Dr. Rajani Pradhan

Her journey began with Yoga-Āsana practice under Yogacharya Nishiganda Kulkarni and continued with Padma Shri Yogacharya Sadashiv Nimbalkar. She has studied the nuances of Yoga at the feet of saints and sages from across Bharat and shares that learning with sincere students.

She is a Ph.D. guide for Yogaśāstra at Kavi Kulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Nagpur.

She studies Pāṇinian Saṃskṛta with Dr. Pushpa Dixit and completed her doctorate in Yogaśāstra under Prof. Dr. B. R. Sharma.

Her continuing studies include Vedānta under Swami Advayananda and Swami Tejomayananda, and the ancient Indian music tradition of Dhrupad with Viduśī Smt. Sombala Kumar and Ustad Bahauddin Dagar.

She has taught Yogaśāstra and Saṃskṛta at institutes including Swami Vivekananda Yoga Kendra, K. J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, Bharatiya Sanskriti Peetham and Chinmaya Naada Bindu Gurukula, and serves as visiting faculty across universities, colleges and organisations.

Her academic service includes the Academic Advisory Board of GS College of Yoga and Cultural Synthesis, the editorial board of Yoga-Mimansa, boards of studies at Kavi Kulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, and its International Student Cell.