MORARJI DESAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF YOGA

About:

• Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) is an autonomous Institution fully funded by Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India.
  
  
• MDNIY aims to promote deeper understanding of Yoga philosophy and practices based on classical Yoga amongst people. MDNIY is a focal Institute for Planning, Training, Promotion and Coordination of Yoga Education, Training, Therapy and Research in all its aspects.
  
  
• The Institute was started in 1970, in the form a hospital, opened by the now defunct Central Council for Research in Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy, under the Vishwayatan Yogashram.
  
  
• In 1998, the institute was further renamed as the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga with expanded mandates.