NADA signs MoU with SARADO

• National Anti-Doping Agency, India (NADA India) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SARADO).
• The MoU aims to fulfill the following objectives over a period of three years:
  • developing an anti-doping education & prevention program in South Asia;
  • training & upskilling sample collection personnel, educators & other anti-doping education officers;
  • organizing courses, seminars, workshops, research & exchange tours on anti-doping education & prevention;
  • facilitating exchange of education officers, program managers, trainers, teachers and specialists on anti-doping education & prevention;
  • supporting anti-doping education activities and exchanging services of experts; and
  • producing anti-doping education literature

ABOUT SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ANTI-DOPING ORGANIZATION (SARADO):

• It was formed on 16^th May 2007 in the South Asian Anti-Doping Program Project Development Meeting held in Maldives.
• Member countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
• Mission: To promote and co-ordinate the fight against doping in sport in all its forms in among South Asia RADO member countries.

ABOUT NATIONAL ANTI-DOPING AGENCY (NADA)

• It was set up as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 on November 2005.
• It is responsible for the detection, deterrence, prevention and elimination of doping in sports in India.
• NADA is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
• NADA has the power to conduct tests, collect samples, investigate doping violations, and impose sanctions on athletes who are found guilty of doping.
• It also has the power to review and modify existing anti-doping regulations and to cooperate with international anti-doping organizations.