Over the 4 days of November 26-29, 2020, 48th Annual Meeting of the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India was held virtually with discussions on improved diabetes care. The theme of the event was ‘Reaching out to the unreached, for improving diabetes care’. Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev, Chairman and Managing Director, JDC, spoke on ‘Reaching the end of the rainbow in T2DM Management: Journey of GLP-1RA from concept to pen to a pill’ in the session titled, ‘Making the most of innovations in diabetes therapy’. The co-speakers of this exquisite session were Dr.Ajay Kumar and Dr.Shehla Shaikh. The session was chaired by Dr.P.D.Pahwa and Dr.Dhiren Patel. The Rapporteur of the session was Dr.Vishal Chopra.

On 27 November 2020, Dr.Arun Shankar, Medical Director and Senior diabetologist, JDC, was the speaker of the session, ‘Prof.MMS Ahuja Symposium: Current Prevailing Insulin Practices in India’, representing South India. Dr.Dhruvi Hassani, Dr.Bharat Saboo, Dr.Mahuya Sikdar, Dr.Rupam Chaudhury and Dr. Ashutosh Chaturvedi represented Western India, Central India, East India, North East India and North India respectively. The rapporteur of the session was Dr.Amit Kumar Das and chairpersons were Dr.Vasanth Kumar and Dr.T.Palaniappan.

On 28 November 2020, Dr.Ashwin David Ashok, Senior Diabetologist and Clinical Head, JDC, Attingal was the chair of the session on Type 1 DM along with Dr.Sujata Jali. The Rapporteur of the session was Dr.Manisha Gupta. The speakers were Dr.Archana Sarda, Dr.Sanjay Ghosh and Dr.Suresh Damodaran. The session fostered an extended discussion over the topic.

Ms.Gopika Krishnan, Head of Academics, JDC, was the rapporteur of Workshop 5, titled, ‘Insulin Therapy (Basics) on the same day. The chairpersons were Dr.C.Madhu and Dr.Sonali Patange. The speakers of this remarkable session were Dr.Yousuf Khan, Dr.J.Aravinda, Dr.Navneet Shah, Dr.Anjali Bhatt and Dr.Nanditha Arun.