Yoga Professional Certification Program (YCB)

Yoga is essentially a spiritual discipline based on an extremely subtle science, which focuses on bringing
harmony between mind and body. It is a proper blend of art and science for healthy living.

Yoga has spread all over the world by the teachings of great personalities like Swami Shivananda, Shri T.
Krishnamacharya, Swami Kuvalayananda, Shri Yogendara, Swami Rama, Sri Aurobindo, Maharshi
Mahesh Yogi, Acharya Rajneesh, Pattabhi Jois, BKS. Iyengar, Swami Satyananda Saraswati and others.
The Yoga has crossed all the limitations of Region, Religion, Caste, Creed and Nationality.

ABOUT YOGA CERTIFICATION BOARD (YCB):

With the growing popularity of Yoga across the world, it has been felt that there is a mushrooming of yoga
experts whose credentials and bonafides are not verifiable. Therefore, there is an urgent need to introduce
a robust system of evaluation and certification of yoga professionals based on international best practices
to enhance their credibility, validate credentials for popularizing yoga globally.

This objective has been set in motion by establishing an exclusive Yoga Certification Board in March,
2018; which started functioning from June, 2018. The YCB is established under aegis of Morarji Desai
National Institute of Yoga, Ministry of AYUSH, GOI with complete functional autonomy. Secretary, Ministry
of AYUSH is the Chairperson of YCB. Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH is the Vice Chairperson of YCB.
The YCB has representation from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Accreditation expert, Legal expert and Yoga experts.

ABOUT TQ CERT:

TQ Cert Services Private Limited (TQ Cert) is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tata Projects Limited. We are
the First Approved Certification Body for conducting yoga professionals’ examinations on behalf of the
Government of India. We are the only Personnel Certification Body honored by Yoga Certification Board to
be a member of the steering committee comprised of great yoga personalities like Sri Sadguru Jaggi
Vasudev ji, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji, Sri H.R.Nagendra ji etc. & presently chaired by Swami Baba Ramdev ji

TQ Cert is having expertise of over 50 highly qualified Yoga examiners and has conducted over 137 exams
across globe for around 5187 candidates till date. Some of the certified Yoga professionals have
represented in various countries as Yoga Ambassadors in the International Yoga Day through Indian
Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India.

TQ Cert has also evaluated and Certified major leading Yoga Institutions across India such as Sri Sri
School of Yoga (Art of Living), Sivananda Yoga Vedanta, The Yoga Institute (World’s Oldest Yoga Institute)
etc., as per Yoga School Certification Scheme of Ministry of AYUSH. Incidentally, we were the first
Certification Body approved by Government of India to assess Yoga Institutions.

ABOUT EXAMINATION:

TQ Cert proposes to offer “Yoga Protocol Instructor” Certification Program owned by Ministry of AYUSH,
Government of India to all TCSers and their family members.

1. Name of the Certification: Yoga Protocol Instructor (YPI)

2. Requirement/ Eligibility: There is no eligibility criteria.
3. Brief Role Description: Certified Yoga Professionals (Yoga Protocol Instructor) can teach basics
of Yoga/Common Yoga Protocol developed by the Ministry of AYUSH for prevention of diseases
and promotion of health. They can conduct Yoga practice classes in corporates.
 4. Minimum age: No age limit
5. Personal Attributes:
a. Good communication skills & language proficiency
b. Time management skills
c. Ability to understand the body language of the trainees and active listening.
d. Self-discipline, confidence, maturity, patience, compassion, empathy
6. Exam Methodology: The examination will be in two stages – Theory and Practical. Candidates
need to appear both the stages at a time and have to secure 70% marks in each stage to pass the
examination.
7. Re-appear procedure:
 In case, any candidate has secured less than 70% in theory exam, they will be eligible to re-
appear theory exam for one time with nominal fees. Candidate need to re-appear theory exam
within 3 months from the date of declaration of result.
 Candidate Failing in Practical exam alone (less than 70%) or failing in both theory and practical
exams will not get a chance to re-appear. Candidate needs to register afresh.
8. Mark Distribution: Total Marks: 200 (Theory: 60 + Practical: 140), the detailed marks distribution
is as mentioned below.

Theory:
Unit No. Unit Name Marks
1. Introduction to Yoga and Yogic Practices 20
2. Introduction to Yoga Texts 20
3. Yoga for Health Promotion 20
Total 60
Practical:
Unit No. Unit Name Marks
1. Demonstration Skills 80
2. Teaching Skills 40
3. Application of knowledge 10
4. Field Experience 10
Total 140

9. Syllabus : Attached in Annexure-1

FEE STRUCTURE:

Exams in India Exams in Overseas

Description Actual Price Discounted Actual Price Discounted
(INR) Price (INR) (USD) Rate (USD)
1st Installment – Enrollment Fee to YCB 1000 1000 100 100
2nd Installment – TQ Cert Exam Fee
(to be paid within 30 days from the date 3245 *2434 200 150
of enrollment)
Total Fees** 4245 3434 300 250

*TQ Cert Offers 25% Discount on TQ Cert Exam Fees for all TCSers and their family members. The Exam fee includes 18% GST
** Fees once paid will not be refundable
# Fees to re-appear theory exam is Rs.885/- only which includes 18% GST.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

a. Computer / Laptop (Minimum Dual Core CPU with 1 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD) with Microphone,
Speaker, Web Cam and internet speed more than 512 KBPS
b. Yoga Mat placed at least 5 feet away from the webcam in horizontal position with sufficient lighting
and no light in the background (for Practical Exam)
SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATION:

TCS Yoga Council desires to have the examination conducted in the Month of November 2020. The Theory
Exam will be through online proctored enabled software and Practical Exams will be conducted in Microsoft
Teams at your convenient location.

YCB REGISTRATION PROCESS:

Link for Registering Examination: http://yogacertificationboard.nic.in/mis/Registration/yp_registration

Candidate need to open the website by visiting the above link and fill up all the steps from1 to 4 in the Yoga
Professional Enrollment form. Subsequently the candidate is required to visit the website with his login
credentials. Thereafter, candidate can view dashboard with YP Profile, Examination Calendar, Special
CYEP, Useful links and Report an Issue. Candidate need to click on Examination Calendar Tab to see the
various exams scheduled by different PrCBs. Type “TQ Cert” in the search option provided in right top
corner to know various examinations scheduled by us under the following columns
1. S.No.
2. Name of Certificate
3. Assessing Agency
4. Examination Date
5. Last Date for Registration
6. Location

We request all TCSers and their families to choose “Yoga Protocol Instructor” scheduled on
“………………..” and click on “Enroll now”. It will open the new screen with the details of exam and candidate
navigates to “Exam appear / Re-appear Status”. All the candidates are requested to select “1st Time appear
(Theory)” and opt the language in “Exam Paper Languages” and click on “Proceed to Pay”. Then it will
open the “Payment” page by displaying the enrolment fee for “Yoga Protocol Instructor” with “Pay Now”
option. Candidate can click on the same and make the payment as per the choice in different modes such
as Smart check out, Cards and Net Banking. Once the payment is successfully made, the enrolment of
candidate is completed.

TQ CERT EXAMINATION FEES:

After successful enrollment in YCB Website, you will receive email communication from TQ Cert with
Examination Fees which is required to be clicked for making the payment.

ORIENTATION PROGRAM:

TQ Cert propose to conduct orientation program for all the Registered TCSers as defined below. In this
program, TQ Cert Yoga Experts will describe the topic wise interpretation of the YCB syllabus.

Theory Topics:

Unit No. Unit name Time

1 Introduction to Yoga and Yogic Practices 2 hrs

2 Introduction to Yoga Texts 2 hrs

3 Yoga for Health Promotion 2 hrs

Total 6 hrs
Practical Topics:

Unit No. Unit name Time

1 Yoga Cleansing Techniques 1/2 hrs

2 Yogic Sukshma Vyayama and Sthula Vyayama 1/2 hrs

3 Yogic Surya Namaskara 1/2 hrs

4 Pranayama 1/2 hrs

5 Bandha & Mudra 1/2 hrs

Total 2 hrs 30 min

BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION:

 Certificate is globally recognized.

 Certified by Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
 Successful candidates’ names and other details will be displayed in Ministry of AYUSH Website.
 Validation of yoga skills based on Indian Traditional Yoga System enhances professional credibility.
 Certified Candidates can become trainer within TCS, TATA Group or even elsewhere.
 “Yoga Teacher & Evaluator” is recognized by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) & The Indian
Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) deploy such candidates for overseas assignments
occasionally.
 Essential knowledge during Pandemic situation