Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev was a panelist in a national event, Straight Talk on 19 October 2021. He spoke on ‘Linagliptin’. Dr.Padma Sree, Dr.Upendra Kaul, Cardiologist, New Delhi, and Dr. Prakash Khetan, Nephrologist, Nagpur were the other eminent panelists of the discussion. The discussion was titled 'Simple and Effective: Linagliptin in a broad range of T2DM patients’. The moderator of the session was Dr.Harsha Sasi.