RaghuramJi

Yogashree N.V. Raghuram, is a student of yoga and spirituality from early childhood.  Mr. N.V. Raghuram is the founder chairman and spiritual guide of Yoga Bharati USA, founder chairman of ‘Disha’ a non-profit organization for value-based education in schools and colleges in Bengaluru, a member of the board of advisors for Dhruva college of management, Hyderabad and a board member of Youth for Seva in Bengaluru. Shri N. V. Raghuram, from his early days, had a strong interest in Indian wisdom and spirituality which took him to several saints in the Himalayas and to institutions founded by the lineage of Sri Ramakrishna and Vivekananda. He has been involved in guiding people in the practice and assimilation of Yoga and Vedanta after initial training in Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, India.  N.V Raghuram is trained under some of the most renowned exponents of yoga such as Prof Satyanarayana Sastry and has devoted his life to a cause he strongly believes in – the spread of holistic approach to yoga and the spread of spiritual knowledge all over the world.He is a founding member of the SVYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru along with his wife, Dr. Nagarathna, Medical Director of SVYASA and Dr. Nagendra, Chancellor of SVYASA. As an international coordinator of S Vyasa, he has traveled extensively, spreading the message and teaching of Yoga, Indian philosophy and culture by conducting yoga therapy courses, training programs, research projects, seminars and satsangs.  

He has been part of the Indian delegation on Yoga, at the United Nations Conference in Uruguay and the World Health Organization in Switzerland.He started a spiritually oriented yoga organization YOGABHARATI in Cupertino, California in the year 2000, which has branches in several parts of USA such as Detroit, LA,Dalas, Seattle, San Diego and in India at Bengaluru. This organisation 's main objective is promoting and propagating ancient Indian wisdom including spirituality, Indian Culture, Yoga and allied sciences to promote individual and societal well being. 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 UNESCO in 1999. He along with his wife Dr Nagarathna, who is a co-founder of S-VYASA, had guided thousands of Yoga Therapy Participants with psychosomatic problems to come out of their sufferings through Yoga Therapy and Yogic Counseling at Arogyadhama Holistic Health centre.

 Raghuram ji is actively associated with several scientific research projects in Yoga in many countries which includes a cancer research project in Houston Texas Funded by NIH, neurological hospital in Germany, Heart hospital in Turkey etc.  He writes thoughtful articles on Yoga Philosophy. For the cause of yoga he travelled more than forty countries.He had served as the President of Hindu University of America in Florida. A recipient of many awards and titles including Yogashree award from Dr BKS Iyengar Guruji.  He is mentor for many organizations like ‘Global Vedika California USA’ ‘Youth for seva’, ‘Disha’ and Adhyatma Yoga in Bengaluru. All his activities are fully charitable in nature.