On January 5, the first meeting of the Executive council of the Indian Yoga Association,A self-regulatory body of Eminent Yoga Schools in India, Sponsored by Deptt. of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & F.W., Govt. of India was held at the Yoga Institute. Starwalts from the Yoga world including B.K.S. Iyengar, Dr. B.K.S.Iyengar (President) Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Shri O.P. Tiwari (Secretary) Kaivalyadhama S.M.Y.M. Samiti, Lonavala, Dr. H.R.Nagendra (Vice Chancellor) Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Sanathan , Dr. S.P.Mishra (Vice Chancellor) Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Dr. Ishwar V. Basavaraddi (Director) Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Shri Shraddhalu Ranade (Managing Trustee) Dipti Trust , Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Swami Dharmananda (Director)Adyatma Sadhana Kendra, Dr. Swami Veda Bharati (Chancellor)HIHT University, Dr. Swami Ananta Bharti (Director)Keshwananda Yog Sansthana, Smt. Hansa Jayadeva Yogendra (Director)The Yoga Institute, Shri S. Sridharan (Managing Trustee)Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Padamshree Bharat Bhushan (President)Mokshayatan Yogashram, Prof. M. Venkata Reddy (Secretary)Andhra Pradesh Yoga Dhyana Parishad, Dr. K. Krishna Bhat (Professor & Chairman)Dept of H.C. & Yoga Science,Manglore University and Dr. Ishwar Bharadwaj (Professor and Head) Dept of H.C. & Yoga Science,Gurukul Kangri University, were present for the meeting.