Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the third International Conference on Yoga in New Delhi today. The theme of this year’s conference will be ‘Yoga for Wellness.’ An official statement said, Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik will preside over the inaugural function while Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will be the chief guest at the event.
The two-day conference has six technical sessions and experts will deliberate on the scope of yoga in integrated medicine, and control of cancer, depression and gynaecological disorders and pain management.
Around 500 delegates, including those from 44 countries, will attend the conference which will provide a common platform to AYUSH and allopathy practitioners, researchers, academicians, policy makers and students.