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New Delhi : Ministry of AYUSH is organising an International Conference on Yoga on November 15&16, 2019, at  Mysuru, Karnataka. Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa  will inaugurate the two- day conference on November 15 in the presence of Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH and Defence Shripad Yesso Naik.

The theme of the conference is ‘Yoga for Heart Care’. More than 700 national and international delegates are expected to participate at the conference spread over ten technical sessions involving fifty resource persons and experts.  Governor of Karnataka Vajubhai Vala will be the Chief Guest at the valedictory function of the conference, according to a PIB release.

On the first day of the conference, technical sessions on ‘Yoga for heart care; emerging trends and researches’, ‘role of Yoga in preventive cardiology’, ‘Role of Yoga in the management of Hypertension’ and ‘Yoga for coronary artery disease’ will be held. During the second day of the conference, technical session on ‘physiology and integrative cardiology’, ‘Yoga for Cardiovascular health’ will be held. A Symposium on ‘Need for promotion of  Yogasana as sports’ and presentation of research papers on ‘Yoga for heart care; emerging trends and researches’ will also be organised.