1. religion and spirituality
2. hinduism

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
 Dr. Geetha B Shetty, SDMCNYS, Ujire & Chairman, Stage, Venue & Programme
Chief Patrons
Sri Siddaramaiah, Honorable Chief Minister, Govt. of Karnataka
 Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari, Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala
Committee
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 Dr. Abhay M Shankaregowda, SDMCNYS, Ujire & Chairman, Alumni
Patrons
 Sri U. T. Khader, Honorable Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of
Karnataka
 Sri B. Ramanatha Rai, Honorable District in charge Minister, Govt. of Karnataka
 Principal Secretary, Dept. of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Karnataka
 Dr. H. R. Nagendra, Chancellor, SVYASA University, Bangalore
 Sri Jayaprakash, Chairman, Surya Foundation, New Delhi
 Prof. S. Prabhakar, Vice President, SDM Educational Society®, Ujire
 Sri D. Surendra Kumar, Vice President, SDM Educational Society®, Ujire
Honorary President
 Sri D. Harshendra Kumar, Secretary, SDM Educational Society®, Ujire
President
 Dr. B. Yashovarma, Secretary, SDM Educational Society®,Ujire
Vice Presidents
 Sri Oscar Fernandes, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Govt. of India
 Sri Nalin Kumar Katil, Honorable Member of Parliament, Govt. of India
 Kum. Shobha Karandlaje, Honorable Member of Parliament, Govt. of India
 Sri K. Vasanth Bangera, Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of
Karnataka
 Sri H. M. Revanna, Member of Karnataka Legislative Council, Govt. of Karnataka
 Sri B. L. Shankar, President, Chitrakala Parishad, Karnataka
 Sri Vijay Kumar Gogi, Director, Dept. of AYUSH, Govt. of Karnataka
 Director, NIN, Govt. of India, Pune
 Director, CCRYN, Govt. of India, New Delhi
 Director MDNIY, Govt. of India, New Delhi
 Dr. H. Srinivasayya, Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi, Bangalore
 Sri Raghunath, CMD, Jindal Nature Cure Institute, Bangalore
 Dr. Mohan Alva, Chairman Alva's Education Foundation, Moodbidre
 Dr. R. Nagarathna, Dean, Division of Life Sciences & Yoga, S-VYASA, Bangalore
 Dr. Shirley Telles, Director, Pathanjali Yog Peeth, Haridwar
 Sri B. Seetharam Tholpadithaya, Secretary, Shanthivana Trust ® Dharmasthala
Treasurer
 Sri P. Jeevendar Kumar, Executive Ofcer, SDM Educational Society®,Ujire
Executive Chairmen
 Dr. Prashanth Shetty, Principal, SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences,
Ujire
 Dr. Naveen K. V, Director, FAITHS, Bangalore
 Dr. Manjunath N. K, Joint Director Research, S-VYASA, Bangalore
Organizing Secretaries
 Dr. Shiva Prasad Shetty, SDMCNYS, Ujire & Chairman, Food Committee
 Dr. Sujatha K.J, SDMCNYS, Ujire & Chairman, Reception Committee
Coordination & Website Committee
Board of Advisors
 Dr. Ravindranath, Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences,
Karnataka
 Dr. Ramachandra Bhat, Vice Chancellor, S-VYASA University, Bangalore
 Dr. B. M. Hegde, Former Vice Chancellor, Manipal University, Manipal
 Dr. D. Prem Kumar, Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences,
Karnataka
 Dr. Niranjan Kumar, Director, SDM Medical College, Dharwad
 Sri D. Shreyas Kumar, Director Projects, SDM Educational Society®,Ujire
 Sri G. N. Sreekantaiah, IFS, Former Director of AYUSH, Govt. of Karnataka
 Sri Darshan Shankar, Institute of Ayurveda & Integrated Medicine
 Dr. Issac Mathaias, Founder, SOUKHYA foundation
 Dr. K. S. S. Bhat, Chief Cardiologist, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
 Dr. B. N. Gangadhar, Dept. of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore
 Dr. Rudrappa, Director, Naturopathy Institute, Bangalore
 Dr. B. T. Chidananda Murthy, Former Director CCRYN, Govt. of India
 Dr. R. M. Nair, Director, Babu Nature Cure Hospital, New Delhi
 Dr. Srinivasa Reddy, Former Deputy Director (N & Y) Department of AYUSH,
Karnataka
 Dr. Neeraja Reddy, Secretary, Yoga Adhyayana Parishad, Hyderabad
 Dr. Mohan Rao, R. O., Dept. of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India
 Dr. Venkateshwara Rao, R.O. CCRYN New Delhi
 Dr. V. P. Sateesh, Deputy Director, Department of AYUSH, Karnataka
 Dr. Krishna Sharma, Chairman, PG Studies in Yoga, Mangalore University,
Mangalagangotri, Mangalore
 Dr. Ganapathy Joisa, Chairman PG Studies in Yoga, Manipal University, Manipal
 Dr. Arun Maiyya, Dean, Department of Physiotherapy, Manipal University,
Manipal
 Dr. Raghavendra Rao, HCG, Bangalore
 Dr. K. Ramachandra, Principal, SDM College of Ayurveda, Udupi
 Dr. Prasanna Rao, Principal, SDM College of Ayurveda, Hassan
 Dr. D. K. Suresh, Principal, SDMIT, Ujire
SDMICYN-2014
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
Yoga
&
Naturopathy
Theme: Healing and Happiness Within-Return to Nature
December 12-14, 2014
Commemorating Silver Jubilee Year
Board of Principals
 Principals of 14 Naturopathy Colleges of India
Other Committees
 Mr. Balakrishna Shetty, Chairman, Invitation & Registration Committee
 Dr. Selva Kumar, Chairman, Accommodation Committee
 Dr. Shrishail Chougala, Chairman, Media & Publicity Committee
 Sri Shashikanth Jain, Chairman, VIP Host Committee
 Dr. Narendra Shetty, Chairman, International Coordination Committee
 Dr. Shivaraj Patil, Chairman, National Co-Ordination Committee
HOW TO REACH UJIRE
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Belgaum
Ujire is 9 Kms. from Dharmasthala, the revered pilgrim center of South India. It
is situated 65 Kms. from Mangalore which is well connected by road, rail and air.
The relative distances from Manipal and Bangalore are 100 Kms. and 300 Kms.
respectively.
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National Highways
Other Roads
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Goa
Hubli
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Udupi
Ujire
Mangalore
Hassan
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Mysore
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Bangalore
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CONTACT FOR DETAILS
Dr. Prashanth Shetty
Executive Chairman, SDMICYN-2014
SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences
Ujire - 574240, Karnataka, INDIA
Mob: +91 - 9743605658, +91 - 9483004440
Ph: +91 - 8256 - 236188 Fax: +91 - 8256 - 236844
Website: www.sdmicyn.com, www.sdmbnys.in
E-mail: sdmicyn@gmail.com
Rail Routes
Design & Print @ Manjushri Printers, Ujire
Hyderabad
Sponsored By
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Educational Society (R), Ujire
Department of Health & Family welfare, Govt. of Karnataka & Govt. of India.
Organised By
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences & Hospital, Ujire, Karnataka, India
(Afliated to Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka)
(Recognized by Department of Medical Education, Govt. of Karnataka)
Co-organised By
Indian Naturopathy & Yoga Graduates Medical Association (INYGMA), India
www.sdmicyn.com
About the Institute
Objectives of the Conference
Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala is one of the famous pilgrim centres of South India. This famed centre
 Creating a global platform for all stake holders to engage in intellectual exchange to strengthen the evidence based practice of Yoga &
of charity and divine justice, where every devotee partakes of generous hospitality irrespective of
caste or creed distinctions, has grown into legendary proportions because of its multifarious
socio-economic programs. Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra
Dharmasthala, is a man of outstanding credentials. The head of a religious institution that draws
millions of devotees from all over the country. His commitment and zeal has resulted in initiatives
and programmes that have given new meaning to the word Dharma and broadened its scope.
Naturopathy
 To network with each other and to reafrm their sense of purpose to establish Yoga & Naturopathy as a system of choice to deal with challenges of
lifestyle diseases
 It showcases advances in relevant elds, orients students and facilitates interaction between health care professionals, therapists, academicians,
policy makers, saints and health educators.
 A single largest platform to unite Yoga & Naturopaths across the world together; thereby capitalize on each other's strengths and work towards
A titan in the elds of social service and education, Dr. Heggade has been quite instrumental in
Poojya Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade
uplifting the educational standards throughout Karnataka. SDM Educational Society (R) is a
President, SDM Educational Trust (R), Ujire
premier non-prot educational organization, functioning under the sacred aegis of Sri Kshetra
evidence based traditionally authentic education and clinical practice of Yoga & Naturopathy.
 There is a desperate need to engage in high quality research to demonstrate the clinical benets of Yoga & Naturopathy, thus meet the regulatory
requirements in establishing Yoga & Naturopathy as a recognized system of healing.
Dharmasthala. As the President of SDM Educational Society, he has been phenomenally
successful in leading more than 45 institutions. Quality with a spirit of service guides all
educational endeavours of SDM Educational Society.
SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences is India's rst and largest such institution,
Structure of the Conference
The conference will take place from 12-14 December 2014. Most of the conference will be dedicated to plenary lectures from invited speakers,
Research Symposium, Educational Symposium, Training and Skill Development sessions based on the selected themes of the conference. Short
established in August 1989, by SDM Educational Society to revive our ancient heritage of yoga
talks will be invited based upon submitted abstracts and speakers will be chosen to ensure the topics presented are at the cutting edge of research
and natural hygiene. The college offers 5½ years Medical degree in Naturopathy and Yoga and 3
and are complementary to the plenary lectures. There will also be a poster session where selected participants can present their research.
years MD Courses in Clinical Naturopathy and Clinical Yoga. Since inception, the college has
produced more than 800 fully qualied doctors in the Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences who are
spread across the country and abroad.
Theme of the Conference
This conference focuses on the core issues related to the themes like 'Healing and Happiness within- Return to Nature', Evidence based Naturopathy
and Yoga education, Clinical guidelines for Naturopathy and Yoga as lifestyle intervention, Research based proved therapies for chronic life style
SDM Yoga and Nature Cure Hospitals are well-established 500 bedded Yoga and Nature cure
disorders and Advancement for Naturopathy and Yoga as a system of medicine.
hospitals, located in two places Dharmasthala & Pareeka, attached to the SDM College of
Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences. These hospitals attract patients from all over the country and
abroad.
Call for Papers
Scientic research papers and review papers based on above themes of the conference are invited for oral / poster presentations. A souvenir
With the completion of 25 years of yeoman service for propagation of the knowledge of Yoga and
containing abstracts of the contributed papers will be brought out at the time of the conference.
Naturopathy through the various undertakings of the SDM Educational Society and Shantivana
 Last date for submission of abstracts
:
Sept. 30, 2014
Trust, many great achievements have been garnered. This year 2014, we celebrate our Silver
 The Papers will be peer reviewed and acceptance or otherwise will be intimated before
:
Oct. 20, 2014
Jubilee with an International Conference on Yoga and Naturopathy at S.D.M. College of
 Last date for submission of full papers
:
Nov. 1, 2014
Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, Ujire.
Conference Registration Fees
SDM College of Naturopathy and
Yogic Sciences, Ujire
Students: INR 500.00
Naturopathy & Yoga Doctors: INR 2000.00
International delegates: INR 3000.00
Accompanying person : 50% of the delegation fee
Last Date for Registration is Oct. 31, 2014; after the last date INR 1000.00 extra. Registration will include comfortable dormitory
accommodation, food on the conference days and registration kit. For improved accommodation; go through our website for details of budget hotels
in and around Ujire. Participants may kindly contact the hotels directly.
About the Conference
Preamble:
Health has many facets - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The ancient Indian science of
Souvenir Advertisement Charges
Full Page Colour - INR 40000.00
Half Page Colour - INR 20000.00
Half Page B/W - INR 10000.00
Full Page B/W - INR 20000.00
Quarter Page B/W - INR 5000.00
Yoga & Naturopathy has been found to be an effective strategy for health promotion,
management of non-communicable diseases and for medical and psychiatric rehabilitation.This
Exhibition Stall Charge
conference would cover both traditional insights and scientic evidence for Yoga and
Naturopathy as a healing system. This conference would serve to be a blend of various cultures
of Yoga and Naturopathy practices across the globe and their proven health benets. It is
specially organized to unite the qualied Yoga and Naturopathy physicians and show the world
SDM Yoga and Nature Cure Hospital
Shanthivana, Dharmasthala
One stall: 10'x10' Size - INR 25000.00
Payment Procedure
as well as government and policy makers of our country, the strength of Naturopathy, avail
Option I : Payment should be made by crossed A/C Payee Demand Draft of any Nationalized Bank drawn in favour of - " SDMICYN" payable at Ujire.
government facilities like central registration, apex body, ll up the key posts in government
Option II: NEFT / Online payment in favour of - " SDMICYN" payable at Ujire. Bank & Branch: Vijaya Bank, SDM College Extension Counter, Ujire.
sector etc., and to create better opportunities for the Yoga and Naturopathy graduates.
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