Topics:
* Neurobiology of Yoga in Mental Health Disorders
* Yogic Understanding of Stress and Approach towards its Management
* Orientation to important Yoga techniques for Stress Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bios:
Dr. B N Gangadhar, MD (Psychiatry), D.Sc. (Yoga), is currently the President of Ethics & Medical Registration Board, National Medical Commission, Government of India. He was formerly Senior Professor of Psychiatry and Director of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India. Dr. Gangadhar developed novel strategies to treat severe psychiatric disorders including depression and schizophrenia using noninvasive brain manipulative procedures including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). He also pioneered the integration of yoga as therapy for treating mental and neurological disorders. He established an advanced center for research in Yoga at NIMHANS IN 2007 which culminated in the establishment of a full Department of Integrative Medicine in 2019, the first such department in a National Institute in India.
Dr. Hemant Bhargav, MD (Yoga and Rehabilitation), PhD (Yoga), is a conventional medicine doctor with MD and PhD in Yoga therapy. He is currently working as Assistant Professor of Yoga, Department of Integrative Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India. He has 10 years of experience as a Clinical Yoga Expert, particularly in the field of mental health and neurosciences. He has published more than 30 research publications in these areas.