MANJUNATH SHARMA

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MANJUNATH SHARMA (BNYS, PhD)

Professor and Research Director, VaYU

Overview Education Positions Travels Grant Awarded Recognition as External Examiner For List of Publications

Overview

Dr. Manjunath Sharma, Professor and Research Director at VaYU, is a distinguished academic with a DSc in Yoga Sciences and extensive contributions to yoga research, international collaborations, and academic leadership. His work focuses on yoga's therapeutic applications, evidenced by numerous publications and global recognitions.

Education

Positions

Administrative (Academic & Research)

Research Director, Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU)
Director of International Affairs, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru (2016–present)
Director of Research and Development, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru (2015–present)
Joint Director of Research and Development, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru (2011–2015)
Registrar, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru (2010–2011)

Administrative (Management)

Vice-President, Asian Yoga Therapy Association, Singapore
Board Member, Indo-US Health Initiatives Inc., Boston, USA
Board Member, Boston Center for Excellence (BoCE), Boston, USA
Board Member, S-VYASA-USA, Dallas, Texas, USA
Board Member, Samatvam AyurNYoga Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru
Member, Board of Management, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru

Academic and Professional Distinctions

Visiting faculty, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, China
Visiting faculty, Italian Yoga Federation, University of Parma, Italy
Research collaborator, University of Nottingham, UK, and MIT D-Lab, USA
Chairman, Ethics Committee, Art of Living Foundation, Bengaluru
Member, Taskforce for SATYAM (DST, Government of India)
Editor, International Journal of Yoga, indexed in PubMed

Travels Grant Awarded

from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India to present a research paper at an international conference organized by the Center for Positive Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India To present a paper at an international conference organized by the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Physiological Societies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2002.
from the Indian Council for Medical Research, Government of India to present apaper at an international Conference organized by the Society for Psychophysiology Research, Boston, USA in 2011.

Recognition as External Examiner For

Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.), Visva Bharathi University – Santhiniketan, Calcutta, West Bengal.
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.), Madras University, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.), Tamilnadu Physical Education and Sports University, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.), Allahabad University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Doctor of Medicine (MD – Yoga Therapy), Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India.

List of Publications

2019

Vijayakumar V., Mavathur R., Manjunath N. K., and Raghuram, N. (2019). Yoga as a Safer Form of Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Bidirectional Property of Yoga in Establishing Glucose Homeostasis. International Journal of Yoga. 12. 174. 10.4103/ijoy.IJOY_57_18.
Vyas S. C,, Mooventhan A., and Manjunath N. K. (2019). Effect of hot arm and foot bath on heart rate variability and blood pressure in healthy volunteers. Journal of Complementary and Integretive Medicine, Aug 15. pii: /j/jcim.ahead-of-print/jcim-2018-0181/jcim-2018-0181.xml.
Loganathan, N., Aruchunan, M., and Manjunath, N. K. (2019). Effects of yoga for cardiovascular and respiratory functions: a pilot study. Integrative Medicine Research, 8(3), 180. Sep;8(3):180. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2019.05.004.
Vasudha, M.S., Manjunath, N.K., and Nagendra, H.R. (2019). Lifestyle – a common denominator for both onset and management of Migraine headache. Complementing tradition with science. International Journal of Yoga, May-Aug;12(2):146-152.
Balakrishnan R., Nanjundaiah R. M., Nirwan M., Manjunath N. K., Ganju L., Saha M., Singh S. B., Ramarao N. H. (2019). Design and Validation of Yoga module for Antarctic Expeditioners. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Jan 29. pii: S0975-9476(17)30426-6.

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