Renowned Philanthropist-Educationist Dr Anirudh Gupta unanimously elected President Yoga Federation of India
Ferozepur, October 26, 2024: Renowned philanthropist and educationist Dr. Anirudh Gupta has been unanimously elected as the President of the Yoga Federation of India (YFI), which has been working day and night to promote Yoga in the country for the past five decades.
While divulging details, Vikram Ditya Sharma, PRO Punjab Yoga Association, said that during the recent meeting of the representatives of Yoga Associations from 33 states at Una in Himachal Pradesh, Dr Anirudh Gupta was elected President. He said that more than 70 representatives unanimously agreed on Dr Gupta's name, and he was entrusted with the responsibility of the post of President of the Federation.
Notably, all these representatives had gathered for the 49th National Junior-Sub-Junior Yogasana Sports Championship, which was being held in the Una district of Himachal Pradesh.
The other officials who were elected for various positions included J. Manohar of Telangana and Prabhat CH Bora of Assam as the Vice Presidents, Dr Abhinav Joshi of Rajasthan as General Secretary, G.N Krishnamurthy of Karnataka and Arindam Mitra of Haryana as Joint Secretaries, Raman Kumar of Himachal as Treasurer. Apart from this, Dr Anita Satish Patil of Maharashtra, T.S Shankar of Tamil Nadu, Paresh D Bhatt of Gujarat, M. Avinash Shetty of Andhra Pradesh, and Dr Rajagopalan K of Kerala were elected as the Executive Members of the Federation body.
Addressing this occasion, Gupta said that he would try to match the expectations of members of the YFI. He said that important steps will be taken to spread yoga among school students, young men and women and in every section.
On this occasion, Ashok Agarwal, Chairman of Yoga Federation, Indu Agarwal, former President, Amit Mehta, Senior Advocate of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Vishal Goyal and others were present.