N. V. Raghuram is a

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guru from India.

Biography

After completing Bachelor of

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from Regional Engineering College

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now Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, in 1970 Raghuram worked as engineer in various departments until 1998 when he resigned his job to devote more time in the service of

and

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. In 1978 he took training in Kanyakumari and started his association with

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and since 1980, he is associated with Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Anusandhana Samsthan, (Yoga Research Foundation VKYOGAS). Mr. Raghuram is the International coordinator and senior yoga teacher of (VKYOGAS) presently known as sVYASA ( Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana University). He is the Chairman of Yoga Bharati Movement since 2003. Raghuram conducted research projects at Middlesbrough General Hospital in the UK and the Northern Colorado Allergy and Asthma Center, Fort Collins. Research papers have been published in international medical journals on these research projects. He was a member of the Indian delegation to the Third International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials responsible for Physical Education and Sport organised by

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in 1999. Raghuram is credited with rescuing student Sarah Lionheart from his former guru in the 1980s. Sarah was held captive by Swami Prabhuddhananda and repeatedly sexually assaulted over a period of several months. Raghuram’s wife, Dr R. Nagarathna, is the Dean of the Division of Yoga and Life Sciences of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga University.

References

External links

Yoga Bharati
NGO (US)
sVYASA / Swami Vivekananda Yoga University / India
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raghuram, N.V. 1948 births Living people People from Khammam district