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Suneel Vatsyayan was honored by National Acupuncture Detoxification Assocation for his vision and leadership in the year 2001

From Archives 2001 
Vatsyayan was honored by Dr.Michael O.Smith  founder of NADA
for his vision and leadership at Kentucky US









2001,Mr.Vatsyayan,Social Worker and former Founder Director of Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation was invited by NADA to visit Lincoln Recovery Center in New York City, USA to attend a training of the trainers’ course and to obtain certification as a trainer of Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist. As part of educational exposure, he visited drug treatment facilities, probation officers, drug court, prisons, juvenile homes, treatment facilities for adolescents, and shelter home for drug users where ear acupuncture was extensively used as per the NADA five point protocol. Mr. Vatsyayan visited these facilities in Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and New York. Mr.Vatsyayan also shared his experiences with faculty members Psychiatry Department of Lincoln Hospital in New York. For his exemplary work at Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation as Founder Director. 






Mr. Vatsayan was honored by NADA International for his vision and leadership with a memento.








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