International Day of Yoga

IIT Jodhpur celebrated International Day of Yoga 2021 with enthusiasm jointly with students and faculty members. Major activities as a part of this program includes (i) Yoga Challenge (ii) Dissemination of Yoga-related awareness information.

(i) IDY2021 Yoga Challenge

The Board of Student Sports at IIT Jodhpur organized a Yoga Challenge for all students, faculty and staff members. The contest invited video submissions of participants doing Yogasanas with points assigned proportion to the difficulty of the asanas. Several students submitted entries in the contest and a leaderboard was maintained on the @iitjodhpursports Instagram Channel. Winners were announced on 21 June 2021, and would receive e-certificates.

(ii) Dissemination of Yoga-related awareness information

While the Board of Student Sports continued to share Yoga-related awareness over social media over the weeks leading upto 21 June, the information on Common Yoga Protocol and information available on https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/ was shared with IIT Jodhpur community and all were invited to join and participate in the televised event organized by Ministry of Ayush at 7 am with the theme ‘Yoga for Well-being’.