Viswanathan Mohan MD PhD DSc FRCP FNA FACE FTWAS MACPPrincipal Investigator, President and Chief of Diabetes Research, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chairman and Chief Diabetologist, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaMA Shekar MD FRCPDirector, Chowdaiah Medical Centre and Apoorva Diabetes Foundation, Mysuru; Former-Director, Karnataka Institute of Endocrinology and Research, Bengaluru; Former-Professor of Medicine and Head (I/C), Department of Endocrinology, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysuru, Karnataka, IndiaGundu HR Rao PhDEmeritus Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lillehei Heart Institute, Institute of Engineering Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA