Bungee Jumping in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Reviewed profileAchievements, tournaments, coaches and FAQs on this page are compiled by hand from federation, government and press reporting, drawing on Jumpin Heights (jumpinheights.com, jumpingheights.com) — safety standards, audit history, jump master certification, eligibility criteria and site details, Outdoor Action Plan — history of bungee jumping in India and early regulatory gaps, Ease India Trip — Uttarakhand bungee sites and comparative heights, TravelTriangle, India Thrills, Thrillophilia — operator details, eligibility and medical restrictions, Hridyaa — fixed-platform safety analysis and weight calibration, Rishikesh Camp — alternative site heights. These are not cited to individual documents: we hold no per-claim source for them, so treat dates, counts and career records here as a summary rather than a reference. Sections we hold nothing for are left empty. Sport pages last reviewed as a set: September 2026.

Overview

Origin: Modern
Category: Adventure
Olympic discipline: No
Paralympic discipline: No
Central pathway: None recorded
Athlete profiles on SportSupport: 0

Governance and status

Each field below is shown only where we hold a source for it; anything else reads “Not currently verified” rather than a guess. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports recognition is granted year by year, so it is only ever shown with the year it applies to. Last reviewed: September 2026.

Indian governing/organising body: Adventure Tour Operators Association
Ministry recognition: Not currently verified
International federation: Not currently verified
Khelo India inclusion: Not currently verified
TOPS eligibility: Not currently verified
Olympic status: Not on the Olympic programme
Paralympic status: Not a Paralympic discipline

Bungee Jumping is listed on SportSupport in the adventure category. Its recorded origin is Modern. It is not on the Olympic programme. We list Adventure Tour Operators Association as the Indian governing/organising body for the sport.

Bungee Jumping does not appear on the official Khelo India Games discipline list, and we hold no verified central pathway or current-year Ministry recognition record for it, so we make no Khelo India, TOPS, National Sports Development Fund or pension claim. Whatever competition exists is run by clubs, akharas, private promoters or state-level bodies. (Checked against Sports Authority of India / Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports — Discipline wise Participation in all editions of Khelo India Games (19th Edition).)

Scholarships & Funding

Central, state and private scholarships available for bungee jumping athletes in India.

No central scholarship pathway
We hold no verified central pathway for bungee jumping and no current-year Ministry recognition record for a national body, so we make no Khelo India, TOPS or National Sports Development Fund claim for it.

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Indian Players

No profiles yet

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Rules

Bungee jumping is a free fall from a fixed platform, crane or bridge while attached to an elastic cord calibrated to the jumper's body weight, so that the cord stretches and recoils to arrest the fall before the drop zone. There is no scoring, no course and no head-to-head format: a jump is a single supervised event run to a fixed operating procedure — weigh-in, harness and ankle-attachment fitting, independent check by a second crew member, jump master countdown, jump, then recovery from the rebound and lowering to the drop zone. Variants run from the standard forward dive to backward and tandem jumps, and the same platforms often host a valley rope swing, which is a pendulum arc rather than a vertical drop. Safety control comes from cord selection by weight band, redundant attachment, platform load engineering and crew certification rather than from any competitive rulebook.

Authoritative rulebook: Adventure Tour Operators Association.

Positions

Typical roles across adventure sports. These are category-level descriptions, not a sourced bungee jumping squad list.

Lead / boulder / speed (climbing)
The three Olympic sport-climbing disciplines with different scoring.
Pilot & tandem pilot (air disciplines)
Competitive and instructional pilot roles.
Expedition & alpine roles
Lead climber, guide, high-altitude porter and base-camp manager.

Equipment

Standard kit and infrastructure required to train and compete in bungee jumping at a federation-recognised event.

Elastic bungee cord selected and calibrated to the jumper's weighed body mass, with logged usage and retirement limits
Full-body harness plus ankle attachment, giving redundant connection to the cord
Fixed cantilever platform or crane rated for dynamic loads, with anchor points inspected on a schedule
Drop-zone recovery system — lowering line and shallow-water or mat landing area with retrieval crew
Weighing scale at check-in, plus a written medical declaration and consent form
Helmet where the operator requires it, and radio or hand signals between platform and drop zone

Governing/organising body

Body listed on SportSupport

Adventure Tour Operators Association

Adventure Tour Operators Association is the body we list as the Indian governing/organising body for Bungee Jumping. We hold no sourced detail on its domestic calendar, selection norms or state structure, and no current-year Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports recognition record for it.

Origin: Modern
Olympic: No
Paralympic: No
Category: Adventure

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Major Indian Events

Domestic competitions we hold a source for in bungee jumping.

No competitive structure
Bungee jumping in India has no national federation, no championship circuit and no competitive ranking — it is a commercial adventure activity run by private operators under state tourism approvals rather than a sport with a governing body. This distinguishes it from the air sports, which sit under the Aero Club of India or the DGCA.
Jumpin Heights, Mohanchatti
India's first fixed-platform bungee operation, roughly 25km from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, founded by former Army officer Capt. Rahul Nigam and designed by New Zealander David Allardice. The 83-metre cantilever platform is built over a rocky gorge above the Hyul, a tributary of the Ganga, and jumpers are lowered to a drop zone in shallow water. The same site runs a valley rope swing from the same platform and a 1km flying fox reaching around 160kmph.
Other sites and conflicting height claims
Jumpin Heights is consistently described as India's highest fixed-platform jump at 83 metres, but other Rishikesh-area operators advertise jumps of 106 and 120 metres, with a Shivpuri site claimed as the tallest in Uttarakhand. The 83-metre figure is specific to fixed-platform operation and should not be read as the tallest jump of any kind. Operators also run sites in Goa and Manali.

International Events

Continental and world-level competitions we hold a source for in bungee jumping.

How the Indian standard was set
When commercial bungee began in India there were no official regulations, because the activity had never been practised at formal scale here. Jumpin Heights adapted Australian and New Zealand Standards Authority guidelines, and those imported standards became the de facto safety standard for bungee in India — an unusual case of a private operator writing the national rulebook by default. The government subsequently issued norms requiring operators to meet safety requirements.
Audit and crew standards
The Rishikesh operation reports external safety audits twice yearly, with a New Zealand-led audit conducted in May 2024. Jump masters are certified only after overseeing around 25,000 jumps across three years in supporting roles before running jumps independently.

Leagues

No dedicated professional league is currently catalogued for bungee jumping. The national championship under Adventure Tour Operators Association remains the top domestic competition.

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International Players

Globally recognised bungee jumping athletes to know outside India.

The international federation for bungee jumping maintains the current world ranking — check the federation site for the up-to-date top names.

Career Options

Ways to build a career in bungee jumping — on the field, on the sidelines and behind the scenes.

Eligibility criteria are strict and worth checking before booking: minimum age 12, with parental consent required under 18, and a weight band commonly given as 35-110kg — though published ranges vary between 35-110kg, 40-110kg and 35-120kg across operator and listing sites
Medical exclusions are extensive — heart conditions, high blood pressure, epilepsy and neurological disorders, recent fractures, bone or joint injuries, back or neck problems, asthma, osteoporosis and pregnancy. Older participants are typically cleared only at the jump master's discretion and may be asked to sign an additional declaration
Every jumper is weighed before the jump because cord elasticity is calibrated to body weight, and harness fitting is inspected before each jump cycle — the weighing is a safety control, not a formality
Reported jump totals vary considerably across sources, from around 10,000 to over 1 lakh to 1.5 lakh jumps, all cited alongside claims of no accidents; the inconsistency is worth noting when assessing operator marketing
The career path is in operations rather than competition: jump master, safety crew, platform engineering and maintenance, and adventure tourism management, with the long apprenticeship before independent jump mastering making it a genuine specialist trade
Practitioners themselves emphasise that safety depends on the operator rather than the activity, and that height adds thrill rather than safety — advice worth heeding given the range of operators now working across India

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FAQs

Common questions about bungee jumping in India.

Who governs Bungee Jumping in India?▾

We list Adventure Tour Operators Association as the Indian governing/organising body for Bungee Jumping, and state associations affiliated to it run age-group and state-level competition. We hold no current-year Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports recognition record for it, so this is not a statement that it is currently a recognised national sports federation — recognition is granted year by year.

Is Bungee Jumping an Olympic sport?▾

No, Bungee Jumping is not on the Olympic programme.

What government schemes support Bungee Jumping athletes?▾

TOPS does not apply, as Bungee Jumping is outside the Olympic programme. State-government cash awards or sports-quota employment can apply where a state notifies the discipline, which varies by state. Bungee Jumping does not appear on the official Khelo India Games discipline list, so we make no Khelo India claim for it.

Bungee Jumping in every state & UT

Dedicated pages for Bungee Jumping in each Indian state and Union Territory — academies, schemes, athletes and how to start.