Dr Dhiraj Kapoor is a Professor and Head of Department of Medicine, RPGMC, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 24 years of clinical experience in managing DM patients as a consultant Diabetologist. He has 27 years of teaching experience for undergraduates and 12 years for postgraduate MD students. He has undertaken ICMR project as Principal Investigator on “Prevalence of type 2 DM in tribal people in Himachal Pradesh and effect of lifestyle modifications in this population.” As a resource person, he has guided and undertaken various projects of MD students. He has also published various research articles in national and international journals in his field of expertise. Presently, he is President of HDS, which is a non-profit organization for dissemination of knowledge about DM in healthcare professionals. He organizes yearly CME on the same.