Asian Para Games 2026: India to field 168 athletes in Aichi-Nagoya – Full contingent revealed

With the 2026 Asian Para Games in Japan less than a week away, India has finally finalised its core contingent after a controversially delayed selection process.

This will be the fifth edition of the Games, which will be held in Aichi-Nagoya from 18 to 24 October, with 45 nations competing in 492 medal events across 18 sports.

India will field a 168-athlete squad (112 men and 56 women) across 11 disciplines, supported by 98 team officials and 15 contingent staff.

Paralympic medallists Pramod Bhagat (badminton) and Bhavina Patel (table tennis) have been named as the flagbearers for the opening ceremony.

This marks a significant reduction from the 309-athlete contingent at the previous edition, largely due to limited quota places available this time.

For instance, India had sent 123 athletes in athletics to Hangzhou, but only 60 quotas were initially allocated this time by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

The Paralympic Committee of India, however, secured two additional spots, taking its overall tally to 62, which is the biggest in a single sport for India, followed by 28 in para badminton and 16 in para swimming.

The Sports Ministry has opted not to field teams in taekwondo, goalball, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair rugby.

The actual number of the contingent might differ from what is mentioned above, as there are a few pending court appeals in a few of the sports.

List of Indian contingent for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games

Para-athletics (62 athletes)

Women: Anjanaben Bumbadiya, Deepthi Jeevanji, Nimisha Suresh, Preethi Pal, Simran Sharma, Soumya, Jayanti Behera, Tejalben Amraj Damor, Radha Venkatesh, Amisha Rawat, Bhagyashri Jadhav, Karamjyoti, Rakshitha Raju, Suchitra Parida, Suvarna Raj, Ravnani Valasanaini

Men: Ajay Kumar, Akip Anandan Banothu, Devender Kumar, Dilip Gavit, Haney, Mahendra Gurjar, Manjeet, Mohammed Basil, Nishad Kumar, Parveen, Pranav Soorma, Ayush Verma, Dharambir, Hokato Sema, Rakeshbhai Bhatt, Ram Ratan Singh, Rinku, Sachin Khilari, Shailesh Kumar, Sharath Shankarappa, Sumit, Ajeet Singh, Mohd Yasser, Navdeep, Parmod, Pranav Desai, Praveen Kumar, Rakesh, Ravi Rongali, Solairaj Dharmaraj, Sujith Sivadasan, Varun Bhati, Vishesh, Amit Kumar, Anubhav Choudhary, Banti, Bhavikkumar Bharwad, Pardeep Kumar, Rahul, Sandeep, Soman Rana, Sandip Sargar, Sukuchan, Praveen Sharma

Para-badminton (28 athletes)

Women: Manisha Ramadass, Nithya Sivan, Alphia James, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Mandeep Kaur, Neeraj, Shanthiya Vishwanathan, Kanak Singh Jadaun, Manasi Girishchandra Joshi, Pallavi Manjunathareddy, Sanjana Kumari

Men: Naveen Sivakumar, Nitesh Kumar, Krishna Nagar, Pramod Bhagat, Sukant Kadam, Surya Kant Yadav, Ruthick Ragupathi, Sivarajan Solaimali, Abu Hubaida, Prem Kumar Ale, Sudarsan Saravanakumar, Umesh Kumar, Haris Srikumar, Hardik Makkar, Abhijeet Sakhuja, Rakesh Pandey, Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj

Para-swimming (16 athletes)

Men: Kapil Kumar, Ajay Hindurao Bhosale, Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Budigina, Abdul Quadir Indori, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni, Rohit Kumar, Gopichand Linguta, Niranjan Mukundan, Tejas Nandakumar, Himanshu Nandal, Swatik Patil, Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh, Jahangir Molla

Women: Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap, Devanshi Satija

Para-shooting (13 athletes)

Men: Anantha Krishnan H, Amir Ahmad Bhat, Manish Narwal, Nihal Singh, Rakesh Nidagundi, Rudransh Khandelwal, Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar

Women: Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Bhakti Sharma, Rubina Francis, Shrishti Arora, Sumedha Pathak

Para-archery (11 athletes)

Men: Harvinder Singh, Vijay Sundi, Toman Kumar, Shyam Sunder Swami, Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari, Vinayak Amol Breed

Women: Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Bhawna Choudhary, Pooja Jatyan, Swati Chaudhary

Para-table tennis (10 athletes)

Women: Bhavinaben Patel, Sonalben Patel, Baby Sahana Ravi, Ekta Bhyan, Prachi Pandey, Savita Vittal Ajjanakatti

Men: Dattaprasad Chougule, Sandeep Dangi, Jehan Dorab Madan, Shubham Wadhwa

Football 5-a-side (10 athletes)

Boje Marbom, Klingonson Marak, Pradeep Patel, Sahil, Shivam Singh, Sovendra Singh, Tushar Kumar, Vishnubhatejuba Vaghela, Aditya Sajwan (Goalkeeper), Sujith Sasi (Goalkeeper)

Para-powerlifting (8 athletes)

Men: Ashok, Jhandu Kumar, Manish Kumar, Parmjeet Kumar

Women: Suman Devi, Kasthuri Rajamani, Jaspreet Kaur, Seema Rani

Para-judo (7 athletes)

Men: Kapil Parmar, Bijender

Women: Renuka Salave, Kokila Kaushiklate, Gulshan Naaz, Vrushali More, Dimple

Boccia (2 athletes)

Men: Sachin Chamaria

Women: Anjali Devi

Para-cycling (1 athlete)

Arshad Shaik