Dr Shamantakamani Narendran

Academic Advisor, Adhyatma Yoga

MBBS, MD, DCH (Royal College of London (UK),, PhD in Yoga for Pregnancy

Pediatrician & Pregnancy Yoga Consultant

She is considered to be the “Mother of Pregnancy Yoga” and Kids Yoga which she calls as Abimanyu Yoga. After completing MBBS from Mysore University (Karnataka), in 1955 Dr. Shamanthakamani Narendran went on to get her Postgraduate Diploma in Child Health (DCH) from Royal College of London (UK), in 1960. She worked in various hospitals at UK before returning home in 1961. She got her Doctorate in Medicine (MD) in Pediatrics from Karnataka University, in 1967. She was elected Fellow of Indian Academy of Medical Specialties (FIAMS), in 1985. While practicing pediatrics, she got her Master of Arts (MA) in Kannada, MA in Philosophy and Diploma in Journalism from various universities. She is a recipient of H.C. Khincha Memorial Gold Medal. At the age of 75 she took her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Yoga Science for her thesis work on Efficacy of Integrated Approach of Yoga on Outcome of Pregnancy from Bangalore University, in 2006 under the guidance of S-VYASA founders. She was consulting at Republic Hospital, in Bangalore for over 25 years and Gunasheela Surgical & Maternity Hospital, Bangalore for over 30 years. Well versed in Indian Spirituality and Yoga, she had been a core faculty member of S-VYASA Yoga University for more than a decade. She continues to be the visiting neonatologist and pediatrician in Gunasheela Surgical & Maternity Hospital and Mahabodhi Mallige Hospital, Bangalore. She is one of the guiding force and the Academic Advisor at Adhyatma Yoga Academy, Bangalore.