

Maitri Milan | Venue: Mangal Mandir

4:00 – 5:30 pm

Inaugural Program | Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

Guests:

6:00 – 7:30 pm

Cultural Program | Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

7:30 – 8:30 pm

Dinner: Venue:

December 19th, 2025, Friday

9:00 – 11:00 am

Plenary Session: Strategies for Integration of Yoga into Conventional Rehabilitation.

  • Dr. H R Nagendra

President, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) University, Bengaluru.

  • Prof. Dorairaj Prabhakaran,  Executive Director of the Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC), New Delhi India
  • Prof. Lorenzo Cohen

Director of the Integrative Medicine, University of Texas, MD-Anderson Cancer Centre, USA.

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

11:00 – 11:30 am

Tea Break
 

Parallel Symposia

11:30 – 1:00 pm

(30 min + 10 min)

Symposia 1A: Framework and Scope for Integrating Medicine in Neurorehabilitation.

  • Prof. Arun K Garg,

Clinical Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC.

  • Dr. Rama Jayasundar

Professor & Head, Department of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging, All India Institute of medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

  • Dr. Monika Pathania

Professor, All India Institute of medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

Symposia 1B: Integrative and Complementary Medicine in Cardiac Rehabilitation.

  • Dr. S.C. Manchanda

Senior Cardiologist, Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi.

  • Dr. Murali Mohan B V

Senior Consultant, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health City, Bengaluru.

  • Dr. Pravati Pal

Professor- Physiology,

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry.

Venue: Shruthi Mandir

Symposia 1C: Resilience and Neurorehabilitation.

  • Dr. K.G. Raveendran

Medical Director of the Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Coimbatore, India.

  • Dr. Lokesh B

Consultant – Neurology,

Aster CMI, Bengaluru.

Venue: Santosha

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Lunch Break: Venue:

2:15 – 4.30 pm

Round Table Discussion – Topic:  Integrating Medicine in Neuro & Cardiac Rehabilitation

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

2:15 – 4.30 pm

Poster presentations

Venue: Tapas

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Tea break

5:30 – 6:15 pm

Satsang by Yoga Masters

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Cultural Program: Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

8:00 – 9:00 pm

Dinner

December 20th, 2025 Saturday

9:00 – 11:00 am

Plenary Session: Sports and Regenerative Medicine.

  • Dr. N K Manjunath

Vice-Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) University, Bengaluru.

  • Prof. Christopher Key Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and founding director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). in Los Angeles. 
  • Dr. (Maj) Amaya Kagali, Team Doctor: Rajasthan Royals, IPL; Chief Physician: Paris ’24 and Tokyo ’20 Paralympics; Hangzhou Asian Para Games 2022. Consultant- Ramaiah Memorial Hospital- Karnataka State Cricket Association, Bengaluru.

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

11:00 – 11:30 am

Tea break
 

Parallel Symposia

11:30 – 1:00 pm

(25 min + 5 min)

Symposia 2A: Physical Benefits in Injury-Related Rehabilitation.

  • Dr. Sundar Kumar V

Associate Professor, MS Ramaiah College of Physiotherapy, Bengaluru.

  • Prof. K. S. Sharad

Principal, BCF college Of

Physiotherapy, Kottayam,

Kerala.

  • Dr. Earnest Vijay

Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Physiotherapist, Chennai

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

Symposia 2B: Physical Recovery and Performance Optimization.

  • Dr. S. N. Omkar

Chief Research Scientist,

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Honorary Professor in Yoga, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru.

  • Dr. Vijay Kage

Professor, HOD and Vice Principal, KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & MRC, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, Karnataka.

 

  • Dr. Anantharam Sharma

Prof & HOD – Panchakarma, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi.

Venue: Shruthi Mandir

Symposia 2C: Personalized Perspective to Yoga and Sports Rehabilitation.

  • Prof. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Director of Research, Kundalini Research Institute, Research Associate, Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Research Affiliate, Osher Center for Integrative Health, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.
  • Dr. Pradeep Shankar

Department of Physiotherapy, Medeor Hospital, UAE.

  • Prof. Jasobanta Sethi

Professor & Director, Amity Institute of Physiotherapy (AIPT), Amity

University, Greater Noida.

Venue: Santosha

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Lunch: Venue:

2:15 – 4.30 pm

Round Table Discussion – Topic: Integrating Yoga into Sports Rehabilitation

Chairperson:

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

2:15 – 4.30 pm

Oral presentation

Judges:

Venue: Shruthi Mandir

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Tea Break

5:30 – 6:15 pm

Satsang by Yoga Masters | Venue: Shruthi Mandir

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Cultural Program | Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

8:00 – 9:00 pm

Dinner

December 21st 2025, Sunday

9:00 – 11:00 am

Plenary Session: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Bridging Neurology and Psychiatry for Holistic Patient Care.

  • Prof. Thomas Feiner, Neuroscientist, Psychophysiologist, CEO Institute for EEG-Neurofeedback (IFEN), Greater Munich Metropolitan Area, Germany.
  • Prof. Shivarama Varambally, Professor of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.
  • Dr. Venkat Bhat, Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

11:00 – 11:30 am

Tea break
 

Parallel Symposia

11:30 – 1:00 pm

(30 min + 10 min)

Symposia 3A: Integrative Medicine for Enhanced Rehabilitation.

  • Dr.Anand Pratap Singh

Dean, Dept. of Psychology and Mental Health, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida.

  • Dr. Shyam Diwakar

Professor and Director, Amrita Mind Brain Center, Amritapuri, India.

  • Prof. Aarthi Jagannathan

Consultant Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Consultant Department of Integrative Medicine, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

Symposia 3B: Multifaceted Neurorehabilitation Approaches Targeting Neuropsychological Outcomes.

  • Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Director-Professor Yoga Therapy, ISCM of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth & Resident Acharya at Ananda Ashram, Puducherry.
  • Prof. Dr. Mahesh Karandikar

Consultant Neurosurgeon,

Karandikar Hospital & Neurosciences

Research Centre, Nashi, Maharashtra.

  • Prof. Sapna Erat Sreedharan

Professor in the Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala.

Venue: Shruthi Mandir

Symposia 3C: Integration of technology in Rehabilitation.

  • Prof. Rahul Garg

Dept. of Computer Sciences and Eng. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.

  • Dr. Vaibhav Tripathi

Assistant Professor, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar.

  • Dr. Vignesh Muralidharan

Assistant Professor, School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (AIDE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur.

Venue: Santosha

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Lunch: Venue:

3.00 – 5.00 pm

Valedictory function:

Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

Guests:

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Tea break

5:30 – 6:15 pm

Satsang by Yoga Masters

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Cultural Program: Venue: Samskriti Bhavan

8:00 – 9:00 pm

Dinner: Venue: