The 2nd edition of the NADA(National Anti-Doping Agency) India Inclusion Convalve was held in New Delhi on 18 September 2024. The first NADA Inclusion Conclave was held in New Delhi in December 2022.

The 2nd edition of the Inclusion Conclave was held on the sidelines of the 2nd Formal Meeting of the COP9 Bureau and the 3rd Formal Meeting of the Fund Approval Committee under the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport, held on September 17-18, 2024.

The Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports and Labour and Employment, Mansukh Mandaviya, and the Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mrs Raksha Nikhil Khadse, were also present during the inauguration ceremony.

Organiser of the India Inclusion Conclave

The India Inclusion Conclave has been organised by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), India’s nodal anti-doping agency in sports. NADA is under the administrative control of the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Aim of the India Inclusion Conclave

NADA organises the India Inclusion Conclave to educate and create awareness amongst para-athletes (athletes with disabilities) about anti-doping.

Doping in sports refers to the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by athletes to gain an unfair advantage over competitors.

According to a recent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report. India reported the highest case of doping in the world in 2022.

In a ‘10-year global study of positive doping cases by minors’ report released by WADA in January 2024, India was ranked as the second worst offender in the world after Russia. China was in third place.

National Anti-Doping Agency or NADA

The National Anti-Doping Agency(NADA) was set up on 24 November 2005 by the government of India under the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

It is the nodal body responsible for promoting, coordinating, and monitoring the country's doping control program in sports.

It is a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency, which is the world’s premier organisation with a mandate to fight against the menace of unauthorised use of performance-enhancing drugs(Dope) by athletes in sports.

Director General of NADA: Ashish Bhargava, IAS

Headquarters: New Delhi