Engage with Specialized Diabetes Interest Groups (DIGs)
Professional Engagement and Collaboration
The Diabetes India is pleased to present medical professionals with the opportunity to engage in our Diabetes Interest Groups (DIGs). These groups are tailored to facilitate meaningful exchanges, foster professional networks, and promote collaborative research endeavors in distinct areas of diabetes care and management.
Advantages of DIG
Knowledge Dissemination: Share and gain insights on recent advancements and practical approaches in diabetes care. Professional Connections: Forge valuable connections with peers and experienced practitioners in your field of interest. Joint Research Initiatives: Collaborate on research projects to explore novel solutions and methodologies in diabetes management. Mentorship and Leadership: Grow professionally with the guidance of accomplished leaders steering each DIG.
DIG Operational Framework
Each DIG operates under a structured framework to ensure goal-oriented discussions and initiatives. Chairs and Committee members undertake a two-year term to guide the activities of the DIG.
Diabetes and Foot
Chair:
Dr. Manisha Singh (Gwalior)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Milind Ruke (Mumbai)
Advisor:
Dr. Ghanshyam Goyal (Kolkata)
Committee Members:
Dr. Divya Saxena (Sonipat)
Dr. Felix Jebasingh (Vellore)
Dr. Zoltan Pataky (Geneva)
Dr. Rajnish Saxena (Ajmer)
Dr. Johnny Kanampilly (Kochi)
Diabetes and Hypoglycaemia
Chair:
Dr. Aravinda Jagadesha (Bengaluru)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Ajay Kumar Gupta (Ahmedabad)
Advisor:
Dr. Navneet Shah (Ahmedabad)
Committee Members:
Dr. Ajay Kumar Chhabra (Ranchi)
Dr. Jigyasu Singh (Varanasi)
Dr. Rahul Baxi (Mumbai)
Dr. Sriharee Kulkarni (Bengaluru)
Diabetes and Liver
Chair:
Dr. Ashish Kumar (New Delhi)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Sandeep Tak (Jodhpur)
Advisor:
Dr. Naval Vikram (New Delhi)
Committee Members:
Dr. Bidita Khandelwal (Gangtok)
Dr. Niraj Lodha (Pali)
Dr. Sanjeev Gulati (Bhopal)
Dr. Sarita Behera (Berhampur)
Dr. Wahid Khan (Muscat)
Diabetes and Mental Health
Chair:
Dr. Shalini Jaggi (New Delhi)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Tejas Shah (Mumbai)
Advisor:
Dr. Man Mohan Mehndiratta (New Delhi)
Committee Members:
Dr. Anubha Srivastava (Prayagraj)
Dr. Lokesh Shekhawat (New Delhi)
Dr. Subhankar Chatterjee (Kolkata)
Diabetes and Obesity
Chair:
Dr. Rucha Mehta (Ahmedabad)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Prakash Keswani (Ahmedabad)
Advisor:
Dr. Neeta Deshpande (Belgaum)
Committee Members:
Dr. Akshay Jain (Vancouver)
Dr. Kirti Soota (New Delhi)
Dr. Kavita Gupta (Nagpur)
Dr. Ravi Kant (Dehradun)
Dr. Anchin Kalia (Jaipur)
Dr. Supratik Bhattacharyya (Kolkata)
Diabetes and Oral Health
Chair:
Dr. Sangeeta Dhir (New Delhi)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Sumidha Bansal (Faridabad)
Advisor:
Dr. Purnima Kumar (USA)
Dr. Mariano Sanz (Spain)
Dr. Mariano Sanz (Spain)
Committee Members:
Dr. Anurag Satpathy (Bhubaneswar)
Dr. Anindita Bannerjee (Kolkata)
Dr. Chandini Radhakrishnan (Kozhikode)
Dr. Krimi Sanghvi (Kolkata)
Dr. Balaji Manohar (Bhubaneswar)
Diabetes and Sexual Dysfunction
Chair:
Dr. Mithun Bhartia (Guwahati)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Vipul Chavda (Ahmedabad)
Advisor:
Dr. Bobby K. Mathew (Ernakulam)
Committee Members:
Dr. Arvind Kumar Sharma (Jabalpur)
Dr. Abhishek Shrivastava (Jabalpur)
Dr. R. Ritesh Bansal (New Delhi)
Diabetes and Women
Chair:
Dr. Purvi Chawla (Mumbai)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Rutul Gokalani (Ahmedabad)
Advisor:
Dr. Sunil Gupta (Nagpur)
Committee Members:
Dr. Bina Gupta (Meerut)
Dr. Ami Sanghvi (Mumbai)
Dr. Meenakshi Bajaj (Chennai)
Dr. Ripun Borpujari (Sivasagar)
Diabetes in Elderly
Chair:
Dr. Ch. Vasanth Kumar (Hyderabad)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Pratap Jethwani (Rajkot)
Advisor:
Dr. Vinod Kumar (New Delhi)
Committee Members:
Dr. Veer Bahadur Singh (Bikaner)
Dr. Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty (Bhubaneswar)
Dr. Shankha Subhra Sen (Siliguri)
Dr. Subham Das (Durgapur)
Diabetes Kidney Disease
Chair:
Dr. Manisha Sahay (Hyderabad)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Debmalya Sanyal (Kolkata)
Advisor:
Dr. Arvind Gupta (Jaipur)
Committee Members:
Dr. Hanish Gupta (New Delhi)
Dr. Meghanad Meher (Bhubaneswar)
Dr. Lakshmi Nagendra (Mysore)
Dr. Surender Mittal (Narnaul)
Diabetes Technology
Chair:
Dr. Rakesh Parikh (Jaipur)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Om Lakhani (Ahmedabad)
Advisor:
Dr. Inge Von Boxalear (Belgium)
Committee Members:
Dr. Debashis Das (Mumbai)
Dr. Hossam Arafa Ghazi (Mansoura)
Dr. Ravi Kumar (Pune)
Dr. Arun Raghavan (Chennai)
Dr. Ritu Johri (Mumbai)
Exercise & Lifestyle
Chair:
Dr. Kumar Janardanan (Chennai)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Manohar Nageshappa (Bengaluru)
Advisor:
Dr. Bhagirath Solanki (Ahmedabad)
Committee Members:
Dr. Nupur Mehta (Mumbai)
Dr. Shambhu Dutta (Odisha)
Dr. Ajay Vijay Kaduskar (Nagpur)
Ms. Swati Goel (Noida)
Dr. Ajay Tiwari (Lucknow)
Heart in Diabetes
Chair:
Dr. Sanjeev Phatak (Ahmedabad)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Amitesh Agarwal (New Delhi)
Advisor:
Dr. Samit Ghosal (Kolkata)
Committee Members:
Dr. Ameya Joshi (Mumbai)
Dr. Ashish Saxena (Ludhiana)
Dr. Akash Singh (Vadodara)
Dr. Vikas Singh (Patna)
Pediatric Diabetes
Chair:
Dr. G. D. Ramchandani (Kota)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Swati Kanodia (New Delhi)
Advisor:
Dr. Archana Sarda (Aurangabad)
Committee Members:
Dr. Saurabh Srivastava (Noida)
Dr. Anushree Mehta (Mumbai)
Dr. Kiran Shah (Mumbai)
Dr. Manisha Gupta (Kanpur)
Dr. Mahira Kadri (Ahmedabad)
Dr. Akshay Kothari (Mumbai)
Primary Care
Chair:
Dr. Bharat Saboo (Indore)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Subhajyoti Ghosh (Dibrugarh)
Advisor:
Dr. Manoj Chawla (Mumbai)
Committee Members:
Dr. Deepak Kumar Das (Bareilly)
Dr. Satyajit Roy (Asansol)
Dr. Kannan Natrajan (Chennai)
Dr. Vishal Vaidya (Mumbai)
Public Health, Diabetes Education & Advocacy
Chair:
Dr. Neelesh Kapoor (Noida)
Co-Chair:
Dr. Dharmendra Panchal (Ahmedabad)
Advisor:
Dr. Vitull K. Gupta (Bhatinda)
Committee Members:
Dr. Bal Krishna Gupta (Bikaner)
Dr. Mohammed Riyaz (Hyderabad)
Dr. Pratiksha Patil (Mumbai)
Dr. Smita Joshi (Pune)
Mr. Satyam Dwivedi (New Delhi)
