Yoga is an invaluable gift of ancient Indian tradition to the world and central to the idea and identity of India. Yogasth Club of IIT Bombay celebrates the 75 years of India’s independence by organizing an international conference on Research in Yoga. Yoga helps people by relieving suffering and promoting well-being through the practices like Asana, Pranayama, and Dhyana which have profound impact on mind, consciousness and identity. A fast growing body of scientific studies explains the impact of Yoga based practices on structural aspects of brain and nervous system. However, traditional knowledge system of Yoga talks about functional aspects of inner faculties like manas, buddhi, citta and vrittis as the realms of mind or consciousness where one experiences the calmness, harmony, and awareness arising through the Yoga based practices. Yoga darshan and practices also talk about states and qualities of mind like klesases, vasnas, sanskaras, chitta Prasad, prajna to explain the ways of attaining purity and equanimity of mind. This knowledge is relevant in the day-to-day life as well as fields of education, workplace, sports and so on. The world facing the crisis of COVID-19 pandemic is recognizing the criticality of mental well being. It is important to approach Yoga as a science to discover valuable insights for nurturing the positive qualities of mind, consciousness and identity. This approach will also realize the potential of Yoga in making other branches of natural and social sciences more holistic and integrative. Inspired by these ideas, 'Yogastha': the well-being club of IIT Bombay is organizing a two-day e-conference on August 7th and 8th, 2021 titled 'Research in Yoga: Mind, Consciousness and Identity’. Also, a pre-conference workshop on ‘Design and Approaches of Research in Yoga’ will be conducted on August 6th, 2021.

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