Secretary
Important representations in Committees
- Secretary, Yogi Rama Thapovanam & Rishi Marga Mission & Secretary, Andhra Pradesh, IYA
- Former Secretary, Karnataka IYA
- Former Joint Secretary and current Consultant, Indian Yoga Association
- Yoga Domain Expert for NSDA under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- Representative, Committee on formation of Department of Yoga, Naturopathy and Cognitive Sciences, BHAU Lucknow Central University, Lucknow
- Implementation and Coordination Officer, JICC, UP Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad
- Approval of SWAYAM MOOCS at S-VYASA Yoga University through AICTE under MoE for TEN Courses leading up to Yoga Teachers Training Course certificate and two courses each for Diabetes, Palliative Care and Hypertension with a total sanction of Rs 2.16 Cr
- Coordinator, Joint Working Group, AICTE-S-VYASA for Creation of Yoga MOOCs under SWAYAM, MHRD; Approval of SWAYAM MOOCs at S-VYASA Yoga University through AICTE under the MHRD (now MoE) for FOUR Courses leading Yoga Instructor’s Course certificate with a sanction amount of Rs 57 Lakhs
- Coordination and Implementation Officer, Joint Committee, IGNOU-VYASA
- Member, Committee on creation of Curriculum, Bharatiya Jnana Parampara, National Institute of Open Schooling
- Member, Coordinator, Committee on creations of MOOCs in Humanities and Social Sciences, UGC, MHRD
- Member, Working Committee, Committee on Yoga Education in Universities, MHRD
- Member, Coordination, Committee for Creation of Inter University Center for Yogic Sciences, MHRD
- Nodal Officer, Member, Committee on Policy of AYUSH in Medical Tourism, Ministry of Tourism
- Research Assistant (Yoga), National Council for Teachers Education, MHRD
- Nodal Officer, Directorate of Distance Education, S-VYASA; (was instrumental in getting approval of DDE, S-VYASA first for provisional recognition and then for permanent recognition; during this term, had steered the first two cycles of NAAC inspections
- Ex Business Development Manager, Healthandyoga.com
A brief profile about Ravi Tumuluri
Ravi Tumuluri was born in Kavali, about 50 kms Nellore town located in the State of Andhra Pradesh in South India. His, Late Sri Bhujanga Dev Tumuluri father was born in Nellore. His mother Late Smt Lalitha Tumuluri was born is Kandukuru which is 110 kms from Nellore. His father’s father Late Sri Tumuluri Venkatarammaih Adinarayana was born in Atmakuru, about 32 kms from Yogi Rama Thapovanam..
Both his Peddananas (father’s elder brothers), Sri Tumuluri Ramakrishna and Late Dr Tumuluri Ramaprabhu we classmates of Swami Prajna Aranya (Sadhu Padmanabha Yogi) is their college days.
From a traditional familial background, he has been identified as a creative personality with his out-of-the-box ideas. He has contributed towards many of the path-breaking initiatives of VYASA, S-VYASA and DDE, S-VYASA in his various roles at VYASA. This maybe a reason he is often identified as the ‘Principle Shishya to Guruji’, Dr HR Nagendra, the honorable Chancellor of S-VYASA and the President of VYASA
Prior to coming to VYASA, he was leading a typical corporate householders’ life, lastly in Delhi with a leading portal on health and yoga. It was here that he had a tryst with destiny and met many spiritual masters including Dr HR Nagendra, a scientist and a spiritual master. Ravi Tumuluri always says that the open-mindedness and the simplicity of Guruji is what attracted him to VYASA and Prashanti Kutiram, the campus and the headquarters of VYASA. It was only obvious that this attraction and an innate desire to propagate Indian Culture brought him to VYASA.
However, many people including his closest family say that Ravi Tumuluri had a spiritual awakening when he was in his late twenties which introduced him to a new-way of life. This new way of life also brought about a total personality transformation. He was selected for BTech (Chemical Engineering) from Regional Engineering College (now a National Institute of Technology), he has now completed yoga courses and lives a yogic lifestyle perpetually in bliss
While at VYASA, Ravi Tumuluri has adopted, analysed and improvised the four streams of yoga as codified by Swami Vivekananda. Using intellect for the correct understanding, he has been able to bring in accelerated growth. He has also applied the correct understanding in his various roles at VYASA
Ravi Tumuluri is a prolific writer and a speaker. While he has the art of captivating his audiences through presentations and talks in a scientific manner, he has been able to document and make manuals of many processes he is involved in. He attributes his speaking skills to regular recitation and reading of Samskrt shlokas and texts. He is presently involved in writing standardized texts for Yoga through Distance Education in his role as the Nodal Officer, S-VYASA. He has toured throughout India and has held his audiences spellbound by his clear, simple and straight-forward oration. He is a versatile speaker and has captivated the hearts of seekers of science, spirituality, health, education, governance, etc through his fluent presentation. Ravi Tumuluri has presented 17 papers in National and International conferences on yoga education and technology.
Ravi Tumuluri has a great deal of experience in Information Communication Technology and is now looking to scale-up the visibility and reach of yoga using the advancement in technology. In his present role, he has implemented many such solutions which take the yoga learning to the doorstep of the learner.
Ravi Tumuluri often says that he has learned all-inclusiveness from Guruji and tries to implement the same. The inclusiveness is the reason the organisations that he has worked for have been able to forge relations with many organisations, governmental and non-governmental, national and international. He has been involved in recent tie-ups for VYASA with his creative and intelligent proposals. Ravi Tumuluri has developed a deep understanding of the truth and righteousness (Satya and Dharma) which has been implemented for the Directorate of Distance Education, S-VYASA
He is married to an entrepreneur and has a doting daughter. Both mother and daughter have followed him into the Ashram-living and the family has adopted a simplistic, non-materialistic life. His wife is an and his daughter studies in a vedic gurukulam.