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A happy soul, a fresh mind and a healthy body are achieved through Yoga – International Day of Yoga 2023

IIT KGP celebrates Yoga Mahotsav to commemorate the 9th International Yoga Day (IDY 2023)

You cannot always control what goes on outside but you can always control what goes on inside. Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self. Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body and makes us find the peace that lies within us. Through Practice comes Yoga, through Yoga comes Knowledge, through Knowledge comes Enlightenment and through Enlightenment comes Peace.

Technology Students’ Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur in commemoration of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, ‘FIT India Movement’ and ‘Jan Bhagidari’ in India’s G20 Presidency, scheduled a series of Yoga activities- A ‘Yoga Mahotsav’ for the students and the campus community from 3rd June to 21st June 2023. Experts from Technology Students’ Gymkhana (TSG) has conducted Yoga sessions on a regular basis during weekdays with a focus on specific topic each day. The session on weekend has been conducted by renowned experts from other organizations. A total of 790 members registered for the events.

The event was inaugurated by Prof. V. K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur in the presence of Prof. A. K Singh, President, TSG, Prof. Jayanta Chakraborty, Coordinator, Yoga Mahotsav & ISY, Prof. K. Bhattacharyya, Treasurer, Gymkhana and Other Invited Guests, Faculty Members, Staff Members and Students. Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director IIT Kharagpur, who has given inaugural speech on Benefits of Routine Yoga Practice and motivated the campus community to perform yogic activities on a regular basis. Prof. Ajay Singh, President, Technology Students’ Gymkhana has enlightened campus community in line with Jan Bhagidari during India’s G20 Presidency. Prof. Jayanta Chakraborty, coordinator of Yoga Mahotsav and 9th International Day of Yoga (IDY) explained about the Objectives of 9th International Day of Yoga, that includes: branding India, awareness, good health and well-being, scale up the level, pool the resources and joint efforts.

The event was live telecast for the campus community and students, so that they can participate from their place of residence. Caps were distributed to motivate and encourage routine practice of the learned methods. In the afternoon, quiz on Yoga and Yoga competitions were conducted for campus school children and campus community.

Programs like Introduction to Yoga, Yoga Protocol Practices and Workout, Stay Fit with Gentle Hatha Yoga, Power Vinyasa (Immunity Booster), Iyengar Yoga were conducted. Lecture on Stress Management and Meditation Practices, Yogic Life of SAMANVIT Yoga that comprises breathing and asanas, S Vyasa – The Inner Engineering and Yoga practices for body and mind were also conducted along with Yoga to cure postural deformity and physical development through Yoga. Yoga Quiz for campus school children and Yoga IDY theme poster presentation were also organized on 21^st June, 2023.

On this profound day of yogic rejuvenation, Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur remarked, “The foundations of IIT Kharagpur rests on the eternal motto of ‘Yoga Karmashu Kaushalam’ from the Gita. It means that the individual interests behind any action which is either driven by material success or failure must be transformed to a higher and universal process of Yoga i.e., a communion between the self of an individual with the web of self in all, the Cosmos itself. As the Mother of all IIT system, spread over the lush-green ‘Gurukul’ ambiance of a campus, neither close to nor away from a big city, IIT Kharagpur brings under one fold the ancient and the modern in unison. As the pioneering pace setter of science and technology, IIT Kharagpur preaches the journey of the self, through the self, to the self that can be achieved by the sound balance of inquisitive mind and an active body.”

More than 250 members practiced different forms of yoga regularly along with trainers from Gymkhana and invited Experts. On 21st June 2023, the 9th International Day of Yoga around 400 members have participated and practiced Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) demonstrated by Mr. Sudhir Kumar & Miss Sangita Mondal.

Prof. A K Singh, President, Technology Students’ Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur, “Being an Institute of National Importance and the mother of all IIT system in India, IIT Kharagpur works in a very distinguished manner to promote health and fitness among the faculty members and the students of the Institute. Technology Students’ Gymkhana is in the process of setting up structured processes to identify, facilitate and develop talent (Sports, Health & Fitness) with involvement of all stakeholders.”

Inputs from : Prof. A K Singh, President TSG, IIT Kharagpur & Prof. Jayanta Chakraborty, Coordinator of Yoga Mahotsav, IIT Kharagpur
Email : singh@phy.iitkgp.ac.in and jayanta@che.iitkgp.ac.in

Edited By : Poulami Mondal, Digital & Creative Media Executive (Creative Writer)
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Observation of 7th International Yoga Day at IIT Kharagpur

With the theme “Yoga for Wellness”, Technology Students’ Gymkhana (TSG) has successfully organised 7^th International Day of Yoga at IIT Kharagpur with 30 participants, including Prof Somesh Kumar, Dean of Students’ Affairs; Prof Venkappayya R Desai, Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture; Prof Khanindra Pathak, Dean Infrastructure; Prof Ajay K Singh, President of TSG; Dr Rajeev Rawat, Senior Hindi Officer; Mr S S Jha, Security Officer and other TSG Personnel as well as other invited guests, following the standard protocols issued by the Institute and Government of India regarding COVID-19.

Mr. Sudhir Kumar, PTI, G-1 of IIT Kharagpur performed the Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) based demonstration. The program was recorded and live telecasted on YouTube channel (link: https://youtu.be/TTjrMd5d36E ) so that Campus Community and Students can practice the session at their home along with their family members in a safe environment.

The schedule of the year-long events would also be available on the website of Technology Students’ Gymkhana (http://www.gymkhana.iitkgp.ac.in). In addition to that, Technology Students’ Gymkhana has planned to organise several virtual sessions on Yoga and its allied disciplines to encourage participation among IIT Kharagpur Community. In this regard, the Year Long Yoga Calendar has been shared below.

S. No	Description of Training Session	Proposed Dates	Potential Participants
1	Virtual Training Session on Practicing Surya Namaskara	30^th July 2021 Friday	For IIT KGP Community and Students
2	Virtual Training Session on Yoga for Women	12^th August 2021-Thursday	For the faculty and staff members (Female) of IIT KGP
3	Virtual Training Session on Yoga for Men	27^th August 2021 Friday	For the faculty and staff members (Male) of IIT KGP
4	Virtual Training Session on Practicing Pranayama	8^th Oct 2021 Friday	For IIT KGP Community and Students
5	Virtual Training Session on Yoga for Kids	28^th & 29^th Oct 2021 Thursday & Friday	For Kids of IIT KGP Community
6	Yogic Literature and Activities i.e. Quiz, Workshop, Camp etc.	Dates will be finalized after opening of Institute for Students.	IIT KGP Students
7	Practical and Theoretical Aspect of Yogic Kriyas.		IIT KGP Students
8	Regular Yoga Session (Weakly Once)		For IIT KGP Community and Students

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Technology Students’ Gymkhana successfully conducted Motivational Talk Show

“Don’t be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again”- Richard Branson

A Motivational Talk Show was arranged by Technology Students’ Gymkhana at IIT Kharagpur, where Mr. Hitesh Sharma, a renowned International Football Player as well as the current player of Hyderabad FC in Indian Super League, shared his aspirations, his struggle and his strive for the bigger picture. More than 45 students including NSO Football players and Inter IIT Football Team players joined the event. Undoubtedly, it was a great opportunity for the students to learn a lot from the real-life experience of Mr. Hitesh Sharma.

The guest speakers of the event were Prof. Somesh Kumar, the Dean of Students’ Affairs as well as Prof. Ajay Kumar Singh and Dr. Sushant K. Panda, the President and the Senior Sports Officer of Technology Students’ Gymkhana respectively. Mrs. Priyanka Singh, the Sports Officer of Technology Students’ Gymkhana, had taken an active role in conducting the event and Ms. Soumyata Khandelwal, the Institute Women Representative of IIT Kharagpur had hosted the seminar.

The event was commenced with the introductory speech by Prof Somesh Kumar. In his speech, he heartily welcomed Mr. Hitesh. In fact, he highlighted that IIT Kharagpur had bagged Gold Medal in the Inter IIT Sports Meet 2019 as well as stood 1^st in Men’s General Championship. This was followed by an inspirational speech by Prof. Singh and Dr. Panda. Prof Ajay Kumar Singh had motivated the students to keep their sporting spirits up in these challenging times and demonstrated about the sports facilities in campus. He also mentioned about the initiatives taken by the institute in upgrading the campus sports facilities during the pandemic situation. According to Dr. Sushant K Panda, sports is the only place where a person could learn from failure. Failure is highly essential. As many as times a person would fail, he/she would get the opportunity to learn something better in their life. Success comes after numerous failures.

After this, the keynote speech was given by Mr. Hitesh Sharma. He shared about various incidents, the ups and downs in his life. Whenever he failed, he never gave up. In fact, he learned invaluable lessons from them and continuously struggled to achieve success. He emphasized on the influence of yoga in relieving stress during big matches and maintaining a healthy mental state of mind. In addition, he demonstrated about making use of GPS technologies, helping football players in regulating their body levels and designing an efficient fitness plan. With his humble words, he stated his key strengths are passion of learning and discipline. A student should develop a winning mindset. If a person has a winning mindset, then he/she could overcome the hurdles and needs to use them to motivate themselves to push forward to succeed.

According to the participants, the session was hugely inspiring and informative. In spite of the towering success of his, he proves to be extremely humble and grounded, which in real highly motivating. They got a clear vision of dos and don’ts of the game. The way Mr. Hitesh explained about his failures and how he escalated from there as well as stressed on the passion of learning more than earning money were really inspiring and influencing.

The event was concluded with an interactive question – answer session, followed by thank you notes from Prof. Somesh Kumar, appreciating the calmness and humbleness of Mr. Hitesh Sharma.

Please watch the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17FOufuI23n_4B9ucJ7EdxZszGsJvUe_l/view?usp=sharing]

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Email: media@iitkgp.ac.in, Ph. No.: +91-3222-282004