1. P.KESAVADEV JPEF AWARD

for the Best Young Researcher in Diabetes

The award is instituted with an aim to foster diabetes research in India and carries a cash prize of INR 100,000, a gold medal, citation and a travel grant.

  1. 1. The award will be for a young researcher and for the original work unpublished at the time of submission.
  2. 2. The Award will carry a cash prize of Rs.100,000, gold medal, citation and travel grant.
  3. 3. He/she should be aged 40 years or less and can be from any speciality of medicine or a basic scientist or from any other branch of science or nutrition. The research should contribute to the science of diabetes care, treatment of complications or prevention.
  4. 4. Research should be original, entirely done in India and should enrich or contribute to original diabetes research in India.
  5. 5. Final decision will be taken by the Kesavadev JPEF Award Committee members after intense scrutiny of all applications.


Dr.Riddhi Das Gupta

Dr.Riddhi Das Gupta
2017
Dr. Anjana Ranjit Mohan

Dr.Anjana Ranjit Mohan
2018
Dr. Nandita Arun

Dr.Nandita Arun
2019
Ms.Madhurima Basu

Ms.Madhurima Basu
2023

2. JPEF STALWART PHYSICIAN AWARD


The JPEF Stalwart Award was instituted in the year 2018 and is presented to a physician in recognition of his/her contribution in the field of diabetes. The award recognizes the person's extraordinary achievement and dedication to the scientific community.


Dr.Arumugam Muruganathan

Dr.Arumugam Muruganathan
2018
Dr. Banshi Saboo

Dr.Banshi Saboo
2022
Dr. Brij Mohan Makkar

Dr.Brij Mohan Makkar
2024

3. JPEF BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD


The JPEF Best Oral Presentation Award is given each year to the best oral presentations at the JPEF Annual Global Convention. The aim of the award is to support activities in the field of diabetes and technology. Selected abstracts are published in the International Journal of Diabetes and Technology (IJDT) since 2021.


  1. 1. The criteria for this award include excellent scientific merit, well written, excellent discussion, and importance to association members.
  2. 2. The oral presentation is evaluated based on the 3-5 minutes brief presentation given.
  3. 3. The final decision will be taken by the JPEF Award Committee members after intense scrutiny of all presentations.

JPEF Award Committee
Chairperson: Dr.Raveendran A.V

Members: Dr.Sumesh Raj | Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev | Dr.Sunil Prasobh P | Ms. Gopika Krishnan
Award Winners in the previous years
2024 - Dr.Ritu Johari | Dr.John Peter | Dr.Arathi Varma Ananthapuram | Dr.Khaleel U | Dr.Anand T R

2023 - Dr.Indrashish Mukharjee | Dr.Greeshma B Panicker | Dr.Ritu Johari | Dr.Edwin J George

2021 - Dr.Riddhi Das Gupta | Dr.Vaishnavi Sangeeth | Dr.Anto Clare Vinson | Dr.Hossam Arafa Ghazi | Dr.Mohammed Ramees

4. JPEF BEST POSTER AWARD


Every year Best Poster Award is presented to the most accomplished posters at the JPEF Annual Global Convention. The poster committee evaluates all posters on their design, clarity of the presentation - both of the poster and also when talking to the presenter - and their scientific content.


  1. 1. The criteria for this award include excellent scientific merit, well written, excellent discussion, and importance to association members.
  2. 2. The oral presentation is evaluated based on the 3-5 minutes brief presentation given.
  3. 3. The final decision will be taken by the JPEF Award Committee members after intense scrutiny of all presentations.

  4. Award Winners in the previous years
    2024 - Dr.Drishya Pillai | Dr.Aswath Venugopal | Dr.Anand P

    2021 - Dr.Vishal Madhanlal Chaudhari | Ms. Sindhu S | Dr.A G Unnikrishnan

    2019 - Dr.Sijo Jose

5. JPEF-USV Tech Awards


Covid times have been very hard for doctors across the world. Diabetes has been recognised as one of the major reasons for severity and death in Covid. There are 1000s of doctors across the country who were successful in using technologies such as telemedicine, education via youtube, Facebook, remote glucose monitoring, virtual patient care etc which helped in saving the lives of millions. We have identified one dozen young doctors from across the country for the JPEF-USV Diabetes Tech Innovation Award for using technologies for the care of education.


AWARDS 2024

Dr.Balaji Chidambaram
Kumbakonam

Prof. Dr.Edwin J George
Thrissur

Dr.Joe George
Calicut
Dr.Krishnadev Jothydev
Trivandrum

Dr.Muhammed Thoyyib MK
Calicut

Dr.M Shahbaz Zailu
Trivandrum
Dr.Raveendran A V
Sultanate of Oman

Dr.Ritu Johari
Mumbai

Dr.Thankam D
Trivandrum
Dr.Yaseen Unes
Harippad

Dr.Anusree C V
Trivandrum
AWARDS 2023

Dr.Amit Kumar Dey
Kolkata

Prof. Dr.Aravinda Jagadeesha
Bengaluru

Dr.Ashwini Joshi
Pune

Dr.Rajalekshmi
Trivandrum
Dr.Sajith V S
Trivandrum

Dr.Anand Lawrence
Trivandrum

Dr.C. Muralidharan
Tamil Nadu

Dr.Aswin Mukundan
Calicut
Dr.Avinash L Nair
Thrissur

Dr.George K Antony
Kochi

Dr.Hashik P Muhammed
Kochi

Dr.Ajith Kumar S
Trivandrum
Dr.Jayakrishnan B
Tirur

Dr.Ashwin David Ashok
Attingal
AWARDS 2022

Dr.Amit Gupta
Noida

Dr.Bharat Saboo
Indore

Dr.Rakesh Parikh
Jaipur
Dr.Dhruvi Hasnani
Ahmedabad

Dr.Prasanth Sankar
Pathanamthitta

Dr.Hossam Arafa Ghazi
Egypt
Dr.Om J Lakhani
New Delhi

Dr.Asha Ashik
Kochi

Dr.Anand Pillai
Trivandrum

JPEF International Diabetes Convention Awards

Young Researcher Award for Diabetes 2023

Ms.Madhurima Basu
Young Researcher Award for Diabetes 2019

Dr.Nanditha Arun
Young Researcher Award for Diabetes 2018

Dr.Anjana Ranjit Mohan
Young Researcher Award for Diabetes 2017

Dr.Riddhi Das Gupta

JPEF Stalwart Physician Award
2024

Dr.Brij Mohan Makkar
JPEF Stalwart Physician Award
2022

Dr.Banshi Saboo
JPEF Stalwart Physician Award
2018

Dr.Arumugam Muruganathan

Best Original Research Award
2019

Dr.Parameswaran Ramakrishnan
Best Poster Award
2019

Dr.Sijo Jose