Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, abbreviated S-VYASA or SVYASA, is a higher education institute deemed to be university located in Bangalore, India.[1] The university is dedicated to the study of yoga based on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda. Dr. B R Ramakrishna is the current Vice Chancellor of the university.[2]
NIMHANS and S-VYASA are working together on schizophrenia and neurological disorders like migraine and dementia.[3]
S-VYASA specialises in two fields: Yoga research and Yoga therapy.[4] The main campus Prashanti Kutiram is on Vivekananda Road, Kalluballu Post, Jigani, Anekal, Bengaluru.
The university has 5 major divisions:
The Union Minister of State for AYUSH, Shripad Yasso Naik claimed after visiting S-VYASA in 2016 that "many people told us they have been cured of cancer by regular practice of yoga. The institute has found a technique of yoga for the prevention and cure of cancer".[5] Naik further claimed that it would become possible to treat diabetes the same way.[6]
