Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana or S- VYASA is situated in Bangalore, Karnataka. Established in 1986, the university campus, Prashanti Kutiram, spreads over an area of 100 acres. It has been accredited A+ grade by NAAC and has been recognized as a Category 1 by the UGC. The institution has carried itself as a Centre of Advanced Research (CAR) in Yoga and published over 284 research papers over the years. 

S- VYASA is the only Yoga University offering various Yoga courses providing Life training and character building education with Yoga as a way of life. The institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, diploma, certificate as well as a wide range of distance courses. All programs come with Global Certifications from esteemed institutions like HETIC School of Digital Leadership, Paris, and ESG School of Management, Paris, ensuring students receive industry-recognized skills. Admissions are conducted on the basis of merit as well as through an entrance exam. Masterclasses, workshops, and immersions from experts in academia and industry further enrich the learning experience, with speakers from prestigious institutions and Fortune 500 companies.

S-VYASA also has several collaborations with reputed organizations like AIIMS, AIIMS-Bhopal, Narayana Nethralaya, Narayana Hrudayalaya, National Institute Of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore Medical College and Research Centre, Dr. Chandramma Dayanda Sagar Institute of Medical Education and Research, BGS Global Institute of Allied Health Sciences, etc.

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The institution has systemized Advanced Yoga techniques such as Cyclic Meditation, Pranic Energisation Technique and Mind Imagery Technique to name a few. It is affiliated to four Universities including the Bangalore University. Students at S- VYASA have access to a wide range of facilities that include a modern health centre, libraries and a well- furnished auditorium.

SVYASA Key Points

  • The institution has carried itself as a Centre of Research (CAR) in Yoga and Neurophysiology accredited by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
  • MOUs with 20 leading Universities and research centers from all over the world for conducting collaborations in Yoga have been signed by S- VYASA. 
  • Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana has a Yoga library with a collection of 15000 books and videos. The digital library has a thousand online journals. Know more: S- VYASA Hostels.
  • Arogyadhama, run by S- VYASA is one of a kind Yoga therapy Research Health Home to prevent and treat long term rehabilitation, modern NCDs and to promote well being.
  • The University also offers Distance Education facilities. Know more: S- VYASA Distance Education.
  • It has been accredited by NAAC with ‘A+' grade in UGC Category and has been approved by KSURF as a 4 Star Specialist University. Read more: S- VYASA Reviews
  • SVYASA Contact Details – +91 9070907066 / +91 9070907099, info@svyasa.edu.in

SVYASA Courses & Fees

The institution offers well designed Yoga courses in varied fields that include Spirituality, Yoga and Life Sciences, Yoga and Physical Sciences, Yoga and Management Studies and Yoga and Humanities.

S- VYASA offers a total of 114 Ph.D programmes and 52 M.Sc programmes.

The courses offered by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore and their respective details are given below.

Program Program details Eligibility Criteria Selection Criteria Total Fee
B.Sc Specializations- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Robotics; Computer Science; Clinical Psychology
Duration- 3 years.

Passed in All State Board PUC / HSc Science Stream with (Physics, Chemistry & Biology) with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks

OR
Passed in CBSE / ICSE Science Stream with (Physics, Chemistry & Biology) with at least 50% aggregate marks

Merit + Entrance based

INR 3.30 Lakhs

B.Sc Clinical Psychology: INR 5.65 Lakhs

BBA Specializations- Regular; Logistics & Aviation; Business Management, Digital Marketing & Business Analytics; Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Business Analytics; Logistics, Supply Chain Management & Port Management; Sports Management
Duration- 3 years.

Passed in All State Board PUC / HSc with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks

OR
Passed in CBSE / ICSE with at least 50% aggregate marks

Merit + Entrance based

INR 4.08 Lakhs

BBA Regular: INR 3.6 Lakhs

BCA Specializations- Cybersecurity, Ethical Hacking, & Digital Forensics; Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Robotics; Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing & DevOps; Data Science, Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Analytics; Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking; Artificial Intelligence, Robotics & Internet of Things
Duration- 3 years.

Passed in All State Board PUC / HSc with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks

OR
Passed in CBSE / ICSE with at least 50% aggregate marks

Merit + Entrance based

INR 4.5 Lakhs

BTech  Specializations- Computer Science & Engineering; Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning); Computer Science & Information Technology; Computer Science & Engineering (Data Science); Computer Science & Engineering (Cybersecurity), Computer Science (Software Engineering)
Duration- 4 years.

Passed in All State Board PUC / HSc with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks

OR
Passed in CBSE / ICSE with at least 50% aggregate marks

Merit + Entrance based INR 10.8 lakhs
B.Com

Specializations: International Accounting and Finance integrated with ACCA

Duration: 3 years

Passed in All State Board PUC / HSc with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks

OR
Passed in CBSE / ICSE with at least 50% aggregate marks

Merit + Entrance based

INR 3.48 Lakhs
BOT

Occupational Therapy

Duration: 4.5 years

Passed in All State Board PUC / HSc with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks

OR
Passed in CBSE / ICSE with at least 50% aggregate marks

Merit + Entrance based

INR 5.90 Lakhs

BPT

Physiotherapy

Duration: 4.5 years

Passed in All State Board PUC / HSc with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks

OR
Passed in CBSE / ICSE with at least 50% aggregate marks

Merit + Entrance based

INR 5.90 Lakhs

M.Sc Specializations- Yoga and Consciousness; Yoga Therapy; Yoga; Cloud Computing & DevOps; Cybersecurity, Ethical Hacking & Cyber Forensics; Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Data Science; Data Science & Big Data Analytics; Data Science & Internet of Things; Clinical Psychology
Duration – 2 years
Candidates who have any undergraduate degree with minimum of 50% marks/ Completion of YIC from S-VYASA Merit + Entrance based.

INR 2.9 Lakhs

Clinical Psychology: INR 3.5 Lakhs

MBA

Specializations: Dual Major (Business Analytics/
Marketing/ Finance/ Human Resource/Management/Operations Management/International Business); Marketing Finance & Business Analytics; Digital Business Management & Data Analytics; Hospital Administration with Medical Tourism (TCS); Logistics and Supply Chain Management (TCS)

Duration: 2 years

Candidates who have any undergraduate degree with minimum of 50% marks/ Completion of YIC from S-VYASA Merit + Entrance based. INR 5.10 Lakhs
MCA 

Specializations: Cloud Computing & DevOps; Cybersecurity ,Ethical Hacking & Cyber Forensics; Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Data Science; Data Science & Big Data Analytics; Data Science & Internet of Things.

Duration: 2 years

Candidates who have any undergraduate degree with minimum of 50% marks/ Completion of YIC from S-VYASA Merit + Entrance based INR 3.10 Lakhs
Post Graduate diploma Specializations – Yoga Therapy, Yoga diploma for doctors.
Duration – 1 Year
Candidates who have any undergraduate degree with minimum of 50% marks/ Completion of YIC from S-VYASA. Merit + Entrance based. INR 1,21,300 for one year.
M.D Specialization – Yoga and Rehabilitation
Duration – 3-6 years
Candidates who have completed five or more years of Medical Program from any stream (MBBS, BSMS, BNYS, BAMS,BUMS, BHMS), and YIC from S-VYASA are eligible to apply for the program. Merit + Entrance exam followed by a personal interview. INR 2,86,300 for three years.
Ph.D Specialization – Yoga
Duration – 3-6 years for full time duration only
Candidates who hold a master’s degree in the field of Yoga or post graduation in any professional program with 55% aggregate marks from a recognised university and have completed YIC from S-VYASA are eligible to apply for the program. NET/JRF is preferred for all Divisions. Merit + Entrance exam followed by a personal interview. INR 1,82,700 for three years.
Certifications Specializations: BBA – Year 1 (Foundation Certificate in Management), BBA – Year 2 (Advanced Certificate in Management), BBA – Year 3  (Professional Certificate in Business and Management), BCA – Year 1 & BTech – Year 2 (Foundation Certificate in Technology), BCA – Year 2 & BTech – Year 3 (Advanced Certificate in Technology Design), BCA – Year 3 & BTech – Year 4 (Professional Certificate in
Technology Management), Google Digital Marketing and ECommerce Certificate, Google Project Management: Professional Certificate (Exam Cost extra), Google Data Analytics Certificate (Exam Cost extra), CompTIA Project+ (Exam Cost extra), Salesforce Administrator Certification, Professional Certification in Sales Excellence, CBAP – Certified Business Analysis Professional, and CAPM - Certified Associate in
Project Management (Exam Cost extra), PCAP™ – Certified Associate Python Programmer from The Python Institute (Pearson’s Exam Cost extra), MongoDB Associate Developer by MongoDB University / MongoDB Associate Database Administrator (Exam Cost extra), AWS Certified Developer
Associate (Exam Cost extra), Google IT Support Certificate (Exam Cost extra), CLA – C Programming Language Certified Associate OR
CLP – C Certified Professional Programmer (Exam Cost extra), 
Passed in 10+2 from a recognized institute Merit-based NA

NOTE: Tuition Fees to be paid towards admission confirmation for all courses is INR 26,000.

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A few other courses offered by the University are :

  1. Y.I.C or Yoga Instructor’s Course is a monthly course to transform the knowledge of the individual to be able to teach Yoga with confidence.
  2. B.N.Y.S or Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences is a medical graduation in Naturopathy and Yoga spreading over four and a half years.
  3. O.D.L or Open and Digital learning which aims to spread knowledge about this age-old practice worldwide to let the larger academic community grow together.
  4. S.M.E.T or Self Management of Excessive Tension helps the students deal with stress and hypersensitivity to lead a quality life.

S- VYASA Distance Education

A variety of online certificate courses are also offered by the University. Distance education facilities are provided to students willing to learn online from a distance on subjects like YIC, B.sc, M.Sc and Diploma in Yoga Therapy.

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SVYASA​ Placements 2024

The Student Support Cell or the Placement Cell at S- VYASA gives detailed information to students applying for placement opportunities and works towards helping them have a flourishing career. Students have to register at the placement cell and apply to various programmes according to the eligibility criteria. Selection of the students are purely based on their performance. S- VYASA has collaborations with several yoga clubs across the country and students can also go for jobs like yoga instructors on their own. Some of the top recruiters at SVYASA Placements 2023 were:

Apple Microsoft Loreal
Google J.P Morgan Chase & Co. Pepsico
Nestle IBM Deloitte

Internships:

SVYASA Internships are offered at MNCs for the Final Year (BCA, B.Tech, BBA, B.Com, B.Sc Computer Science & ML) students with a stipend of ₹10000 per month (Total INR 1.2 LPA).

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SVYASA​ Scholarships 2024

Being a reputed institute, S- VYASA provides scholarships from governmental and non-governmental institutions to needy and meritorious students. Several philanthropic institutions provide educational loans and assistantships as well. Students at S- VYASA are offered to work part time on campus to financially support their education. 

Some pf the scholarships provided at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana are as follows :

  1. Paris Immersion Scholarship: Final year BBA/BCA students can participate in the iLEAD Scholarship test for a 2-week HETIC Paris immersion program including an Global Internship Certification. The Scholarship is awarded based on the performance of the applicant in the Scholarship Test / Competition.
  2. National Scholarship Portal – The portal is a one stop solution through which services starting from student application, application receipt, processing, sanction and disbursal of various scholarship schemes of Central and State Governments to students are enabled. 
  3. Scholarship schemes from the government of India for foreign students – the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) provide scholarships to the foreign students who are meritorious and deserving.

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  1. Karnataka government scholarship scheme – The State Scholarship Portal (SSP) under Karnataka government scholarship scheme provides fee reimbursement, accomodation fee and financial service to those belonging to the ST, SC, OBC category.
  2. State government scholarship schemes- Governments of different states provide post matric scholarship schemes to those belonging to the SC, ST,OBC category students. Students with a proper domicile can apply to such scholarships.

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SVYASA Facilities and Hostel

  • Hostel: Hostels at SVYASA have well equipped, spacious rooms with necessary amenities like nutritious and hygienic food, Wi-fi enabled to provide 24×7 access to the internet, round the clock security and well connected to the city through bus routes. The hostel rooms have various facilities like cots, tables, pillows, doormats, buckets & rugs, fans, curtains, bathroom fittings, study table, chair, etc. There’s also a common area in the hostel with facilities like T.V, refrigerator, WiFi, water purifier, washing machine, dining table, heat pump, center table, etc. The hostel fee is tabulated below: 
Annual Charge Without Food Annual Charge With Food
4 Sharing INR 60,000 4 Sharing INR 96,000
3 Sharing INR 84,000 3 Sharing INR 1,20,000
2 Sharing INR 1,08,000 2 Sharing INR 1,44,000

Students will also have to pay a non-refundable caution deposit of INR 5000

  • Library:SVYASA Library has a good collection of 15000 books, videos and books. The digital library has a few thousand online journals. SVYP (Swami Vivekananda Yoga Prakashan) is the publication wing of S-VYASA having about 35 titles, videos and audios.
  • SportsThe Institute offers facilities for indoor and outdoor sports such as chess, carom, cricket, football, basketball, etc. and regularly organizes sports tournaments. The institute also has a sports club named 'Ekalavya', it is the sports club of NSB. 
  • Auditorium: SVYASA has a well-furnished auditorium, equipped with audio-visual equipment and required furniture, most suitable for organizing conferences, seminars, workshops, and other academic, literary activities, or cultural functions that require light and sound facilities.
  • Labs: Various labs like Molecular Bioscience Lab, Psychophysiology Lab, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Psychology Lab, and Bioenergy Lab are available at the institute for hands-on training
  • Other Facilities: Several other facilities of SVYASA include a Seminar Hall, Yoga Room, Meditation Hall, Grocery Stores, Banking and ATM Facility, Cafeteria , and Transportation facilities.

SVYASA​ FAQs

Ques. Where is S – VYASA located?

Ans. S-VYASA is located at Giddenahalli, Jigani Hobli, Anekal Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka. The institute is 30 Km from the centre of Bangalore and 14 Km from the Bannerghatta National Park.

Ques. When will the admission at S- VYASA start?

Ans. Admission for some courses at S- VYASA have already started. Interested candidates can go to the official website to check the important dates and updates regarding admission.

Ques. Is accomodation available for the Yoga Instructor’s course at S- VYASA?

Ans. Yes, accomodation is available at S- VYASA. Candidates are advised to go through the official website to get a detailed fee structure and facilities provided for the accomodation of students by the University.

Ques. Is recruitment after graduation/ post graduation available at the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana?

Ans. Yes, Candidates who hold a master’s degree in the field of Yoga or have completed post graduation in any professional program with 55% aggregate marks from a recognised university and have completed YIC from S-VYASA are eligible to apply for the research program. The research cell at the institute has been working as a Centre of Advanced Research and has published over 284 Research papers. There are ongoing self financed projects as well.

Ques.What kind of questions are asked in the entrance examination at S- VYASA?

Ans. The syllabus of the entrance examination is based on the syllabus of the Yoga Instructor’s Course (YIC). It is mandatory for the candidate applying for any undergraduate, post graduate courses to have completed the YIC offered by the S-VYASA. Students are selected on the basis of the eligibility criteria, followed by the entrance exam designed by the University and an interview.