Modi's yoga guru heads UGC chairman selection panel, shortlists 4 candidates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's admirers say that his ascent to power has given a decisive push to yoga in the country. But it seems Baba Ramdev isn't the only yoga guru for whom Achhe Din have arrived.
Meet PM Modi's yoga instructor HR Nagendra – who has now become part of several key committees in the government.
But it turns out that not all the committees are yoga-related. Apparently, Nagendra led the search-cum-selection committee (SCSC) panel to select the candidate for the post of University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman.
Sources confirmed to Catch that Nagendra was appointed by HRD ministry to head the selection committee for the post of UGC Chairman in January 2017.
He is also the chancellor of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), a deemed university located in Bengaluru.
Under the Modi government he has been made the chairman of International Day of Yoga Experts Committee and Task Force of AYUSH and the Committee on Yoga Education in Universities in the Ministry of Human Resources Development.
He is also the Vice- President of the Indian Yoga Association.
Not surprisingly, the Modi government awarded him with the Padma Shri in 2016.