Shillong: Fifty days before the International Yoga Day celebration, the North-Eastern Hill University kicked off the Yogathan programme on Thursday at 7 am.
Registrar, NEHU, JN Nayak, flagged off the event from the Community Hall, NEHU. A large number of students, teachers and other employees participated. International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 every year with programmes such as Yoga Day camps, lectures by eminent yoga scholars and yoga exhibitions.