The Ministry of AYUSH has set up an interdisciplinary team of experts to explore the potential of Yoga as a productivity enhancing tool for the population. The committee is chaired by H. R Nagendra, Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana and its members include representatives from AIIMS New Delhi, IIM Bangalore, IIT Bombay, various leading Yoga institutions, the corporate sector and the AYUSH Ministry.<br />'' <br />''The committee will submit its preliminary recommendations by May this year. In the inception meeting held yesterday, the committee recognised that in the past five years, there has been an unprecedented Global surge in the popularity of Yoga . But the productivity dimension of Yoga – its role at the workplace in offering benefits to employees to perform better -  remains unexplored to a large extent. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Some of the members highlighted that Yoga for productivity is a critically important aspect in the present context when India's growth aspirations are at perhaps its highest. One of the primary tasks of the committee, it was recognised, was to review evidence that linked Yoga to productivity and analyse the same. </span><br />