iNTERNATIONAL Committee Prof. Jaakko Tuomilehto Prof. Pablo Aschner Montoya Prof. Peter Schwarz Prof. Noel Barengo Prof. A. Ramachandran Prof. Rafael Gabriel Dr. Shashank JoshiChief Advisor Dr. Banshi SabooProgram Chair Dr. Manoj ChawlaOrganizing Chair Dr. Purvi ChawlaOrganizing Secretary Dr. Amit GuptaProgram Convenor Dr. Ketan MehtaPresident - IMA, Mumbai West Dr. Rashmi MehtaSecretary - IMA, Mumbai West Dr. Ganpath SawantPresident - IMA, NEBS Dr. Kalpesh ShahSecretary - IMA, NEBS BOARD MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION WORLD COMMUNITY FOR PREVENTION OF DIABETES Prof. A. Ramachandran(India) Prof. Bruce Duncan(Brazil) Prof. Jaakko Tuomilehto(Finland) Prof. Mahmoud Ibrahim(Usa) Prof. Maria Ines Schmidt(Brazil) Prof. Pablo Aschner Montoya(Colombia) Prof. Paolo Pozzilli(Italy) Prof. Rafael Gabriel(Spain) Prof. Segundo Seclen(Peru) Dr. Sudhirsen Kowlessur(Mauritius) INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Prof. Andreas Birkenfeld (Germany) Prof. Andrew Boulton (UK) Prof. Antonio Ceriello (Italy) Prof. Ayesha Motala (South Africa) Prof. David Henri Beran (Switzerland) Prof. Ilhan Satman (Turkey) Prof. Itamar Raz (Israel) Prof. Jaana Lindström (Finland) Prof. Jean Claude Mbanya (Cameroon) Prof. Jonathan Shaw (Australia) Prof. Juliana Chan (Hong Kong) Prof. Karl-Heinz Herzig (Finland) Prof. Knut Borch-Johnsen (Denmark) Prof. Linong Ji (China) Prof. Matti Uusitupa (Finland) Prof. Michael Bergman (USA) Prof. Mohamed Hassanein (UAE) Prof. Nebojsa Lalic (Serbia) Prof. Nick Wareham (UK) Prof. Nita Forouhi (UK) Prof. Paula Andrea Diaz (Colombia) Prof. Ralph A DeFronzo (USA) Prof. Ronald Ma (Hong Kong) Prof. Sarah Wild (Scotland) Prof. Sehnaz Karadeniz (Turkey) Prof. Stefano Del Prato (Italy) Prof. Timo Lakka (Finland) Prof. William Herman (USA)