Mr.
Vishwas Vasant Mandlik
Vice
Chancellor, University Of Yoga
Educational
Qualification: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from
University of Pune.
- Yoga
Related work:
Started -
- Yoga
Vidya Dham in 1972
- Yoga
Chintan (A periodical magazine on Yoga.)
- Yoga
Gurukul (University of Yoga) in Nasik, India.
- Yoga
Chaitanya Seva Pratishthan - A trust to help propagation
of Yoga in remote part of India.
- Achievements:
- Expanded
the network of Yoga Vidya Dham to more than 100 cities
in India.
- Successfully
treated more than 13000 patients suffering from various
diseases in our Therapy centre.
- Presented
more than 15 research papers in different International
Yoga Conferences.
- Beneficiaries
more than 2,51,700 in last 20 years.
Yoga
Vidya Dham
- Established
in 1979 by Mr.Vishwas Vasant Mandlik, at Nasik.
- Yoga
Vidya Dham is a University which imparts Yoga training to
students and those aspiring to be yoga teachers.
- Yoga
Vidya Dham runs a well equiped Yoga & Naturapathy treatement
center.
- Thousands
of people work honorary at Yoga Vidya Dham to support this
great yoga movement.
- Courses
are conducted at defferent levels, Yoga Bindu, Yoga Sopan,
Yoga Pravesh, Yoga Parichay, Yoga Praveen, Yoga Pandit,
Yoga Teacher, Yoga Adhyapak and Yoga Pradhyapak.
Additional Features:-
- An
exclusive curriculum is designed for students of all age
groups.
- Separate
syllabus for those suffering from different health problems
and diseases.
- Courses
for Professionals are also conducted there.
Yogacharya
Vishwas Mandlik
Born
in 1944 in the holy city of Nasik, he completed his education
from Pune. In 1967 he graduated from University of Pune as
Bachelor in Electrical engineering from Government College
of Engineering Pune, one of the oldest technical schools in
India. During the college days, he won lot of awards on national
level in competitive rowing, boating. He also won the prestigious
"Senior Championship" in 1966. Yogacharya started
his career as a Engineer in Voltas Transformers Ltd., a Multinational
Company in Pune. After working there for 12 years eventually
he started his own business of Manufacturing Electrical Distribution
Transformers and Industrial Equipments in Nasik in 1978, expanding
to Pune and Aurangabad in next few years. While he was looking
after his business, he started Yoga Vidya Dham in 1978, utilizing
the morning and evening hours for the noble cause of Yoga
Education.
He
retired from his business in 1995, adopting Yoga Education
as his life mission. Today Yoga Vidya Dham is one of the big
yoga institutes in India, working as a Non Profit Organization
having 150 branches in Maharashtra alone, 8 in Karnataka,
7 in Eastern part of India and now expanding in other countries
like US, UK, Italy, Hong Kong, Australia, Ireland etc. More
than 250,000 people have completed basic Yoga Pravesh course
till today. More than 8500 teachers work all over India conducting
classes.
He
has authored more than 18 books and over 50 audio cassettes,
2 software on Yoga Education, applications of Yoga, Yoga as
a Therapy, Yoga for Kids, Women etc. He is the Editor of Yoga
monthly called "Yoga Sugandha" for last 25 years.
He
is Vice Chancellor of Yoga Vidya Gurukul (Yoga University).
He has treated more than 13500 patients suffering from various
chronic diseases like Back ache, spondilitis, asthma, diabetes,
heart problems, arthritis, hypertension, blood pressure, digestive
disorders, psychosomatic disorders and many more through Yoga
therapy centers in Nasik and other cities. Today Yoga Vidya
Dham successfully running 2 centers in Nasik alone.
Today he conducts various courses, lectures, workshops on
stress management, therapy etc all over India.
He
has been the source of inspiration to thousands of yoga seekers,
volunteers, teachers all over India and other countries as
well. He has received many awards in last 30 years, most prominent
of them are "Outstanding Citizen award", "Lifetime
Achievement Award" by College of Engineering Pune, prestigious
"Saraswati Award" by Kailas Math Nasik, "Ideal
Yoga Teacher" etc. The true recognition of his work came
when Paramacharya (Chancellor) of Bihar Yoga Bharati (First
Yoga University in the World) Paramhansa Niranjananda Saraswati
honored him with the title "Yogacharya" means Best
Yoga Teacher or Guru of Yoga.
On
6 th march 2007, Paramhansa Niranjananda Saraswati of Bihar
Yoga, initiated him to Rushi Sannayasa (part of higher sannayasa
tradition) and gave new name "Rushi DharmaJyoti".
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