NICY has weekly academic program every Friday for all staff and students working in the center. As a part of this program, students and research staff present seminars on topics covering different areas from yogic concepts to research methodology. Also, Journal Clubs are held to review the work of other research groups. Guest lectures are also held regularly where speakers from other departments as well as outside NIMHANS are also invited to share their knowledge. Following are some of the topics discussed at the Friday academics program, with links provided to access the presentation document.
| Date | Title | Category | PDF of slides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.05.2020 | Yoga and its effect on HRV in Psychiatric disorders | Seminar | Link |
| 08.05.2020 | Biomechanics of Yoga | Seminar | link |
| 06.04.2020 | Yoga for Stress Management | Seminar | Link |
| 13.03.2020 | Concept of Vishada (Depression) | Seminar | Link |
| 06.03.2020 | Concept of Unmada in Ayurveda (Psychosis) | Seminar | Link |
| 07.02.2020 | Role of Yoga in Pain Disorders | Seminar | Link |
| 21.01.2020 | Introduction to Upanishads | Seminar | link |
| 17.01.2020 | Pharmacology of Ayurveda: Medhya Dravya | Seminar | link |
| 10.01.2020 | Behavioral and psychophysiological effects of a Yoga intervention on high risk Adolescents: A Randomized control trial | Journal Club | link |
| 20.12.2019 | How Yoga Changes Your Brain | Journal Club | link |
| 06.12.2019 | Understanding Anxiety Disorder from Ayurveda perspective | Seminar | link |
| 22.11.2019 | Psychometric Analysis of Trigunas | Journal Club | Link |
| 15.11.2019 | Wellness | Seminar | link |
| 08.11.2019 | Acceptability of a mindfulness intervention for depressive symptoms among African American women in a community health center A qualitative study | Journal Club | link |
| 11.10.2019 | Five week yin yoga based interventions decreased plasma adrenomedullin and increased psychological health in stressed adults A randomised controlled trial | Journal Club | link |
| 04.10.2019 | Concept of Self in Schizophrenia | Seminar | |
| 13.09.2019 | Cellular Markers of Yoga | Seminar | link |
| 06.09.2019 | Neurobiology of Yoga in De-Addiction | Seminar | link |
| 23.08.2019 | Treating major depression with yoga: A prospective, randomized, controlled pilot trial | Seminar | link |
| 12.07.2019 | Introduction to Panchakarma | Seminar | link |
| 05.07.2019 | Definitions of Yoga as per scriptures and Misconceptions & Contra-indications | Seminar | link |
| 14.06.2019 | Creativity in yoga | Seminar | link |
| 07.06.2019 | Yoga for Anxiety Disorder A Systematic review and meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials | Journal Club | |
| 24.05.2019 | Moral Stories in Upanishads | Seminar | link |
| 17.05.2019 | Therapeutics of Traditional Healing Methods | Seminar | |
| 10.05.2019 | Asana | Seminar | |