3 Day National Yoga Olympiad 2018 organized by NCERT

In news:

A 3-day National Yoga Olympiad was inaugurated at the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in CIET in New Delhi by Mr. Eric Falt, Director and UNESCO Representative of the New Delhi Cluster Office for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

This is the third consecutive year of National Yoga Olympiad of NCERT and this year about 500 students from 26 States and 4 RIEs are participating in the Olympiad as compared to the participation of students from 25 States/UTs last year.

Two books – Joy of Theatre and Sangeet— training packages were released on the occasion.

The main event of 4^th International Yoga Day celebrations (IDY-2018) will be held on 21^st June 2018 at Dehradun in Uttarakhand.