About the Authors

Vijay Viswanathan

drvijay@mvdiabetes.com

Affiliation Diabetology, M.V. Hospital for Diabetes and Prof. M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Education and Training in Diabetes), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Satyavani Kumpatla

Affiliation Diabetology, M.V. Hospital for Diabetes and Prof. M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Education and Training in Diabetes), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Vigneswari Aravindalochanan

Affiliation Diabetology, M.V. Hospital for Diabetes and Prof. M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Education and Training in Diabetes), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Rajeswari Rajan

Affiliation Diabetology, M.V. Hospital for Diabetes and Prof. M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Education and Training in Diabetes), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

C. Chinnasamy

Affiliation Health Department, Directorate of Medical Services, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Rajan Srinivasan

Affiliation Health Department, WHO–RNTCP Technical Assistance Project, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Jerard Maria Selvam

Affiliation Tamil Nadu State Health Department, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Anil Kapur

Affiliation World Diabetes Foundation, Brogårdsvej, Gentofte, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VV SK VA RR RS. Analyzed the data: VA. Wrote the paper: SK VA. Reviewed the manuscript: VV VA CC JMS. Contributed to discussion: SK. Critically evaluated the manuscript: AK.