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'''Predrag K. Nikić''' is a Yoga exponent and the Honorary president of the Yoga Federation of Serbia.<ref name="‘Padma Shri’ Award for Serbian Yoga Exponent">{{cite web | url=http://www.eoibelgrade.gov.in/pdf/Padma-Award.pdf | title='Padma Shri' Award for Serbian Yoga Exponent | publisher=Embassy of India, Belgrade | date=1 April 2016 | accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref> He is the President of the General Assembly of the [https://yoga-federation.eu/prof-predrag-nikic-has-been-awarded-with-padma-shri-award/ Yoga Federation of Europe].

== Early life ==
He received his doctoral degree in Emotional Intelligence, he is a professor of Yoga at the International Academy for Yoga Teachers Education.<ref name="About Master">{{cite web | url=http://www.joga-akademija.com/eng/o-ucitelju.html | title=About Master | publisher=International Academy for Yoga Teachers Education | date=2016 | accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref> He conducted his first postdoctoral research in the field of Yoga Intelligence in 2013 at the Institute Patanjđali, Haridwar, India and second, during 2014–15 at the University Vivekananda, Bangalore, India. He serves as the president of the ''International Society for Scientific Interdisciplinary Researches in the Field of Yoga'' and the ''World Commission of Scientific Yoga Research'' and as an international adviser to the World Yoga Council of the ''International Yoga Federation''. He is known to have created the concept of ''Yoga Intelligence''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://yoga-sci.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2-predrag-nikic.pdf | title=Concept оf the Yoga Intelligence | website=yoga-sci.eu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://juniperpublishers.com/jyp/pdf/JYP.MS.ID.555554.pdf | title=Yoga Intelligence as a Concept of Mental Ability | website=juniperpublishers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Yoga Intelligence in Management and Organizational Behavior | url=https://yoga-sci.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4-predrag-nikic-e.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918173822/https://yoga-sci.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4-predrag-nikic-e.pdf | archive-date=2020-09-18}}</ref> and is the founder of ''Sense'', an international yoga journal.<ref name="Prof. Predrag Nikic has been awarded with Padma Shri Award">{{cite web | url=http://yoga-federation.eu/prof-predrag-nikic-has-been-awarded-with-padma-shri-award/ | title=Prof. Predrag Nikic has been awarded with Padma Shri Award | publisher=European Yoga Federation | date=2016 | accessdate=August 1, 2016}}</ref>

== Awards ==
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=January 3, 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | archivedate=August 3, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-26 |title=Padma Awards 2016: Complete list |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/padma-awards-2016-complete-list-of-padma-vibhushan-padma-bhushan-and-padma-shri-awardees/articleshow/50719773.cms |access-date=2025-12-27 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Yoga]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-news/hindu-press-international/padma-awards-include-religious-leaders/14872.html | title=Padma Awards Include Religious Leaders | publisher=Hinduism Today | date=26 January 2016 | accessdate=August 1, 2016}}

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