New Delhi, April 17 -- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka on Thursday said that the performance of India's National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) here would be assessed in the next few months, a process that the NADA described as routine.In a press conference after the Global Anti-Doping Intelligence and Investigations Network (GAIIN) Final Conference here, Banka was asked whether NDTL's performance would be audited. He replied in the affirmative. "Assessment of results in India will be done in the next few months," he said. Established in 1990, the NDTL is one of only 29 WADA-accredited laboratories worldwide. It is one among six such labs in Asia alongside China, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, and Thailand. Along with handling the testing of samples from within India, it also carries out testing for South Asian countries like Pakistan and Sri Lanka who do not have WADA-approved facilities of their own. A NADA source told PTI that there wasn't much to be read into this assessment as all WADA labs are scrutinised routinely. "NDTL is WADA accredited and it is a routine process to assess the performance of the lab. The accrediting authority will do it," the source said. NDTL was suspended from 2019 to 2021 after a site visit by WADA officials ruled that it had non-conformities with international standards. Banka, however, was satisfied with what he observed during his visit to the facility earlier this week. Banka, in an interaction with PTI after the press conference, said that India was among the nations interested in hosting the next WADA Global Education Conference (GEC). The conference brings together anti-doping practitioners, researchers, government officials and athletes to discuss "emerging trends, contribute to education program development, and examine how education can continue to further anti-doping efforts internationally."...