Ankit Gupta
Ankit obtained his bachelor’s degree (2010-2013) in Yoga Sciences, Psychology, and Environmental Sciences from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, and master’s degree in Yoga Sciences (2013-2015) from University of Patanjali, Haridwar. Thereafter, he worked as Research Trainee at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Delhi; Yoga Therapist at INMAS-DRDO, Delhi; Assistant Scientist at Dr. Shirley Telles Yoga Research Lab, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar; and Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS), University of Allahabad, Allahabad. He is currently enrolled as full time PhD Scholar at NRCVEE, IIT Delhi under the supervision of Prof. Varsha Singh, Associate Professor, HSS, IIT-Delhi; Prof. Rahul Garg, Professor, SIT & NRCVEE, IIT-Delhi; and Prof. Sushil Chandra, Scientist G & Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, INMAS-DRDO, Delhi. In his doctoral thesis, he is investigating the factors which influences cognitive and motor performance among healthy yoga practitioners. He is practicing yoga from more than ten years and in his leisure time, you can find him in deep meditations and involved in social service projects.