Yogi Adityanath, Baba Ramdev now in varsity curriculum

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and yoga guru Ramdev will now be part of the Chaudhary Charan Singh University curriculumUniversity officials said that this is part of their effort to teach students about their ancient cultural heritage and the architects of this heritageYogi Adityanaths Hathyoga Ka Swaroop va Sadhna and Ramdevs Yog Sadhna va Yog Chikitsa Rahasya will be part of the first year second semester undergraduate philosophy curriculumIt can also be taken as an elective subject by students along with other coursesProf Y Vimla pro vice chancellor of the university said The Board of Studies on philosophy has decided that the works of Yogi Adityanath and Ramdev would be included in the syllabus The two books have been recommended by the state government and endorsed by the Board of Studies of the universityAlso Read Even their father cannot arrest me Ramdev in another videoThe recommendation from the state government was made to the University Grants Commission UGCStudy and practice of this course will provide a stressless and effortless life expansion of consciousness regulation of the nervous system etc said the syllabus structure for the philosophy course recommended by the state government to the universityUnder the New Education Policy the UGC has come up with a new curriculum which allows universities to decide what makes up 30 per cent of the syllabus for each course This 30 per cent is designed to keep regional relevance in mindThe two books have been chosen from a list of seven suggested readings the others being Gheranda Samhita Patanjali Yoga Sutra a book by Swami Satyanand Saraswati and two by Paramhansa YoganandaProf Vimla said The concept of the New Education Policy is that students must first be apprised of their ancient cultural heritage and taught about the architects of this heritage For instance when it comes to botany we need to teach students about the ancient sages who developed Ayurveda and the contributors to its evolutionary processThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever