The Wildlife Institute of India’s faculty, staff, research and students and their families joined over 600 participants of the Dehradun-based institutions led by the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) on the sprawling sports ground of IGNFA and in the august presence of Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India on 21 June, 2015 to celebrate the International Yoga Day. Yoga asanas and pranyams were performed under the guidance of trained yoga instructions.

‘Yoga is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature’ said the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during his maiden speech in United Nations General Assembly in 2014 after which the celebrations of International Day of Yoga on 21 June, 2015 was declared by the United Nations.