Acharya Pratishtha
Acharya Pratishtha Teaching Yoga
Director, Mokshayatan Yog Sansthan [1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 01 December 2020
Preceded by	Sanjay Sharma
Succeeded by	Balwant Thakur
Director IGCIC, HCI Mauritius Ministry of External Affairs
In office 10 November 2017[2] – 27 November 2020
Kathak/YogaTeacherEmbassy of India to Indonesia
In office 24 December 2013[3] – 08 April 2015
Personal details
Born	Pratishtha Sharma (1983-12-01) 1 December 1983 [4] Saharanpur
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Dheeraj Saraswat
Children	1
Education	Bachelor of Arts MA
Alma mater	University of Delhi National Institute of Kathak Dance Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya
Occupation	Yoga Guru, Author, Kathak Exponent, Director of Mokshayatan Yog Sansthan
Known for	Yoga Kathak Diplomat
Website	www.acharyapratishtha.in
YouTube information
Channel	Bharat Yoga
Years active	2008–present
Genre	HealthYogaCulture
Subscribers	1.147 million[5]
Total views	108.07 million[5]
Last updated: 19 Nov 2022

Acharya Pratishtha (born Pratishtha Sharma) is an Indian Yoga guru, Kathak Guru and Performer, Author and former Diplomat.^[6] She is the Director of Mokshayatan Yog Sansthan.^[4][7]

Author

Acharya Pratishtha has written 5 books on Kathak and Yoga.^[8] Her first book was published “DIABETES, Why Die-a-bit-ease?” at the age of 25. She wrote first bilingual book on Bahasa Indonesia and English “Essential elements of kathak” Published by Indian Embassy in Indonesia,Ministry of External Affairs.

Personal life

Pratishtha Sharma works under name Acharya Pratishtha born in Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of Swami Dr.Bharat Bhushan (yogi). She has done graduation from Delhi University and post-graduation from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya. She is married and have one daughter.^[4]

Career

Acharya Pratishtha is an Yoga^[9] and Kathak Dance Exponent.^[10] She is an expert of Indian culture and soft Diplomacy^[11] and has worked as the Director of World's largest Indian Culture center of Government of India Situated at Mauritius under High Commission of India.^[12] She was also posted at Indian Culture Center at Embassy of India, Jakarta.^[13] She has given noted TV shows and written books on her subject. She is the member of several Indian Government committees of Yoga and culture.^[14][15][16]

Awards and honors

International Ayurveda Samman - She was awarded with “International Ayurveda Samman” by Association of Ayurvedic Physician, GOM, Mauritius.^[17][18]

Dainik Jagran Samman for contribution in the field of Yoga and kathak.^[19]

Tejaswini Samman (Received from Vice President of India) by Doordarshan,Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India).^[4]

Yoga Guru

She is working in the field of promoting and propagating Yoga Internationally and regularly involved in Government of India projects of Yoga.^{[9][20][21][22][23]} She has spoken on several topics and how yoga can be helpful in that.^[24][25] She is the member of Committee for Yoga Protocol on Diabetes formed by the Minister of Ayush,Government of India.^{[26][27][28][29][30]}

Kathak Guru and Exponent

She is an acknowledged Kathak dancer and has performed at several festivals in India and abroad.^{[4][31][32][33][34]}

Television Shows

Books

1. "DIABETES, Why Die-a-bit-ease?" Health Care. January 2010.
2. "Essential elements of kathak" Classical Dance Kathak. January 2014.
3. Pratishtha, Acharya (December 2015). "Lets Learn Kathak-1" Classical Dance Kathak.
4. "Yoga for Healthy Life" Health Care. December 2016.
5. "Lets Learn Yoga-1" Health Care. May 2015.

References

External links

• Acharya Pratishtha Website
• Tejaswini with Acharya Pratishtha on DD News (Interview)