Board Of Directors

Prof.(Dr).A.Ramachandran, MD.Ph.D.,D.Sc., FRCP(Lond)., MNAMS., FICP. FRCP (Edin)
President - India Diabetes Research Fondation
Chairman / Managing Director - Dr.A.Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals
No.110, Annasalai, Guindy
Chennai - 32,, India
Ph: 044-22353728-32 & 044-42162003-04
Email : ramachandran@ardiabetes.org

CURRICULUM VITAE

  • M.B.B.S. - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry,1972.
  • M.D. (Gen. Medicine) - Madras Medical College, Madras, 1978.
  • Ph.D. (Medicine - Diabetology) - University of Madras, 1988.
  • D.Sc. - Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. 2001
  • MNAMS - 1988.
  • FICP - 1995.
  • FRCP (Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, London) 1999.
  • FRCP (Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh) 2005.
  • Fellowship in Diabetes Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, NE, USA, Jan 1983 to June 1984.
  • Clinical Epidemiology of Diabetes Course, WHO & IDF, Cambridge, U.K., 1981.

  • Chairman, National Diabetes Control Programme, ICMR.
  • Member, WHO Consultative Committee on Classification & Diagnosis of Diabetes.
  • Member, Diabetes Health Economics Study group-International (IDF-WHO)
  • Member, Indian Council of Medical Research Expert Committee on RDA.
  • Member, Diabetes Atlas Committee.
  • Member, Immi-Diab Group.
  • Member, Davidson’s Principles & Practices of Medicine.
  • Member, Davidson’s International Advisory Board, Elsevier Publication.
  • Member, Scientific Advisor for GlaxoSmithKline Beecham.

  • Dr. R.V. Rajam Gold Medal for M.D. 1st rank in the University of Madras, 1978.
  • R.V. Sathe Endowment Fund Award from Diabetic Association of India, January, 1979.
  • Boehringer Knoll Junior Lectureship in Diabetes, Association of Physicians of India, 1981.
  • Late Dr. J.N. Karande Oration Award, Diabetic Association of India, 1988.
  • Dr. Devasagayam Memorial Oration Award, Indian Association of Occupation Health, 1988.
  • Professor Keshav Pai Memorial Gold Medal Oration Award 1999 was awarded by Dr. Keshaba Pai Memorial Trust Kasturba college, Mangalore, 2nd March 1999.
  • Hoechst Sr. Lecture awarded by in Association of Physicians of India, January 2000.
  • Prof. Kizar Ahmed (Medicine) Endowment Lecture for the year 1999-2000 at Dr.A.L.M.P.G. Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chennai , February 2000.
  • Dr. Bankath Chandra Annual Memorial Oration, Indian Medical Association, Hyderabad, on 28th August 2001.
  • Invited to deliver the oration at the 6th Annual Conference of North Eastern Diabetes Society held in Gawati, on 30th September 2001.
  • Dr P. J. Mehta Oration at the 57th joint Annual Conference of Association of Physicians of India, held in Chennai on 14th January 2002.
  • U.S.V. Oration at the 56th Annual Tamil Nadu State Medical Conference – “Megha Mediknit”, held in Tirupur on 28th & 29th September 2002.
  • Vocational Achiever Award 2003 – 04 by The Rotary Club of Madras Central on 28th July 2003.
  • “Best Referee Award 2003” by the Journal of Association of Physicians - The Dr. JC Patel –Dr. B.C. Metha JAPI Award 2003.
  • The Dr. J C Patel – Dr. B.C. Metha JAPI Award – 2003 – “Best Correspondence” by the Journal of Association of Physicians.
  • RSSDI 2004 Oration at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India, held in Patna on 4th November 2004.
  • Netaji Oration at the Diamond APICON 2005, Mumbai, by Association of Physicians of India, JAPI.
  • Medical Excellence Award by Harvard Medical International on 11th February 2007 at New Delhi.

  • International Diabetes Federation
  • American Diabetes Association
  • International group of the Study of Epidemiology of Diabetes
  • European Association for the Study of Diabetes
  • Association of Physicians of India
  • Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India
  • Diabetic Association of India

  • International Diabetes Federation
  • International Diabetes Epidemiology group
  • World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications
  • Diabetes in Asia
  • American Diabetes Association (ADA)
  • International Congress on “Prediabetes” and the metabolic syndrome
  • HDL Symposium
  • National Diabetes Institute (NADI – Kuala Lumpur)

  • More than 250 original research papers in National and International Journals in the field of Diabetes.

  • Authored chapters in International Text Books on Diabetes.

  • Associate Editor for Obesity Research and Clinical Practice
  • Editorial Board Member for Practical Diabetes International

  • Reviewer of Scientific papers of prestigious Journals
  • Diabetes Care, USA
  • Diabetes, USA
  • Diabetes Medicine, UK
  • The Lancet
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Australia
  • Practical Diabetes Mellitus, UK
  • Diabetes Metabolism Research & Reviews, France
  • International Diabetes Monitor, Denmark
  • Practical Diabetes International, UK
  • Diabetes Voice, Belgium
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Current Diabetes Review
  • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
  • Journal of Physicians Associations of India, India
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research, India
  • Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India

  • Epidemiology of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
  • Diabetes in Pregnancy
  • Diagnosis of Diabetes.
  • Diabetes in Children.
  • Insulin Metabolism in Diabetes.
  • Study of Prediabetic State.
  • Cardiovascular risk factors in Indians.
  • Coronary artery disease in Indians.
  • Genetic studies in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
  • Familial aggregation in Diabetes.
  • Economic of Diabetes Health Care.

DR. SHOBHANA RAMACHANDRAN
Vice President India Diabetes Research Fondation
Joint Managing Director Dr.A.Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals
No.110, Annasalai, Guindy
Chennai - 32,, India
Ph: 044-22353728-32 & 044-42162003-04
Email : ramachandran@ardiabetes.org

CURRICULUM VITAE

  • B.Sc. – Home Science - Queen Mary’s College, Chennai.
  • M.A. – Sociology - Annamalai University, Chennai.
  • Ph.D – Madras Medical College, Chennai. The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai.

  • Major - Medical Sociology {Socio-Medical Faculty}
  • Minor - Diabetes – Psycho-Social

  • Economics of Diabetes Health Care
  • Education of Diabetic Patients
  • Children with IDDM {Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus}

  • Diabetes Patient Education & Counseling - 22 years
  • Recognized Guide for Ph.D.(Department of Psychosocial Studies) - MAHER University, Chennai.

  • Books on Diabetes
  • “Know your Diabetes” 100 questions & Answers in 5 languages
  • Diet in Diabetes
  • A Hand Book on Diabetes (2 languages)

  • American Diabetes Association
  • Research Society for the study of Diabetes in India {RSSDI}
  • Diabetes Association of India

  • Published Research papers in International and National Journals (Enclosed)
  • Presented Papers in many medical conferences. Contributions to Diabetes Health Care

  • Has been responsible for evolving and establishing the 1st structured Diabetes Patient Education Programme inIndia. This model has been implemented widely throughout the country.
  • Also responsible for starting the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and developed Diabetes Diet System for Indian patients and is the Founder President of Indian Diabetes Educators Association.
  • Recent progress work has been on Psychosocial aspects on Diabetes in the developing countries.

  • Our study on "Fear of Hypoglycaemia among Diabetic subjects" was presented at the conference, Journal of Association of Physicians in India. This paper has been awarded as the "Best Poster Award" during the Diamond APICON held at Mumbai, January 2005.

  • Shobhana R, and Viswanathan M. Challenges in patient education in India, IDF Bulletin 1985; 30:18.
  • Shobhana R, Indira P, Ramachandran A, Mohan V, Premila L, Viswanathan M. Effectiveness of patient education in a multilingual, multi-literate population. J Med. Ass. Thailand. 1987; 70: 219 - 222.
  • Shobhana R, Premila L, Shyamala P, Mohan V, Ramachandran A, Viswanathan M. Assessment of background knowledge of diabetes mellitus in diabetic patients. Jour. Diab. Assoc. India. 1987; 29: 70 - 73.
  • Shobhana R, Rama Rao P. The IDDM patients and their families. Diabetes today, 5 July - September.
  • Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Sheela P, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Constant motivation and education help to achieve dietary adherence in Type 2 diabetes.
  • Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Vijay V, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Diabetes Education session for young IDDM probands and their family members in a developing country. An evaluation. Pract. Diabetes Int. 1997; 14: 123 - 125.
  • Shobhana R. The exisiting model and future directions in diabetes patient-education. Int. J. Diab. Countries (1997), Vol. 17.
  • Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Sheela P. Psychosocial aspects of dietary non-adherence in diabetes. Int. J. Diab. Dev. Countries (1998) Vol. 18.
  • Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Latha E, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Dietary profile of urban south Indians and its relation with glycaemic status. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 42 (1998) 181 - 186.
  • Vijay Viswanathan, Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Seena R, Ramachandran A. Need for Education on Footcare in diabetic patients in India. Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI) 47: No 11; 1083 - 1085, 1999.
  • Shobhana R, Begum R, Snehalatha C, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Patient's adherence to diabetes treatment. JAPI 1999, Vol. 47, No.12.
  • Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Lavanya A, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Expenditure on health care incurred by diabetic subjects in a developing country - a study from southern India. Diabetic Research and Clinical Practice. 48: 37 -42, 2000.
  • Shobhana R, Rama Rao P, Lavanya A, Vijay V, Ramachandran A. Cost burden to diabetic patients with foot complications - A study from Southern India. Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI) 48: 1147 - 1150, 2000.
  • Shobana R, Rama Rao P, Lavanya A, Williams R, Padma C, Vijay V, Ramachandran A: Costs incurred by families having Type 1 diabetes in a developing country - a study from Southern India. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2002; 55: 45 - 48
  • Shobana R, Rama Rao P, Lavanya A, Padma C, Vijay V, Ramachandran A: Quality of Life and Diabetes Integration among subjects with Type 2 diabetes. JAPI 2003; 51: 363 - 365.
  • Shobana R, Christina Augustine, Ramachandran A, Vijay V. Improving psychosocial care: The Indian experience. Diabetes Voice 2005; Vol. 50: 19 - 21.
  • Ramachandran A, Shobhana R, Snehalatha C, Christina A, Murugesan N, Vijay V, Anil Kapur, Rhys Williams. Increasing Expenditure On Health Care Incurred By Diabetic Subjects In A Developing Country - Study From India. Diabetes Care 30 : 252 - 256, 2007.

Dr.Vinitha Ramachandran, MDS., Ph.D.,
Director and Senior Consultant Periodontal Surgeon
Dr.A.Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals,
India Diabetes Research Foundation,
No.110, Anna Salai,Guindy,
Chennai – 600 008. Email : ramachandran@ardiabetes.org

CURRICULUM VITAE

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – In the faculty of Dentistry- (Periodontal Medicine) - The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, India - 2021
  • Master of Dental Surgery – Periodontal Surgery and Oral Implantology (M.D.S),Sri Ramachandra Dental College and University, Chennai, India – November 2007.
  • Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Ragas Dental College & Hospital, The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, India - 1999

  • Worked as consultant Dental Surgeon M.V.Hospitals for Diabetes and Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, India--2000 - 2001
  • As Periodontal Consultant and Head of the Dental Department at M.V. Hospital for Diabetes and Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, India from November 2003 – March 2007
  • Senior Lecturer in the Department of Periodontics at Sathyabama University and Dental College from February 2011 --- March 2013.
  • As Periodontal Consultant and Head of the Department at Dr. A. Ramachandran’ s Diabetes Hospitals from March 2007 --- till date.

  • Arun Nanditha, Priscilla Susairaj, Arun Raghavan, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Ramachandran Vinitha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran; Secular trends in Cardiovascular risk factors among urban and rural populations in Tamil Nadu, India – An ancillary analysis of the STRiDE-I study; Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice; August 2021, Vol 178:108930-2021.
  • Ramachandran Vinitha, Manoj Muthukuru, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Raghuraman Yogalakshmi, Anandhan Rajeswari, Lakshmi Sundar, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Chanukuttan Snehalatha and Ambady Ramachandran; 425-P: Association between Neuropathy and Periodontitis among Type 2 Diabetes Patients; Diabetes 2021 Jun; 70 (Supplement 1)-2021.
  • Raghavan A, Nanditha A, Satheesh K, Susairaj P, Vinitha R, Chandrasekaran S, Palaniappan T, Thillai Vallal S, Subair Khan A, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Profile and Prognosis of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Virus Infection With and Without Diabetes – An Observational Study From South India. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2021; doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.05.016. Epub ahead of print-2021.
  • Satheesh K, Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Raghavan A, Vinitha R, Susairaj P, Ramachandran A. Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Vildagliptin and Metformin on Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function and Insulin Sensitivity in Newly Diagnosed Asian Indians with Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes. 2020; 69 (Supplement 1) doi.org/10.2337/db20-970-P (Abstract published in ADA journal)-2020
  • Arun R, Arun N, Krishnamoorthy S, Priscilla S, Vinitha R, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. The Profile of Clinically Diagnosed New Type 2 Diabetes among Asian Indians.  Endocrinol Diabetes Metab J. 2020; 4: 1-4. doi:10.31038/EDMJ.2020434-2020
  • Vinitha R, Yogalakshmi R, Rajeswari A, Snehalatha C, Satheesh K, Priscilla S, Arun R, Nanditha A, Ramachandran A. Positive Impact of Scaling and Root Planing on Glycaemia among Asian Indian Type 2 diabetes Patients with Periodontitis. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab J. 2020; 4:1-5. doi: 10.31038/EDMJ.2020444-2020 .
  • Nair DR, Satheesh K, Raghavan A, Nanditha A, Vinitha R, Susairaj P, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Trend in the Clinical Profile of Type 2 Diabetes in India – Study From a Diabetes Care Centre in South India. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020; 14:1851-1857. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.09.018-2020.
  • Nanditha A, Thomson H, Susairaj P, Srivanichakorn W, Oliver N, Godsland IF, Majeed A, Darzi A, Satheesh K, Simon M, Raghavan A, Vinitha R, Snehalatha C, Westgate K, Brage S, Sharp SJ, Wareham NJ, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. A Pragmatic and Scalable Strategy Using Mobile Technology to Promote Sustained Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in India and the UK: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Diabetologia. 2020; 63:486-496. doi:10.1007/s00125-019-05061-y- 2020 .
  • Vinitha R, Priscilla S, Arun R, Nanditha A, Satheesh K, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Association of Adipokines with Diabetes – Measurements in Blood and Saliva. Diabetes. 2020; 69 (Supplement 1). doi.org/10.2337/db20-2262-PUB (Abstract published in the ADA journal)-2020.
  • Susairaj P, Snehalatha C, Raghavan A, Nanditha A, Vinitha R, Satheesh K, Johnston DG, Wareham NJ, Ramachandran A. Cut-off Value of Random Blood Glucose Among Asian Indians for Preliminary Screening of Persons with Prediabetes and Undetected Type 2 Diabetes Defined by the Glycosylated Haemoglobin Criteria. J Diabetes Clin Res. 2019; 1:53-58. doi: 10.33696/diabetes.1.009-2019
  • Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Shaw JE, Susairaj P, Simon M, Vijaya L, Satheesh K, Vinitha R, Raghavan A, Nanditha A. Response to Comment on Nanditha et al. Secular TRends in DiabEtes in India (STRiDE-I): Change in Prevalence in 10 Years Among Urban and Rural Populations in Tamil Nadu. Diabetes Care. 2019; 42:476-485. doi:10.2337/dci19-0027-2019
  • Nanditha A, Raghavan A, Susairaj P, Satheesh K, Simon M, Vinitha R, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Increasing Trend in Dyslipidaemia among the Urban and Rural Populations in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, the STRiDE-I Study. Diabetes 2019 Jun; 68(Supplement 1). doi.org/10.2337/db19-1525-P (Abstract published in the ADA journal).-2019
  • Vinitha R, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Satheesh K, Susairaj P, Raghavan A, Ramachandran A. Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Text Messaging in Improving Glycaemic Control among Persons With Newly Detected Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2019; 158:107919. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107919-2019.
  • Raghavan A, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Vinitha R, Susairaj P, Simon M, Selvam S, Satheesh K, Ram J, Kumar APN, Godsland IF, Oliver N, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes is Higher Among Men with Persistent Impaired Glucose Tolerance than in Transient Impaired Glucose Tolerance – A 5 year Follow up Study. J Assoc Physicians India. 2018; 66:22-26-2018.
  • Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Raghavan A, Vinitha R, Satheesh K, Susairaj P, Simon M, Selvam S, Ram J, Naveen Kumar AP, Godsland IF, Oliver N, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. The post-trial analysis of the Indian SMS Diabetes Prevention Study Shows Persistent Beneficial Effects of Lifestyle Intervention. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018; 142:213-221. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.05.042-2018.
  • Raghavan A, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Vinitha R, Susairaj P, Simon M, Selvam S, Satheesh K, Ram J, Kumar APN, Godsland IF, Oliver N, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes is Higher Among Men with Persistent Impaired Glucose Tolerance than in Transient Impaired Glucose Tolerance - A 5 year Follow up Study. J Assoc Physicians India. 2018; 66:22-26-2018.
  • Vinitha R, Ram J, Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Shetty AS, Arun R, Godsland IF, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Adiponectin, leptin, Interleukin-6 and HbA1c in the Prediction of Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Nested Case-Control Study in Asian Indian Men With Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015; 109: 340-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.05.035-2015.
  • Vinitha R ,Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Thayyil M, Kumar CK, Sheeba L, Joseph S, Vijay V. Prevalence of Overweight in Urban Indian Adolescent School Children. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2002; 57: 185-90. doi:10.1016/s0168-8227(02)00056-6-2002.
  • Vinitha R, Khalid G, Kumar V, Vijay V, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Periodontal Diseases in Asian Indian diabetics: A Study from Southern India. Int J Diab Dev Ctries. 2001; 21:129-31. doi: 10.4103/0973-3930.62595-2001.

  • Best Poster Award on Insulin like growth factor (IGF – 1, IGF – 2) in Diabetic patients with and without Chronic Periodontits (received from Professor Van Dyke) at the Indian Society of Periodontology (ISP) Conference in Mumbai – 2005.
  • Best Poster Award for the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in Indians from South India and looking at the association with age, sex, habits, Glycosylated Haemoglobin, Waist hip ratio, and BMI at Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI) Conference in 2012 at Chennai.
  • Poster presented on Diabetes Training for paramedical personnel in India – National capacity building for management of diabetes for IDF - 2017

  • Lectures taken on the Dental complications in Diabetes and importance of Periodontitis for Medical Doctors, Nurses and Educators for the India Diabetes Research Foundation (IDRF) – World Diabetes Federation (WDF) Project from 2007 – 2012.
  • As a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Periodontics at Sathyabama University and Dental College from February 2011 --- March 2013.
  • Lectures given & guided undergraduate students in their Clinical postings In the Department of Periodontics- Actively participated in dental camps and dental education at various schools. Chennai, India.
  • Dental education for kids -Taken classes for school kids on importance of dental Vels International school, Chennai, India-2010. Classes taken for pre-school & primary school children on importance of visiting a Dentist & Dental hygiene on Doctor’s Day. Kangaroo kids (Vels International primary school) -2021

  • As an elective student at the Dental Institute of St. Bartholamews Hospital, The Royal London Hospital,UK (June 1998) in all the dental departments.
  • Attended a workshop on Research Methodology in Epidemiology conducted by the Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University,Chennai.
  • Passed the National Board of Dental Examination in USA in 2002 with 81%
  • As a Judge at a PG Convention at Sri Ramachandra Dental College and University for around 40 post graduate paper presentations in June 2011.
  • Attended dental camps at 6 schools in Chennai which was organized by Sathyabama University and Dental college.
  • Attended National & International Conferences like ADA (American Diabetes Association), IDF (International Diabetes Federation), EASD (European Association for the study of Diabetes) and ISP, ADA (Dental Conference).

  • Prevalence of periodontitis in subjects with Pre-Diabetes in India.
  • Prevalence of periodontitis and other Microvascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients in India.
  • Prevalence of edentulous patients in Type 2 Diabetes.
  • Improvement of Glycosylated Haemoglobin in Type 2 Diabetic patients after Periodontal therapy.
  • Study of association of salivary adipokines with Prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes mellitus – Ph.D project.
  • As a principle investigator in the SMS Study – A pilot study on the effectiveness of using automated mobile phone text messaging in improving glycaemic control among newly detected Type 2 diabetes patients.
  • Association of Diabetic Neuropathy & Periodontitis in Type 2 Diabetes.
  • Association between Metobolic syndrome and Periodontitis diabetic patients.

Dr. Nanditha Arun.
Consultant Diabetologist
No. 15, Subramaniam St Abiramapuram,
Chennai – 600 018.
Email : ramachandran@ardiabetes.org

CURRICULUM VITAE

  • M.B.B.S – Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur, Chennai in January 2005
  • MD Gen. Medicine – Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur, Chennai in April 2008.
  • FRCP – Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians-Glasgow – January 2012
  • PGDD (Diploma in Diabetes, Cardiff University, UK).
  • FIMSA (Fellow International medical science academy).
  • PhD (MGR Medical University).

  • Research - University of Cambridge, UK.
  • Diabetology, Christian Medical College, Vellore – 2010.
  • Clinical Epidemiology, The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai – 2014.
  • Healthcare Administration & Business Development, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

  • A pragmatic and scalable strategy using mobile technology to promote sustained lifestyle changes to prevent Type 2 diabetes in India and the UK” collaboration between India Diabetes Research Foundation, Imperial College, London and University of Cambridge, funded by Medical Research Council (MRC), UK and Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR), India.

  • Gold Medal in Social & Preventive Medicine
  • Best paper presentation Award in Inter College Scientific Competition - 2006.
  • Young Research Achiever Award from Dr.Cherian Varghese, WHO at JPEF 2019.
  • Outstanding young Investigator award from the Honourable Minister, Mr.Pandiarajan, at Tamil Nadu Kidney Foundation (TANKER) 2021.

  • Member of India Diabetes Research Foundation.
  • Member of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI).
  • Member of The Association of Physicians of India (API).
  • Member of Tamilnadu Medical Council
  • Fellow, International Medical Science Academy.
  • Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Glasgow.
  • Fellow of International Medical Science Academy (FIMSA)
  • In the Advisory Board of Several Committee.
  • An Invited speaker in various diabetes forums.

  • Cambridge Diabetes Seminar – 2008, Cambridge, UK
  • Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore on Training Workshop on Diabetes & its complications

  • Presented papers on Indian Diabetes Prevention Programmes in INCOM 2010 (International Conference on Internal Medicine, Critical Care & Health Technology) on October 2010.
  • Presented papers on SWINE Flu in Sathya Sai Medical College during a August 2009
  • Presented papers on Indian Diabetes Prevention Programmes in Andhra Pradesh Diabetes Federation (APDF) during November 2010
  • Organized Global Diabetes WALK 2010 on World Diabetes Day, India Diabetes Research Foundation
  • Organized National and Sate level Diabetic awareness Camps (2008 – 2010) India Diabetes Research Foundation

  • Papers Published
  • Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A, Satyavani K, Sivasankari S, Nanditha R, Vijay V, Hitman GA. Evaluation of the beta cell response by C-peptide measurement in parents of children with type I diabetes. JAPI, 51 : 927- 928, 2003.
  • Snehalatha C, Mary S, Selvam S, Sathish Kumar CK, Shetty SB,Nanditha A, Ramachandran A. Changes in insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in relation to the glycemic outcomes in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance in the Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme-1 (IDPP-1).Diabetes Care. 2009 Oct;32(10):1796-801.
  • Snehalatha C, Mary S, Selvam S, Sathish Kumar CK, Shetty SB,Nanditha A, Ramachandran A. Changes in insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity in relation to the glycemic outcomes in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance in the Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme-1 (IDPP-1).Diabetes Care. 2009 Oct;32(10):1796-801. (IDPP-1)
  • Ramachandran A, Samit Shetty A, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C. Efficacy of Primary prevention interventions when fasting and postglucsoe dysglycemia Coexist. Diabetes Care 2010 Oct;33(10):2010 (IDPP1& IDPP2)
  • Ramachandran A, Lakshmi S, A Nanditha, Samith Shetty A, Snehalatha C. Role of industries in the care of diabetic foot. Int J Low Extrem Wounds. 2010 Sep;9(3):116-21.
  • Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Samith Shetty A, Ram J, Johnston D G,Ramachandran A. Screening for Impaired glucose tolerance & Type 2 DM using risk factors association. Abstract accepted for oral presentation at International Diabetes Federation(IDF) Congress, Dubai 2011, December.
  • Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Ananth Samith Shetty, Ambady Ramachandran. Hypertriglyceridaemia either in isolation or in combination with abdominal obesity is strongly associated with atherogenic dyslipidaemia in Asian Indians (accepted for publication_Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 2011).
  • Samith Shetty, Snehalatha C, Nanditha Arun, Ramachandran A. Reinforcement of Adherence to Prescription Recommendations in Asian Indian Diabetes Patients Using Short Message Service (SMS) – A Pilot Study (accepted for publication_JAPI, 2011).
  • Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Samith Shetty, Nanditha Arun. Predictive Value of Hba1c for Incident Diabetes among Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance - Analysis of the Indian Diabetes Prevention Programmes. Diabet Med. 2012;29(1):94-98 PMID:21790773.
  • Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Samith Shetty A, Nanditha A. (Editorial). Trends in prevalence of diabetes in Asian countries. World Journal of Diabetes 2012; 3(6): 110-117.
  • Ramachandran A, Chamukuttan S, Shetty SA, Arun N, Susairaj P. Obesity in Asia- is it different from the rest of the world Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2012 Dec;28 Suppl 2:47-51.
  • R. Ambady, C. Snehalatha, A. Samith shetty and A. Nanditha. Primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes in South Asians — challenges and the way forward. Review Article, Diabetic Medicine 2013; 30, 26–34.
  • Ananth Samith Shetty, Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran. Treatment with DPP-4 inhibitors does not increase the chance of pancreatitis in patients with type2 diabetes. Journal of Association of Physicians of India. Aug.2013; 61:543-544.
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Jagannathan Ram, Sundaram Selvam, Mary Simon, Arun Nanditha, Ananth Samith Shetty,Ian F Godsland, Nish Chaturvedi, Azeem Majeed, Nick Oliver, Christofer Toumazou, K George Alberti, Desmond G Johnston. Effectiveness of mobile phone messaging in prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle modification in men in India: a prospective, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2013; 1: 191–198.
  • Santhosh Jeyaraj, Ananth Samith Shetty, Champet Raj Roopesh Kumar, Arun Nanditha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Arun Raghavan, Raghavan K, Ambady Ramachandran. A case report of Liraglutide-induced acute pancreatitis. JAPI. 2014; 62(1):64-66.
  • Ram J, Nanditha A, Selvam S, Mary S,Samith A Shetty, Snehalatha C, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Screening among Male Industrial Workers in India Shows High Prevalence of Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Undetected Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Clustering. JAPI 2014; 62: 312 – 315.
  • J. Ram, C. Snehalatha, A. Nanditha, S. Selvam, S. A Shetty, I. F. Godsland, D. G. Johnston and A. Ramachandran. Hypertriglyceridaemic waist phenotype as a simple predictive marker of incident diabetes in Asian-Indian men with prediabetes. Diabetic Medicine June2014; 31:1542-1549.
  • Arun Nanditha, Jagannathan Ram, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Sundram Selvam, Susairaj Priscilla, Ananth Samith Shetty, Raghavan Arun, Godsland, Desmond G.Johnston, Ambady Ramachandran. Early Improvement Predicts Reduced Risk Of Incident Diabetes and Improved Cardiovascular Risk in Prediabetic Asian Indian Men Participating in a 2-year Lifestyle Intervention Program. Diabetes Care. 2014 Nov;37(11):3009-15.
  • Ram J, Selvam S, Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Mary Simon , Samith A Shetty, Godsland IF, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Improvement in diet habits, independent of physical activity helps to reduce incident diabetes among prediabetic Asian Indian men. DRCP 2014; 106: 491-495.
  • A.Nanditha, J. Ram, S. Selvam, S. Priscilla, Samith A Shetty, C.Snehalatha, IF.Godsland, DG.Johnston,A.Ramachandran. Combining Fasting Plasma Glucose with Gammaglutamyl Transferase Improves the Sensitivity to Predict Incident Diabetes in Asian Indian Men with Impaired Glucose Tolerance. JAPI 2014; 62: 18 – 22.
  • Jagannathan Ram, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Sundaram Selvam, Arun Nanditha, Ananth Samith Shetty, Ian F. Godsland, Desmond G. Johnston, Ambady Ramachandran. The oral disposition index is a strong predictor of incident diabetes in Asian Indian prediabetic men Acta Diabetol. 2015; 52: 733-741.
  • Ram J, Snehalatha C, Selvam S, Nanditha A, Samith A Shetty, Arun R, Godsland IF, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Retinol Binding Protein – 4 Predicts Incident Diabetes in Asian Indian Men with Prediabetes. BioFactors 2015; 41:160-165.
  • Vinitha R, Ram J, Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Samith A Shetty, Arun R, Godsland IF, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Adiponectin, Leptin, Interleukin-6 and HbA1c in the Prediction of Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Nested Case-Control Study in Asian Indian Men with Impaired Glucose Tolerance,Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015; 109: 340-346.
  • Susairaj Priscilla, Arun Nanditha, Mary Simon, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Sathish Kumar, Ananth Samith Shetty, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Desmond G. Johnston, Ian F. Godsland, Nicholas J. Wareham, Ambady Ramachandran. A pragmatic and scalable strategy using mobile technology to promote sustained lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes in India—Outcome of screening. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015 Dec;110(3):335-40.
  • Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Ram J, Selvam S, Vijaya L, Shetty SA, Arun R, Ramachandran A. Impact of lifestyle intervention in primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes did not differ by baseline age and BMI among Asian-Indian people with impaired glucose tolerance. Diabet Med. 2016 Dec;33(12):1700-1704.
  • Nanditha A, Ronald C.W. Ma, Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Chan JC, Chia KS, Shaw JE, and Zimmet PZ. Diabetes in Asia and the Pacific: Implications for the Global Epidemic. Diabetes Care 2016;39:472–485.
  • Chamukuttan S, Ram J, Nanditha A, Shetty AS, Sevick MA, Bergman M, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Baseline Level of 30 Minutes Plasma Glucose is an Independent Predictor of Incident Diabetes Among Asian Indians: Analysis of Two Diabetes Prevention Programmes.Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2016 Mar 16. 32(7):762-767.
  • Arun Raghavan, Nanditha Arun, Snehalatha Chamukuttan, Priscilla Susairaj, Vijaya Lakshminarayanan, Ramachandran Ambady. Metabolic Profile of Persons with Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Using either Glycoslated Haemoglobin or Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Primary Prevention Trials in Asian Indians. Journal of Metabolic Syndrome. 2016; 5:3.
  • Sundaram Selvam, Narayanasamy Murugesan, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Mary Simon, Priscilla Susairaj, Ambady Ramachandran. Health education on diabetes and other non-communicable diseases imparted to teachers shows a cascading effect. A study from Southern India. Diabetes Res. & Clin. Pract. 2017 March: 125:20-28.
  • Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Susairaj Priscilla, Arun Nanditha, Raghavan Arun, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Ambady Ramachandran. Metformin in Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, Vol 66, March 2018, Page 70 – 74.
  • Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Raghavan, Ramachandran Vinitha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla Susairaj, Mary Simon, Sundaram Selvam, Jagannathan Ram, Addagarla P. Naveen Kumar, Ian F. Godsland, Nick Oliver, Desmond G. Johnston, Ambady Ramachandran. The post-trial analysis of the Indian SMS diabetes prevention study shows persistent beneficial effects of lifestyle intervention. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Issue 42, 2018, 213 – 221.
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Rajeev Kumar, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Pradeep Joshi, Fikru Tesfaye. mDiabetes initiative using text messages to improve lifestyle and health-seeking behaviour in India. BMJ Innov 2018; pg:1–8.
  • Hazel Thomson, Nick S Oliver, Ian F Godsland, Ara Darzi, Weerachai Srivanichakorn, Azeem Majeed, Desmond G Johnston, Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Raghavan, Priscilla Susairaj, Mary Simon, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Ambady Ramchandran, Stephen Sharp, Kate Westgate, Soren Brage, Nick Wareham. Protocol for a clinical trial of text messaging in addition to standard care versus standard care alone in prevention of type 2 diabetes through lifestyle modification in India and the UK. BMC Endocrine Disorders (2018) 18:63.
  • Raghavan A, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Vinitha R, Susairaj P, Simon M, Selvam S, Satheesh K, Ram J, Kumar APN, Godsland IF, Oliver N, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes is Higher among Men with Persistent Impaired Glucose Tolerance than in Transient Impaired Glucose Tolerance – A 5 year Follow up Study. J Assoc Physicians India. 2018 Oct; 66(10):22-26.
  • Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Susairaj Priscilla, Mary Simon, Lakshminarayanan Vijaya, Arun Raghavan, Ramachandran Vinitha, Ambady Ramachandran, Secular TRends in DiabEtes in India (STRiDE–I): Change in Ten Years in Prevalence among Urban and Rural Populations in Tamilnadu, Diabetes Care 2019 Mar; 42 (3): 476-485.
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Jonathan E. Shaw, Priscilla Susairaj, Mary Simon, Lakshminarayanan Vijaya, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Ramachandran Vinitha, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Response to comment on Nanditha et al, Secular TRends in DiabEtes in India (STRiDE–I): Change in Prevalence in 10 Years Among Urban and Rural Populations in Tamil Nadu, Diabetes Care 2019; 42:e139–e140.
  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Abraham Catherin Seeli, Mary Simon, Priscilla Susairaj and Ambady Ramachandran, The Effectiveness of Basal Plus Compared with Premixed Insulin in Insulin-Naïve Type 2 Diabetes Patients, Diabetes 2019 Jun; 68 (Supplement 1): 2332-PUB. (Indexed Journal).
  • Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Priscilla Susairaj, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Mary Simon, Ramachandran Vinitha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha and Ambady Ramachandran, Increasing Trend in Dyslipidaemia among the Urban and Rural Populations in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, the STRiDE-I Study, Diabetes 2019 Jun; 68 (Supplement 1): 1525-P. (Indexed Journal)
  • Arun Nanditha, Priscilla Susairaj, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Raghavan, Ramachandran Vinitha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Ramachandran Ambady, Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Text Messaging in Improving Glycaemic Control Among Persons with Newly Detected Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2019; Nov 8;158:107919. (Indexed Journal)
  • Priscilla Susairaj, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Mary Simon, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Ramachandran Vinitha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Desmond G Johnston, Nicholas J Wareham, Ambady Ramachandran, Cut-off values of Random Blood Glucose among Indians for screening persons with undetected Type 2 diabetes and Prediabetes defined by the Glycosylated Haemoglobin criteria, Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Research, 2019; 1(2): 53-58.
  • Arun Nanditha; Hazel Thomson; Priscilla Susairaj; Weerachai Srivanichakorn; Nick Oliver; Ian F Godsland; Azeem Majeed; Ara Darzi; Krishnamoorthy Satheesh; Mary Simon; Raghavan Arun; Ramachandran Vinitha; Chamukuttan Snehalatha; Kate Westgate; Soren Brage; Stephen J Sharp; Nicholas J Wareham; Desmond G Johnston, Ramachandran Ambady, A Pragmatic and Scalable Strategy Using Mobile Technology to Promote Sustained Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in India and the UK - A Randomized Controlled Trial, Diabetologia. Volume 63, pages 486-496 (2020). (Indexed Journal).
  • Vinitha Ramachandran, Priscilla Susairaj, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran, Association of Adipokines with Diabetes – Measurements in Blood and Saliva, Diabetes 2020 Jun; 69 (Supplement 1): 2262-PUB. (Indexed Journal).
  • Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Vinitha Ramachandran, Priscilla Susiaraj, Ambady Ramachandran, Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Vildagliptin and Metformin on Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function and Insulin Sensitivity in Newly Diagnosed Asian Indians with Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes 2020 Jun; 69 (Supplement 1): 970-P. (Indexed Journal).
  • Dhruv Rajesh Nair, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Ramachandran Vinitha, Priscilla Susairaj, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran, Trend in the clinical profile of type 2 diabetes in India - Study from a diabetes care centre in South India, Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 14 (2020) 1851-1857 (Indexed Journal).
  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla Susairaj, Ramachandran Vinitha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran, The profile of clinically diagnosed new type 2 diabetes among Asian Indians, Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Volume 4(3): 1–4, 2020.
  • Ramachandran Vinitha, Raghuraman Yogalakshmi, Anandhan Rajeswari, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla Susairaj, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha and Ambady Ramachandran; Positive Impact of Scaling and Root Planing on Glycaemia among Asian Indian Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Periodontitis; Endocrinol Diabetes Metab J, Volume 4(4): 1–5, 2020.
  • Ramachandran Vinitha, Manoj Muthukuru, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Raghuraman Yogalakshmi, Anandhan Rajeswari, Lakshmi Sundar, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Chanukuttan Snehalatha and Ambady Ramachandran; 425-P: Association between Neuropathy and Periodontitis among Type 2 Diabetes Patients; Diabetes 2021 Jun; 70(Supplement 1)
  • Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Anoop Misra, Banshi Saboo, Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Shashank R Joshi, Sanjay Agarwal, Nikhil Tandon, Mangesh Tiwaskar, Sosale R Aravind, Ambady Ramachandran. Management of Hyperglycemia in COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 Syndrome – Proposed Guidelines for India. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, Vol.69, Sep 2021.

  • Nanditha Arun, A Ramachandran. Emerging and future concepts of Oral Hypoglycemic Agents. ECAB Clinical Update: Diabetology, Principles of Diabetes Management June 2011 Chapter; 40-50.
  • Ramachandran A, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Samith A Shetty, Arun R. Lifestyle modification Vs pharmacological intervention. Current controversies and consensus in diabetes management. Micro Labs Ltd., Edi: Ashok Kumar Das. P.No. 49-58.
  • Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Ramachandran A. Standardizing HbA1c test in India- The problems and its solutions. Current controversies and consensus in diabetes management. Micro Labs Ltd., Edi: Ashok Kumar Das. P.No. 26-33.
  • Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Samith A Shetty, Ramachandran A. Cardiovascular Diseases in type 2 diabetes . Non Communicable Diseases in India: Burden & Prevention 2013. Academic Wing of the Association of Physicians of India. Indian College of Physician. Editor Ashok Kumar Das. P.22 – 30, 2013.
  • Ramachandran A, Samith A Shetty, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C. Type 2 Diabetes in India: Challenges and possible solutions. Chapter-40.Medicine Update. the Association of Physicians of India. Indian College of Physician. Editor A.Muruganathan. Vol23, 2013; 186 – 190.
  • Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Samith A Shetty, Ramachandran A. Epidemiology of diabetes in developing countries: the scenario in Asia. RSSDI Text book of Diabetes Mellitus. 3rd Edition. Eds. Ashok Kumar Das, Sri Venkata Madhu, Viswanathan Mohan, Paturi Vishnupriya Rao. 2014: Chapter 10, P.No. 142 – 153
  • Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Samith A Shetty, Nanditha A. Primary Prevention Trials in Type 2 Diabetes. Chapter-4 Global Health Perspectives in prediabetes and Diabetes Prevention. Editor, Michael Bergman. World Scientific Publication. 2014 P.No. 49 – 74.
  • Snehalatha C, Nanditha Arun, Ramachandran A, Epidemiology of Diabetes in India: Chapter handbook of coronary artery disease South, Published by Macmillan Medical Communications. An exclusive partner of nature publishing group. 2016; P:35-40
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha. Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Chapter Textbook of Diabetes, 5E Wiley Blackwel publications 2016.
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan. Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes – Make in India, Cardio Diabetes Medicine 2017, Chapter 605-611.
  • Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Raghavan A. Prevention of Diabetes-Role  of  Awareness and Education. Sadikot’s IN Textbook of Diabetes, Chapter 126 Nov 2018; 859-864.
  • Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Strategies for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes – Evidences from Indian Studies, In: 4th edition of RSSDI Textbook of Diabetes. Oct 2019 Shashank Joshi (Eds), 2019;15-33.
  • Ramachandran A, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C. Exploring Diabesity: The Link between Diabetes and Obesity. Microlabs Txt Book, 2019, Ch.08:75-81.
  • Arun Raghavan, Nanditha Arun, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran, Epidemiology of Diabetes in India, Chapter in Coronary Artery Disease, 2019 (Awaiting for publication).
  • Arun Nanditha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Arun Raghavan, Is it possible for prevention of Diabetes in typical Indian phenotype, RSSDI Diabetes update 2019; First Edition 2020: Section 14: Diabetes Prevention: 430-433.

  • Dr. Nanditha Arun, is a Director and Consultant Diabetologist of Dr. A. Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals.
  • She did her under graduation in Sri. Ramachandra Medical College (SRMC) during which she has attained Gold Medal in Preventive and Social Medicine and post graduation, M.D. General Medicine at Sri. Ramachandran Medical College, Chennai.
  • She underwent Training for Research at the prestigious University of Cambridge (UK), Training for Diabetes at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore and Diploma in diabetes from Cardiff University, UK.
  • She has also to her credit Conferred Fellowship by the Royal College of Physician (FRCP), Glasgow and Fellowship by International Medical Science academy (FIMSA).
  • She underwent training for Healthcare management at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.
  • Dr. Nanditha Arun is a member of several Diabetes & Medical Societies and has been an Organising Member of many International Conferences, and has several International publications and presentations to her credit and is a co-investigator in many drug trials, is also on the advisory board of various committee.
  • Dr. Nanditha Arun received the young Research Achiever Award from Dr.Cherian Varghese, WHO at JPEF 2019.
  • She was honoured with “COVID WARRIOR” award in December 2020, by Union Minister, Mr.Shripad Yesso Naik and was also acknowledged as the “Diabetes Care Personality of the year”.
  • She received the outstanding young Investigator award from the Honourable Minister, Mr.Pandiarajan, at TN Kidney foundation (TANKER) awards ceremony.

Dr. Arun Raghavan, M.B.B.S., M.D. Gen. Medicine.
Consultant Diabetologist
No. 15, Subramaniam St Abiramapuram,
Chennai – 600 018.
Email : ramachandran@ardiabetes.org

CURRICULUM VITAE

  • M.B.B.S. – Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur, Chennai.
  • M.D. Gen. Medicine – Sree Balaji Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai.
  • MRCPS (Glasgow) (Royal College of Glasgow)
  • FRCP (Fellow Royal College of Physicians), Edinburgh, 2023, 18/11/2023
  • FICM (Critical Care)
  • PGDD (Diploma in Diabetes, UK).
  • FIMSA (Fellow International medical science academy).
  • PhD (MGR Medical University).

  • Research - Yale University, USA-2001.
  • Critical Care, Madras Medical College, & Govt.General Hospitals , Chennai – 2007.
  • Diabetology, Christian Medical College, Vellore – 2010.
  • Clinical Epidemiology, The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai - 2014.

  • General Medicines and Emergency care – Sri Ramachandran Medical College & Hospital,Chennai – 2006 to 2008.
  • Critical care unit – Madras Medical College & Govt. General Hospital, Chennai – 2008 to 2009.
  • Internal medicine & Diabetology – Sree Balaji Medical College, Chennai – 2009 to 2011.
  • Surgical & Medical ICU, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Nandanam, Chennai –2011.
  • Multidisciplinary Critical Care Unit, Apollo Hospitals Ltd, Greams Road, Chennai – 2011 to 2012.
  • High Dependency Unit, Apollo First Med Hospital, Kilpauk, Chennai – 2012 to 2013.

  • Research - Yale University, USA - 2001.
  • Critical Care, Madras Medical College & Govt. General Hospitals, Chennai – 2007.
  • Diabetology, Christian Medical College, Vellore – 2010.
  • Clinical Epidemiology, The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai – 2014.
  • Healthcare Administration & Business Development, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

  • He was awarded as a “Rising Star” by Times of India Healthcare Achievers award 2020 from Health Minister.
  • He was honoured with “COVID WARRIOR” award in December 2020, by Union Minister, Mr.Shripad Yesso Naik and was also acknowledged as the “Diabetes Care Personality of the year”.
  • He was also acknowledged as the “Diabetes Care Personality of the year”, 2020.
  • He received the “Excellence in Diabetes Care” award from the Union Ministers, Govt. Of India, March 2021.
  • He received the “Global Healthcare Young Professional Award of the year 2021”, organized by EEF Global awards.

  • Member of India Diabetes Research Foundation.
  • Organizing Member of INCOM 2010 (International Conference on Internal Medicine, Critical care and Information Technology).
  • Member of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI).
  • Member of The Association of Physicians of India (API).
  • Member of Tamilnadu Medical Council
  • Fellow, International Medical Science Academy.
  • An Organising member of IMSA Con2016.
  • In the Advisory Board of Several Committee.
  • An Invited speaker in various diabetes forums.

  • Arun Raghavan; Arun Nanditha; Krishnamoorthy Satheesh; Priscilla Susairaj; RamachandranVinitha; Dhruv Nair; Santhosh Jeyaraj; Vajpayee Sharad; Ambady Ramachandran; Improvement in glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes with treatment using an interactive mobile application –A pilot study from India; Primary Care Diabetes ;2022, doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2022.10.008.
  • Ramachandran Vinitha, Raghuraman Yogalakshmi, Anandhan Rajeswari, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Dhruv Rajesh Nair, Priscilla Susairaj, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, K.V.Arun, Ambady Ramachandran; Serum and salivary adipokines in type 2 diabetes – Results of a pilot study in India; Diabetes & Metobolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 16 (2022), 102536. 2022.
  • Arun Raghavan; Arun Nanditha; Krishnamoorthy Satheesh; Priscilla Susairaj; Ramachandran Vinitha; Dhruv Nair; Santhosh Jeyaraj; Vajpayee Sharad; Ambady Ramachandran; Improvement in Glycaemic Control and Cost of Diabetes Care Using Diahome, a Smartphone Application, Diabetes 2022;71(Supplement_1):968-P.
  • Arun Nanditha; Priscilla Susairaj; Arun Raghavan; Krishnamoorthy Satheesh; Ramachandran Vinitha; Dhruv Nair; Chamukuttan Snehalatha; Ambady Ramachandran; Rising Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in the Young in Southern India, Diabetes 2022;71(Supplement_1):1129-P.
  • Arun Nanditha, Priscilla Susairaj, Arun Raghavan, Ramachandran Vinitha, 2022 Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Dhruv Rajesh Nair, Santhosh Jeyaraj, Chamukuttan Snehalatha; Concordance in incidence of diabetes among persons with prediabetes detected using either oral glucose tolerance test or glycated haemoglobin; Primary Care Diabetes; Feb 2022. 1-5.
  • Priscilla Susairaj, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Arun Raghavan, Ramachandran Vinitha & Ambady Ramachandran; Analysis of an Indian diabetes prevention programme on association of adipokines and a hepatokine with incident Diabetes; Scientific Reports; (2021) 11:20327.
  • Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Anoop Misra, BanshiSaboo, Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Shashank R Joshi, Sanjay Agarwal, Nikhil Tandon, Mangesh Tiwaskar, Sosale R Aravind, Ambady Ramachandran. Management of Hyperglycemia in COVID-19 and Post-COVID-19 Syndrome – Proposed Guidelines for India. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, Vol.69, Sep 2021.
  • Arun Nanditha, Priscilla Susairaj, Arun Raghavan, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Ramachandran Vinitha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran; Secular trends in Cardiovascular risk factors among urban and rural populations in Tamil Nadu, India – An ancillary analysis of the STRiDE-I study; Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice; August 2021, Vol 178:108930.
  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla Susairaj, Ramachandran Vinitha, Sruti Chandrasekaran, Thiruppathy Palaniappan, SuThillaiVallal, A. Subair Khan, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran; Profile and prognosis of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 virus infection with and without diabetes - An observational study from South India; Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 15 (2021) 102143.
  • Ramachandran Vinitha, Manoj Muthukuru, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Raghuraman Yogalakshmi, Anandhan Rajeswari, Lakshmi Sundar, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Chanukuttan Snehalatha and Ambady Ramachandran; 425-P: Association between Neuropathy and Periodontitis among Type 2 Diabetes Patients; Diabetes 2021 Jun; 70(Supplement 1).
  • Ramachandran Vinitha, Raghuraman Yogalakshmi, Anandhan Rajeswari, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla Susairaj, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha and Ambady Ramachandran; Positive Impact of Scaling and Root Planning on Glycaemia among Asian Indian Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Periodontitis; Endocrinol Diabetes Metab J Volume 4(4): 2020; 1–5.
  • Dhruv Rajesh Nair, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Ramachandran Vinitha, Priscilla Susairaj, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran, Trend in the clinical profile of type 2 diabetes in India - Study from a diabetes care centre in South India, Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 14 (2020) 1851-1857 (Indexed Journal).
  • Vinitha Ramachandran, Priscilla Susairaj, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran, Association of Adipokines with Diabetes – Measurements in Blood and Saliva, Diabetes 2020 Jun; 69 (Supplement 1): 2262-PUB. (Indexed Journal).
  • Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Vinitha Ramachandran, Priscilla Susiaraj, Ambady Ramachandran, Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Vildagliptin and Metformin on Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function and Insulin Sensitivity in Newly Diagnosed Asian Indians with Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes 2020 Jun; 69 (Supplement 1): 970-P. (Indexed Journal).
  • Arun Nanditha; Hazel Thomson; Priscilla Susairaj; Weerachai Srivanichakorn; Nick Oliver; Ian F Godsland; Azeem Majeed; Ara Darzi; Krishnamoorthy Satheesh; Mary Simon; Raghavan Arun; Ramachandran Vinitha; Chamukuttan Snehalatha; Kate Westgate; Soren Brage; Stephen J Sharp; Nicholas J Wareham; Desmond G Johnston, Ramachandran Ambady, A Pragmatic and Scalable Strategy Using Mobile Technology to Promote Sustained Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in India and the UK - A Randomized Controlled Trial, Diabetologia. Volume 63, pages 486–496(2020). (Indexed Journal).
  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla Susairaj, Ramachandran Vinitha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran, The profile of clinically diagnosed new type 2 diabetes among Asian Indians, Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism 2020;Vol 4(3): 1–4.
  • Vinitha R, Priscilla S, Arun R, Nanditha A, Satheesh K, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A. Association of Adipokines with Diabetes –Measurements in Blood and Saliva. Diabetes. 2020; 69 (Supplement 1). doi.org/10.2337/db20-2262-PUB (Abstract published in the ADA journal).
  • Ramachandran Vinitha, Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla Susairaj, Arun Raghavan, Ambady Ramachandran; Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Text Messaging in Improving Glycaemic Control Among Persons with Newly Detected Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2019; Nov 8;158:107919. (Indexed Journal).
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Jonathan E. Shaw, Priscilla Susairaj, Mary Simon, Lakshminarayanan Vijaya, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Ramachandran Vinitha, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Response to comment on Nanditha et al, Secular TRends in DiabEtes in India (STRiDE–I): Change in Prevalence in 10 Years Among Urban and Rural Populations in Tamil Nadu, Diabetes Care 2019;42:e139–e140.
  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, ChamukuttanSnehalatha, Abraham Catherin Seeli, Mary Simon, Priscilla Susairaj and AmbadyRamachandran,The Effectiveness of Basal Plus Compared with Premixed Insulin in Insulin-Naïve Type 2 Diabetes Patients, Diabetes 2019 Jun; 68 (Supplement 1): 2332-PUB. (Indexed Journal).
  • Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Priscilla Susairaj, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Mary Simon, Ramachandran Vinitha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha and Ambady Ramachandran, Increasing Trend in Dyslipidaemia among the Urban and Rural Populations in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, the STRiDE-I Study, Diabetes 2019 Jun; 68 (Supplement 1): 1525-P. (IndexedJournal).
  • Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Susairaj Priscilla, Mary Simon, Lakshminarayanan Vijaya, Arun Raghavan, Ramachandran Vinitha, Ambady Ramachandran, Secular TRends in DiabEtes in India (STRiDE–I) – Change in Ten Years in Prevalence among Urban and Rural Populations in Southern India, Diabetes Care 2019 Mar; 42 (3): 476-485. (IndexedJournal).
  • Priscilla Susairaj, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Mary Simon, Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Ramachandran Vinitha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Desmond G Johnston, Nicholas J Wareham, Ambady Ramachandran, Cut-off values of Random Blood Glucose among Indians for screening persons with undetected Type 2 diabetes and Prediabetes defined by the glycosylated haemoglobin criteria, Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Research, Volume 1, Issue 2,2019.
  • Vinitha R, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Satheesh K, Susairaj P, Raghavan A, Ramachandran A. Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Text Messaging in Improving Glycaemic Control among Persons with Newly Detected Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2019; 158:107919. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107919.
  • Hazel Thomson, Nick S Oliver, Ian F Godsland, Ara Darzi, Weerachai Srivanichakorn, Azeem Majeed, Desmond G Johnston, Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Raghavan, Priscilla Susairaj, Mary Simon, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, AmbadyRamchandran, Stephen Sharp, Kate Westgate, Soren Brage, Nick Wareham, Protocol for a clinical trial of text messaging in addition to standard care versus standard care alone in prevention of type 2 diabetes through lifestyle modification in India and the UK, BMC Endocrine Disorders (2018)18:63.
  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ramachandran Vinitha, Priscilla Susairaj, Mary Simon, Sundaram Selvam, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Jagannathan Ram, Addagarla P Naveen Kumar, Ian F Godsland, Nick Oliver, Desmond G Johnston, Ambady Ramachandran, Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes is Higher among Men with Persistent Impaired Glucose Tolerance than in Transient Impaired Glucose Tolerance – A 5 year Follow up Study, Journal of The Association of Physicians of India, Vol. 66, October 2018, Page 16 –20.
  • Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Raghavan, Ramachandran Vinitha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla Susairaj, Mary Simon, Sundaram Selvam, Jagannathan Ram, Addagarla P. Naveen Kumar, Ian F. Godsland, Nick Oliver, Desmond G. Johnston, Ambady Ramachandran, The post-trial analysis of the Indian SMS diabetes prevention study shows persistent beneficial effects of lifestyle intervention, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Issue 42, 2018, 213 –221.
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Rajeev Kumar, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Pradeep Joshi, Fikru Tesfaye, mDiabetes initiative using text messages to improve lifestyle and health-seeking behaviour in India, BMJ Innov2018;0:1–8.
  • Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Susairaj Priscilla, Arun Nanditha, Raghavan Arun, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Ambady Ramachandran, Metformin in Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, Vol 66, March 2018, Page 70 – 74.
  • Sundaram Selvam, Narayanasamy Murugesan, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Mary Simon, Priscilla Susairaj, Ambady Ramachandran, Health education on diabetes and other non-communicable diseases imparted to teachers shows a cascading effect. A study from Southern India. Diabetes Res ClinPract2017 March:125:20-28.
  • Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Ram J, Selvam S, Vijaya L, Shetty SA, Arun R, Ramachandran A Impact of lifestyle intervention in primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes did not differ by baseline age and BMI among Asian-Indian people with impaired glucose tolerance. Diabet Med 2016Dec;33(12):1700-1704.
  • Arun Raghavan, Nanditha Arun, Snehalatha Chamukuttan, Priscilla Susairaj, Vijaya Lakshminarayanan and Ramachandran Ambady, Metabolic Profile of Persons with Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Using either Glycoslated Haemoglobin or Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Primary Prevention Trials in Asian Indians. J Metabolic Synd 2016, 5:3;P.No 1-6.
  • Vinitha R, Ram J, Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Samith A Shetty, Arun R, Godsland IF, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A, Adiponectin, Leptin, Interleukin-6 and HbA1c in the Prediction of Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Nested Case-Control Study in Asian Indian Men with Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015; 109:340-346.
  • Ram J, Snehalatha C, Selvam S, Nanditha A, Samith A Shetty, Arun R, Godsland IF, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A Retinol Binding Protein – 4 Predicts Incident Diabetes in Asian Indian Men with Prediabetes. BioFactors2015;41:160-165.
  • Arun Nanditha, Jagannathan Ram, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Sundaram Selvam, Susairaj Priscilla, Ananth Samith Shetty, Arun Raghavan, Ian F. Godsland,Desmond G. Johnston, Ambady Ramachandran, Early Improvement Predicts Reduced Risk of Incident Diabetes and Improved Cardiovascular Risk in Prediabetic Asian Indian Men Participating in a 2-Year Lifestyle Intervention Program Diabetes Care. 2014;37:3009- 3015.
  • Santhosh Jeyaraj, Ananth Samith Shetty, Champat Raj Roopesh Kumar, Arun Nanditha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Arun Raghavan, K Raghavan, Ambady Ramachandran. Liraglutide-Induced Acute Pancreatitis, Journal of The Association of Physicians of India, January 2014, Vol 62, Issue No.1, Page 64 –66.
  • SM Rajendran, S Palaniandavan, J Senthil Nathar, R. Arun, T Yazhini. Prevalence of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Ischemic Stroke. Asian Journal of Clinical Cardiology, Vol 12, No.10, Feb 2010.

  • Ramachandran A, Arun Raghavan, Nanditha Arun, Priscilla S; Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes, RSSDI fifth edition 2022.
  • Arun Raghavan, Nanditha Arun, Cultural Competence in Health Care, Chapter 08 in patient centric Health care practices, 2021.
  • Arun Nanditha, Priscilla S, Arun Raghavan, Ambady Ramachandran; Metformin in prediabetes; new age therapeutics in Type 2 diabetes – Chapter 6.
  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Priscilla S, Ambady Ramachandran; Digitalization of diabetes care; Diabetes past, present and future; RSSDI 2022, 57-61.
  • Arun Nanditha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Arun Raghavan, Is it possible for prevention of Diabetes in typical Indian phenotype, RSSDI Diabetes update 2019; First Edition 2020: Section 14: Diabetes Prevention: 430-433.
  • Arun Nanditha, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Arun Raghavan, Alternate insulin applications - Any upcoming news, IDF 2019 – Bussan.
  • Arun Raghavan, Nanditha Arun, Satheesh Krishnamoorthy, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ambady Ramachandran, Epidemiology of Diabetes in India, Chapter in Coronary Artery Disease, 2019.
  • Ramachandran A, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Samith A Shetty, Arun R.Lifestyle modification Vs pharmacological intervention. Current controversies and consensus in diabetes management. Micro Labs Ltd., Edi: Ashok Kumar Das. P.No. 49-58.
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan. Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes – Make in India, Cardio Diabetes Medicine 2017, Chapter 605-611.
  • Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Nanditha A, Raghavan A. Prevention of Diabetes-Role of Awareness and Education. Sadikot’s IN Textbook of Diabetes, Chapter 126 Nov 2018; 859-864.

  • Prevalance of CAD in Ischaemic Stroke Patients, IJCP – 2009
  • Prevalance of CAD in newly detected Type 2 Diabetic Patients. IMSA (International Medical Science Academy), London, UK 2010

  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Abraham Catherin Seeli, Mary Simon, Priscilla Susairaj and Ambady Ramachandran, The Effectiveness of Basal Plus Compared with Premixed Insulin in Insulin-Naïve Type 2 Diabetes Patients, Diabetes 2019 Jun; 68 (Supplement 1):2332-PUB.
  • Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, Priscilla Susairaj, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Mary Simon, Ramachandran Vinitha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha and Ambady Ramachandran,Increasing Trend in Dyslipidaemia among the Urban and Rural Populations in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, the STRiDE-I Study, Diabetes 2019 Jun; 68 (Supplement 1): 1525- P.
  • Arun Raghavan, Arun Nanditha, Ramachandran Vinitha, Mary Simon, Sundaram Selvam, Priscilla Susairaj, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Jagannathan Ram, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Ian F Godsland, Desmond G Johnston, Ambady Ramachandran Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes among Asian Indian Men with Transient versus Persistent Impaired Glucose Tolerance. P-0760. IDF. Dec2017.
  • Ambady Ramachandran, Narayanasamy Murugesan, Sundaram Selvam, Raghavan Arun, Ramachandran Vinitha, Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha Promotion of Awareness on Diabetes and Other Lifestyle Diseases among School Teachers and Students in India. ADA2017.
  • Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Raghavan, Ramachandran Vinitha, Krishnamoorthy Satheesh, Jagannathan Ram, Addagarla P Naveen Kumar, Mary Ann Sevick, Michael Bergman,Ambady Ramachandran, Plasma glucose at 30 minutes during oral glucose tolerance test predicts future dysglycemia among Asian Indian men. P-0759. IDF. Dec2017.
  • Vinitha Ramachandran, Shobhana Ramachandran, Narayanasamy Murugesan, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Arun Nanditha, Arun Raghavan, AmbadyRamachandranDiabetes Training for Paramedical Personnel in India - National Capacity Building for Management of Diabetes. P-1065. IDF. Dec 2017.
  • Arun Nanditha, Chamukuttan Snehalatha, Jagannathan Ram, Arun Raghavan, Samith A Shetty, Ramachandran Ambady Lifestyle modification is equally effective in non-obese and obese Asian Indians with prediabetes in reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes. ADA2016.
  • Arun R, Prevalence of Diastolic Dysfunction in Chronic Type 2 diabetic patients using BNB, Poster Presentation at International Diabetes Federation,2011.
  • Arun R, Vinod Kumar B, Satheesh K. Role of inflammatory markers as a predictor of peripheral vascular disease among chronic asymptomatic type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. International Diabetic Federation, Dubai on December2011.
  • Arun R, Prevalence of CAD in newly detected Type 2 Diabetic Patients. IMSA (International Medical Science Academy), London, UK2010.
  • Arun R, Prevalence of CAD in Ischaemic Stroke Patients,IJCP-2009.

  • An Interesting case of Pheochromocytoma

  • Organizing Member of INCOM 2010. (International Conference on Internal Medicine, Critical care and Information Technology)
  • Member of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI)
  • Member of The Association of Physicians of India (API)

  • Dr. Arun Raghavan, is a Director, Consultant Diabetologist and Intensivist of Dr. A. Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals.
  • He did his under graduation in Sri. Ramachandra Medical College (SRMC), M.D. General Medicine at Sree Balaji Medical College (SBMCH).
  • He underwent Training for Research at the prestigious Yale University, USA, Training for Diabetes at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore and Diploma in diabetes from Cardiff University, UK.
  • He underwent Critical Care training at Madras Medical College (MMC) and at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. Obtained Fellowship in Intensive care.
  • He did clinical epidemiology from the Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University and training for Healthcare management at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.
  • Conferred Fellowship by International Medical Science academy (FIMSA).
  • Dr. Arun is a member of several Diabetes & Medical Societies and has been an Organising Member of many International Conferences, and has several International publications and presentations to his credit and is a co-investigator in many drug trials, is also on the advisory board of various committee.
  • Tamil Nadu Health Minister presented the “Rising Star Award” to Dr.Arun at The Times Healthcare Achievers organized by the Times of India and Ernst & Young.
  • Dr.Arun was honoured with “COVID WARRIOR” award in December 2020, by Union Minister, Mr.Shripad Yesso Naik and was also acknowledged as the “Diabetes Care Personality of the year”.
  • Dr.Arun also received “Excellence in Diabetes Care” award in March 2021. He was also recognized with “Global young professional award of the year 2021” organized by the Prestigious EEF Global awards.