Vinayachandra Banavathy

Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy is the Co-Founder and Director of Indica Yoga. He is also a member of the founding team of Chanakya University, Bangalore. Dr. Banavathy is a scholar in the field of Sanskrit, Yoga and Indian Psychology. He has been visiting faculty at several universities in India and abroad including the University of Ghent, Belgium; SRH Hochschule, Heidelberg; and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Zurich; offering courses on Indic Studies, Yoga Psychology, etc. With nearly two decades of experience in teaching, research, consultancy and policy making, he is involved in several important initiatives at the national level including NEP 2020. His publications include a report on Standardization of Yoga Terminologies for WHO, a co-edited book titled Perspectives on Indian Psychology and a co-authored book titled Happiness: Indic Perspectives.