The founding meeting was held at the 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Exercise and Sports Science (APCESS 2015) at Manav Rachna International University, India on the17 Oct 2015. This was attended by Founding members and board of directors. At this meeting the Dr. Ming-kai Chin was elected as the Founding President and Dr. Hans de Ridder is elected as the Vice President for Africa and the Secretary General/Treasurer with the HQ stationed at the North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. The main aim of this meeting was to adopt the draft constitution of BRICSCESS. Dr. Ricardo Uvinha (Brazil), one of the founding members, presented the plans to play host for the first BRICSCESS International conference to be held in Sao Paulo in 2017. The day was concluded with a brief tour of New Delhi, visiting some monuments and temples.
