NEW DELHI: IAS officer Siddharth Singh Longjam will take over as the National Anti-Doping Agency’s Director General, succeeding Navin Agarwal who listed the creation of Athletes Biological Passport (ABP) for around 60 elite Indian sportspersons as one of the highlights of his tenure.
Longjam is currently serving as joint secretary in the sports ministry and is also the CEO of the currently suspended National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL).
Agarwal, an IPS officer who took charge of NADA in 2016, will be back in Jammu & Kashmir Police.
Asked about his tenure in a role which isn’t exactly conventional policing, Agarwal said ABP has been a significant step in curbing the menace of doping.