Type 1 diabetes: Awareness, management and challenges: Current scenario in India

KM Prasanna Kumar¹, Banshi Saboo², PV Rao³, Archana Sarda⁴, Vijay Viswanathan⁵, Sanjay Kalra⁶, Bipin Sethi⁷, Nalini Shah⁸, SS S Srikanta⁹, Sunil M Jain¹⁰, P Raghupathy¹¹, Rishi Shukla¹², Ashok Jhingan¹³, Subhankar Chowdhury¹⁴, PK Jabbar¹⁵, Alok Kanungo¹⁶, Rajesh Joshi¹⁷, Surendra Kumar¹⁸, Nikhil Tandon¹⁹, Vaman Khadilkar²⁰, Manoj Chadha^21
1 Consultant Endocrinologist, Centre for Diabetes and Endocrine Care, Bangalore Diabetes hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
² Diabetologist and Endocrine and Metabolic Physician at Diabetes Care and Hormone Clinic, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
³ Senior Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences University, Hyderabad, India
⁴ Director and Consultant, Sarda Centre for Diabetes and Self-care, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
⁵ Head and Chief Diabetologist, M.V Hospital for Diabetes and Prof. M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Royapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
⁶ Consultant Endocrinologist, Bharti Hospital and B.R.I.D.E., Karnal, Haryana, India
⁷ Consultant Endocrinologist at Care Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
⁸ Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology, King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Mumbai, India
⁹ Medical Director and Senior Consultant, Samatvam Endocrinology Diabetes Center, Samatvam: Science and Research for Human Welfare Trust, Jnana Sanjeevini Diabetes Hospital and Medical Center; Bangalore, Karnataka, India
¹⁰ Chief Endocrinologist at TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
¹¹ Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health and Senior Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, Sagar Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
¹² Consultant Endocrinologist, Regency Hospital, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
¹³ Chairman and Consultant Physician, Delhi Diabetes Research Center, Rajouri Garden, West Delhi, India
¹⁴ Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology at IPGME and R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India
¹⁵ Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology, Medical College, TVM, Mumbai, India
¹⁶ Founder and Chairman of Kanungo Institute of Diabetes Specialities (KIDS), Bhubaneshwar and Founder of and Chief Consultant, Cuttack Diabetes Research Foundation (CDRF), Mumbai, India
¹⁷ Professor, Department of Pediatrics, at B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India
¹⁸ Associate Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Patna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India
¹⁹ Professor, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
²⁰ Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Jehangir Hospital and Bombay hospital, Mumbai and Ira Endocrine Clinic, Pune, India
²¹ Consultant Endocrinologist, PD Hinduja National Hospital and Hope and Care Centre, Vashi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
K M Prasanna Kumar
Bangalore Diabetes Hospital, 16/M, Miller Tank Bed Area, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bangalore - 560 002
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.155339