"Morale is very high and we are expecting no less than a dozen medals and it will be India's best ever performance this time," says Argan Bagati, 22-year-old deputy chef de mission of the Indian contingent for Tokyo Paralympics starting from August 24. He is the youngest deputy chef de mission among all contingents participating in the Tokyo games.

India has sent 54 para-athletes across nine sports disciplines to participate in the Tokyo event that end on September 5.

Arhan told me from Tokyo that his job is to coordinate and arrange whatever is required in terms of logistics and facilities so that athletes can focus on only one job - winning as many medals as possible.

Arhan is "Awareness and Impact Ambassador" of Paralympic Committee of India since 2015. For the Rio Paralympics of 2016 he has founded InRio app for the Indian Contingent. Another purpose of the app was to get media attention for the Paralympic Movement.

He also helped getting in support for two Paralympic Athletes - Mariyappa Thangavelu and Varun Singh Bhati.

Mariyappan won Gold Medal and Varun Singh Bhati won Bronze Medal in High Jump at Rio Games.

Similarly now he has founded an app called IndTokyo for the 2020 games.

Arhan says people are paying more attention to the Paralympics and it's a sign of changing times. It augurs well for Para Athletes as they get spotlight they deserve.

Besides helping the Para Athletes for the games, Arhan, who is a graduate from Pomona College in the US, is also hoping to learn from professionals in Tokyo and the valuable experience earned by him in Tokyo will guide him in future.