NEW DELHI: India will send 166 athletes across 10 disciplines to the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with the Sports Ministry approving a 275-member contingent for the continental event scheduled from October 18 to 24. The approved list features several Paralympic medallists, world champions and emerging talents, including archer Sheetal Devi, badminton stars Pramod Bhagat and Suhas Yathiraj, and para-table tennis player Bhavina Patel.The contingent comprises 111 male and 55 female athletes, alongside 94 team officials and support staff and 15 contingent staff members. Para-athletics accounts for the largest share, with 62 athletes, followed by para-badminton with 28 and para-swimming with 16. Para-shooting has 13 athletes, while para-archery and para-table tennis have 11 and 10, respectively.The remaining disciplines are blind football (10), para-powerlifting (eight), para-judo (seven), and para-cycling (one).
Sheetal Devi, Pramod Bhagat among India’s leading names
Sheetal Devi, a double gold medallist at the previous Asian Para Games, will headline India’s archery contingent alongside 18-year-old Payal Nag. In badminton, former world No. 1 and Tokyo Paralympic gold medallist Pramod Bhagat will be joined by Paralympic silver medallist Suhas Yathiraj.India’s para-table tennis squad features Bhavina Patel, who won silver at the Tokyo Paralympics. The shooting contingent includes Paralympic gold medallist Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal, a recent World Championships silver medallist.
Asian Para Games 2026 : Full list of India’s 166 athletes
1. Para-table tennis — 10 athletesFemale (6): Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel, Sonalben Manubhai Patel, Baby Sahana Ravi, Ekta Bhyan, Prachi Pandey, Savita Vittal Ajjanakatti.Male (4): Dattaprasad Jotiram Chougule, Sandeep Dangi, Jehan Dorab Madan, Shubham Wadhwa.2. Para-badminton — 28 athletesFemale (11): Manisha Ramadass, Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan, Alphia James, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Mandeep Kaur, Neeraj, Shanthiya Vishwanathan, Kanak Singh Jadaun, Manasi Girishchandra Joshi, Pallavi Kaluvehalli Manjunathareddy, Sanjana Kumari.Male (17): Naveen Sivakumar, Nitesh Kumar, Krishna Nagar, Pramod Bhagat, Sukant Kadam, Surya Kant Yadav, Ruthick Ragupathi, Sivarajan Solaimalai, Abu Hubaida, Prem Kumar Ale, Sudarsan Muthusamy Saravanakumar, Umesh Vikram Kumar, Haris Mythili Srikumar, Hardik Makkar, Abhijeet Sakhuja, Rakesh Pandey, Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj.3. Para-archery — 11 athletesFemale (5): Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag, Bhawna, Pooja, Swati Chaudhary.Male (6): Harvinder Singh, Vijay Sundi, Toman Kumar, Shyam Sunder Swami, Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari, Vinayak Amol Breed.4. Para-athletics — 62 athletesFemale (16): Anjanaben Rohitbhai Bumbadiya, Deepthi Jeevanji, Nimisha Chakkungalparambil Suresh, Preeti Pal, Simran, Soumya, Jayanti Behera, Tejalben Amraji Damor, Radha Venkatesh, Amisha Rawat, Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav, Karamjyoti, Rakshitha Raju, Suchitra Parida, Suvarna Raj, Ravanni Valasanaini.Male (46): Ajay Kumar, Akira Nandan Banothu, Devender Kumar, Haney, Dilip Mahadu Gavit, Mahendra Gurjar, Manjeet, Mohammed Basil Morssinganakathi, Nishad Kumar, Parveen, Pranav Soorma, Rakeshbhai Bhatt, Ram Ratan Singh, Rinku, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Shailesh Kumar, Sharath Makanahalli Shankarappa, Sumit, Ajeet Singh, Ayush Verma, Dharambir, Hokato Hotozhe Sema, Mohd Yasser, Navdeep, Parmod, Pranav Prashant Desai, Praveen Kumar, Rakesh, Ravi Rongali, Solairaj Dharmaraj, Sujith Mandalamkunnath Sivadasan, Varun Singh Bhati, Vishesh, Amit Kumar, Anubhav Choudhary, Banti, Bhavikkumar Dineshbhai Bharwad, Pardeep Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Rahul, Sandeep, Sandip Sanjay Sargar, Soman Rana, Sukhchain, Parveen Kumar, Praveen Sharma.5. Para-judo — 7 athletesFemale (5): Renuka Narayan Salave, Kokila, Gulshan, Vrushali Ashok More, Dimple.Male (2): Kapil Parmar, Bijender.6. Para-swimming — 16 athletesFemale (2): Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap, Devanshi Satija.Male (14): Kapil Kumar, Ajay Hindurao Bhosale, Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Budigina, Abdul Quadir Indori, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni, Rohit Kumar, Gopichand Linguta, Vanga Niranjan Mukundan, Tejas Nandakumar, Himanshu Nandal, Swatik Patil, Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh, Jahangir Molla.7. Para-shooting — 13 athletesFemale (6): Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Bhakti Sharma, Rubina Francis, Shrishti Arora, Sumedha Pathak.Male (7): Anandha Krishnan H, Amir Ahmad Bhat, Manish Narwal, Nihal Singh, Rakesh Nidagundi, Rudransh Khandelwal, Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar.8. Para-powerlifting — 8 athletesFemale (4): Suman Devi, Kasthuri Rajamani, Jaspreet Kaur, Seema Rani.Male (4): Ashok, Jhandu Kumar, Manish Kumar, Parmjeet Kumar.9. Blind football — 10 athletesMale (10): Boje Marbom, Klingson Marak, Pradeep Patel, Sahil, Shivam Singh, Sovendra Singh, Tushar Kumar, Vishnubhatejuba Vaghela, Aditya Sajwan (goalkeeper), Sujith Puthankattunikarath Sasi (goalkeeper).10. Para-cycling — 1 athleteMale (1): Arshad Shaik.
India Asian Para Games squad at a glance
- Total athletes: 166
- Male athletes: 111
- Female athletes: 55
- Disciplines: 10
- Total contingent: 275
- Team officials and support staff: 94
- Contingent staff: 15
- Event dates: October 18–24, 2026
- Host:
Aichi-Nagoya , Japan
