International Yoga Day: Sunil Bharti Mittal, Baba Ramdev, Swati Bhargava, Sergey Brin, other business leaders who practice Yoga

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India is celebrating the 9th International Day of Yoga, as people across India and even other countries are practicing Yoga in a bid to promote its advantages and create awareness about the same

International Day of Yoga

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is currently in the US will also take part in multiple Yoga programmes later in the day as per the United States standard time. Special Yoga Day celebrations have been organised at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva

PM Modi in US

Chairman of Bharti Airtel, Sunil Bharti Mittal regularly practices Yoga. He has learnt the art of Yoga from the famous Yoga guru Bharat Thakur who is married to Bollywood actress Bhumika Chawla

Sunil Bharti Mittal

As per reports, the Chairperson of HCL Technologies, Roshni Nadar Malhotra is a practitioner of Yoga. She is also a trained classical musician. She was recently featured in Business Today’s Most Powerful Women in Business (BT MPW 2022) where she talked about ‘Business and Society. Marrying The Two’

Roshni Nadar Malhotra

For Swati Bhargava, co-founder of CashKaro—India’s largest cashback and coupons site with over 15 million registered users—her morning yoga ritual is sacrosanct. No matter where she is or how it was the evening before, her day starts with an hour-long yoga session comprising Surya Namaskar, Ashtanga and Hatha yoga poses for a stronger back, and Pranayam

CashKaro’s Swati Bhargava

Bajaj Auto’s Rajiv Bajaj is a known follower of Late Yoga guru BKS Iyengar. He often quotes the various business lessons he learnt from the famous Yoga guru. Bajaj looks at yoga for solutions

Rajiv Bajaj

Yoga is not just limited to the Indian business leaders. Google co-founder Sergey Brin is also known for his inclination towards Yoga. He has often been spotted taking part in corporate Yoga events

Sergey Brin

Yoga guru-turned-businessman Baba Ramdev is one of the leading Yoga practitioners in India who gained fame through his famous Yoga shivirs organised across the country. He not only practices Yoga but also trains several people for the same. He is the co-founder of Patanjali Group which sells Ayurveda products

Baba Ramdev

PM Modi on Wednesday said Yoga is a global spirit and unites the world. Nine years after Prime Minister Modi first proposed the idea of International Yoga Day to the UNGA, he is set to lead a historic Yoga commemoration at the UN headquarters. Representatives of around 188 countries are expected to attend the event

International Yoga Day 2023