ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION IN PERFORMANCE TRAINING & SPORTS
Built from the field up
WHO WE ARE
ADOPT Sports exists because Maharashtra's tribal and rural communities carry athletic potential that no existing system has ever reached. We are the field presence that closes that gap - through primary physiological surveys, talent development camps, and a high-performance ecosystem that carries athletes from forgotten ground to national competition.
THE CHANGE WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE
Athletes who would never have been found, found.
Potential that was always there, measured for the first time. Careers that would have ended at the district level, carried to the national circuit.
Communities that did not think of sport as a life, seeing their children represent India.
OUR FINISH LINE
We run one leg of the race. When an athlete is ready for state schemes, national centres, or private high-performance programmes, our work is done. The corridor between uncoached potential and that moment of readiness - that is what ADOPT owns.
C O R E T E A M
ASSOCIATES
Dr. Geeta Muthya
Sports Psychology
25+ years of experience in mental training for competitive athletes
Prajakta Panchal
Curriculum In-charge - DISHA & SAKSHAM
10+ years of experience in designing learning frameworks that integrate experiential learning, reflective practices, and student-centred pedagogy
5+ years of working with elite athletes delivering strength & conditioning solutions
Suchitra Naidu
Strategy & Communications
12+ years of experience in the development sector in communications and programme strategy
Dr. Akshay Nikam
Dr. Shruti Nikam
Athlete Wellbeing
15+ years of medical practice as a General Physician and Gynecologist respectively.
Dhananjay Thakare (PhD)
Policy & Governance
25+ years working at the intersection of grassroots realities, public policy, and institutional systems (MBA, MPP from London School of Economics)