International Day of Yoga was celebrated at ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi on June 21 2017 at 7:00-8.00 in the morning. All the employees of the institute, including Scientists, technicals and administrative officers have participated in program with enthusiasm under the leadership of the institute’s director Dr. Bijendra Singh. On this occasion, Dr. Bijendra Singh has welcomed all the delegates and thrown light on the importance of daily practicing yoga. In this program, various exercises, yoga asans, pranayam, etc were demonstrated and conducted by Yoga expert Sri Chandesh Dube and Girish Upadhyay. They have emphasized that the regular practice of these aasans and pranayam would be helpful in relieving of body pains and remedy for several diseases such as diabetes, heart and lung diseases. At the end of the session, all the employees of the institute have resolved to practice yoga daily. The program was coordinated by Dr. Anant Bahadur, Principal scientist of the institute.