Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev gave a lecture entitled ‘My tryst with diabetes technology- what can we practice in the real world?’ at the 8th National update on Clinical Diabetes (NUCD), organized by Dr. Alok Kanungo, Dr. Ashok Kumar Das, Dr. Jayanta Panda, and team on 16 January 2022. The session was chaired by Dr. Debashis Das.