About Nutrition and Diabetes India

About Nutrition and Diabetes India, A Core Group of IAPEN

The Indian Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (IAPEN) is an organization in the field of parenteral and enteral nutrition and promotes basic research, clinical research, advanced education, organization of consensus statements about clinical care and quality control.

Nutrition and Diabetes India is a core group of IAPEN (The Indian Association for parenteral and Enteral Nutrition) is started by Dr Shilpa Varma, Clinical Nutritionist, Bellevue Multispeciality Hospital, Mumbai with the help and support of IAPEN Members and Lifelong Learners in Advanced Clinical Nutrition with more focus on Diabetes.  

The Nutrition and Diabetes, India, A core group of IAPEN is devoted to the study of metabolic problems associated with diabetes and their nutritional implications and management.

The total number of people with diabetes is projected to rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030^*1(WHO, 2019). There are estimated 72.96 million cases of diabetes in adult population of India. India is grappling with the growing burden of treating diabetes and the complications that stem from uncontrolled high blood sugars such as kidney disease/failure, amputation, blindness and numerous other conditions. Hence evidence-based knowledge about Diabetes and Nutrition is an integral requirement of the diabetes management teams to combat this global burden. 

Trained healthcare professionals with sound knowledge about Diabetes and Nutrition play a vital role in aiding management and empowering the patient with the knowledge needed to manage his/her diabetes and prevent complication and ensure optimal treatment outcomes towards positive health goals. 

IAPEN main interest is to promote lifelong learning in Advanced Clinical Nutrition and this core group will help in promoting and developing guidelines for diabetes patients.  

Meet the Council

Hon Chairperson 

Dr C S Chamania, Hon President, IAPEN

Honorable Members

Dr Ashwin Dabhi

Dr Shilpa Joshi

Dr Rita Patil

Dr Shivakumar

Dr Divya Chaudhary

Vidhyapriya R

Datta Patel

Dr R Radha

Dr Utsa Basu

Sucharita Sengupta

Dr Safal Mahadik

Ranu Singh

Bhakti Samant

Aarti Nalawade

Anuradha Sharma

Arti Kumari

Apeksha Thakkar

Usha Pinnamraju

Shruti Bharadwaj

Kiran Mai

Nomi Mohan

Phebe Vinodhini

Shilpa Thakur

Tina Saha

Dr Mansi Patil

Fatima Randhanpurwala

Shweta Singh

Eshanee Gangopadhyay

Bansari Rao

Mahvish Raza

Deeksha Thakur

Nidhi Kaku

Rameesa N

Raslika Agarwal

Priyanka Sadhukhan

Aparna Tandon

Aninditha Ghosh

Smruti Mishra

Sirisha Boddepalli

Azam Khan 

Dr Trishita Issar

Anupriya Sharma

The Indian Diabetes Educator Certification Board (IDECB) 

Dr V Seshiah

Dr Ashwin Dabhi

Dr Sunil Gupta

Dr A. Panneerselvam

Dr A Shankar

Dr Ramesh Gupta

Dr Shilpa Varma

Hon Chief Program Officer

Dr Shilpa Varma

Email  your complete biodata to iapendiabetes@gmail.com or call to +91 9769373742 (Dr Shilpa Varma, Programme Officer, Nutrition and Diabetes, India, A core group of IAPEN).