1. Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

1968 – 1970                Assistant Surgeon, Children’s Unit, Vani Vilas Hospital, Bangalore
1970 – 1972                Post Graduate Student in MD Medicine, Mysore Medical  College, Mysore University, Mysore.
1972 – 1973                Assistant Surgeon cum lecturer, CG Hospital & JJM   Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka.
1973 – 1975                Senior House Officer, Department of  Geriatric Medicine Poole Hospital, Middlesborough, Cleveland, UK
1975 – 1977                Registrar, Rheumatology ,  West Lane Hospital Middlesborough, Cleveland, UK.
1977 – 1979                Chief Medical Officer, Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Chikitsa Nilayam, Kanyakumari, India.
1979                            Visiting Consultant, Aswini Hospital, Mercara, Coorg, Karnataka, India.
1979 –                         Consultant Physician and Chief Yoga Therapist, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore.

Professional Memberships
Member of Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, UK
Fellow of International College of Angiology, USA
Life Member of Association of Physicians of India
Member of Third World Organization for Women in Science, C/o Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, ITALY.
Member of American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) Awards
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, UK

Honors
‘Doctor’s Day’ award by IMA, Bangalore  branch, awarded on 1st July 1992.
‘Karnataka Kalpavalli’ award in 1995 for Service to women through Yoga awarded by `Saswathi'' women's organisation, Bangalore.
‘Dr P.S Shankar Vidyashree Award’ by Dr P.S Shankar Prathistana, Gulbarga awarded in January 2002.

2. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).

• Nagendra HR, Nagarathna R, Seethalakshmi R, (July1991).Daily PEFR studies in Bronchial Asthmatics during Yoga therapy.The Indian Practitioner,vol XLIV,No 7,pp 491-493.
• Nagarathna R , Nagendra HR,Seethalakshmi R.(JULY1991).Yoga chair breathing for acute episodes of Bronchial Asthma. Lung India,9(4):141-144.
• Monro R, Powar J,Coumar A,NagarathanR & Dandona P.(JUNE1992).Yoga therapy for NIDDM-a controlled Trial. British Journal of Complementary Medicine,Vol 6,No 2,pp 66-68.
• Telles, S., Hanumanthaiah, B., Nagarathna, R. & Nagendra H.R. (1993). Improvement in static motor performance following yoga training. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 76, 1264-1266.
• Telles, S. Nagarathna, R., Nagendra, H.R. & Desiraju, T. (1993). Physiological changes in sports teachers following 3 months of training in yoga. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 47(10): 235-238.
• Haslock I,Monro R, Nagarathna R,Nagendra HR & Raghuram NV. (1994) .Measuring effects of yoga in rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Rheumatology,33(8):788.
• Telles, S. & Nagarathna, R. (1994). Research on yoga. In: Physiological sciences in India: foundations and frontiers. K.N. Sharma (ed.), Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, pp.85-90.
• Telles, S. Nagarathna, R., Nagendra, H.R. & Desiraju, T. (1994). Alterations in auditory middle latency evoked potentials during meditation on a meaningful syllable `OM’. International Journal of Neuroscience, 76: 87-93
• Telles, S., Nagarathna, R. & Nagendra, H.R.  (1994). Breathing through a particular nostril can alter metabolism and autonomic activities. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 38(2): 133-137.
• Telles, S., Hanumanthaiah, B., Nagarathna, R. & Nagendra, H.R. (1994). Plasticity of motor control systems demonstrated by yoga training. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 38(2): 143-144.
• Telles, S., Nagarathna, R. & Nagendra, H.R.  (1995). Autonomic changes during `OM’ meditation. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 39(4): 418-420.
• Telles, S., Nagarathna, R. & Nagendra, H.R. (1995) Improvement in visual perception following yoga training. Journal of Indian Psychology, 13(1): 30-32.
• Telles, S., Nagarathna, R. & Nagendra, H.R. (1996). Physiological measures during right nostril breathing. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2(4): 479-484.
• Naveen, K.V., Nagarathna, R., Nagendra, H.R. & Telles, S. (1997). Yoga breathing through a particular nostril increases spatial memory scores without lateralized effects. Psychological Reports, 81, 555-561.
• Raghuraj, P., Nagarathna, R., Nagendra, H.R. & Telles, S. (1997). Pranayama increases grip strength without lateralized effects. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 41(2): 129-133, cited in the European Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1997, 7(5): 161.
• Ramana Vani, P., Nagarathna, R., Nagendra, H.R. & Telles, S. (1997). Progressive increase in critical flicker fusion frequency following yoga training. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 41(2): 71-74.
• Telles, S., Nagarathna, R. Ramana Vani, P. & Nagendra, H.R. (1997). A combination of focusing and defocusing through yoga reduces optical illusion more than focusing alone. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 41(2): 179-182.
• Telles, S., Narendran, S., Raghuraj, P. Nagarathna, R. & Nagendra, H.R. (1997). Comparison of changes in autonomic and respiratory parameters of girls after yoga and games at a community home. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 84: 251-257.
• Vedanthan PK,Keshavalu LN,Murthy KC,Duvall K ,Hall MJ,Baker S & Nagarathna R(1998).Clinical study of yoga techniques in university students with asthma-Acontrolled study. Allergy and Asthma,19(1):3-10.
• Naveen, K.V., Srinivas, R., Nirmala, K.S., Nagarathna, R., Nagendra, H.R. & Telles, S. (1998). Differences between congenitally blind and normal sighted subjects in the P1 component of middle latency auditory evoked potentials. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 86: 1192-1194.
• Telles, S., Nagarathna, R. & Nagendra, H.R. (1998). Autonomic changes while mentally repeating two syllables – one meaningful and the other neutral. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 42(1): 57-63.
• Jain, A., Nagarathna, R., Nagendra, H.R. & Telles, S. (1999). Effect of `pranic healing in chronic musculoskeletal pain - a single blind control study.  International Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 70(8): 14-17.