Dr H. R. Nagendra is an Indian Mechanical engineer , Yoga therapist , Academic and

Writer. He is best known as the personal yoga consultant of the Prime Minister of India. He chaired the organizing committee of the International Yoga Day functions held in New York on 21st June 2015 where two world records were set; a yoga class featuring 35,985 people and the largest number of participating nationalities from 84 nations.

HIS Contribution to Healthcare Landscape in India ;

He is reported to be the pioneer of Cyclic Meditation, a yoga technique where the practitioners perform slow conscious physical movements. He claims the technique is useful in treating certain psychiatric illnesses, asthma and cancer and helps the practitioner in managing stress.

Change-Making Positions and Initiatives ;

* Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), a deemed university located in Bengaluru.

* Founder Vice-Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), a deemed university located in Bengaluru till 2013.

* Director of Indian Yoga Institute from 1986 to 2000.

* President of Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana in 2000.

* He has also served as a member of the working group on the health of the erstwhile

Planning Commission of India.

* He has published 35 books and over 110 articles on Yoga, besides publishing 30 research papers in engineering and mentoring 20 doctoral students.

Laurels Brought to Dr H. R. Nagendra ;

* The Government of India conferred him Padma Shri in 2016.

* He is the recipient of the 'Yoga Shri' title from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.

Impact Brought in the Lives of Common Indians ;

Dr H. R. Nagendra has added a new chapter with his innovative research and findings in the realm of meditation and yoga. His cyclic meditation is supposed to bring the cure to psychiatric illnesses, asthma and cancer. It also helps in bringing down stress. This might be a boon for the common Indian.