Best Indian Diabetes Educator Award - DAY

SELF NOMINATION IS OPEN & WILL BE CLOSED ON 10th August, 2025 (24.00 HOURS)

‘Best Indian Diabetes Educator 2025’

‘Best Indian Junior Diabetes Educator 2025′

‘Mentor for Best Indian Junior Diabetes Educator 2025′

Since inception in 2006, Diabetes Awareness & You (DAY) is striving for diabetes education for all via different activities with the MISSION: ‘Foster a Diabetes Aware Society & add healthy years to LIFE’. It is our staunch belief that Diabetes Educators are the key people in the diabetes management team and they play an important role in bridging the gap between the patient and the doctor.

We at DAY are continuously undertaking education programs for doctors & diabetes educators under ‘Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) and have been successfully running the CCDE (Certificate Course for Diabetes Educator) course for the last 8 years, which is now UGC approved college [Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous)] recognised course.

In recognition of the role of Diabetes Educators, ‘International Diabetes Educator’s Day’ was launched on September 5, 2016 by the then President of International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Dr. Shaukat Sadikot and got endorsed by ‘SAARC Diabetes Control 2030’ at Dhaka in 2019 and got appreciation from International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in 2021. Since 2016, 5^th September is celebrated as ‘International Diabetes Educator’s Day’ every year.

DAYDEIC (DAY Diabetes Educator’s International Conference) was organized for the first time in India in 2016 and since then, we have continued to organize this conference every year. In continuity of the tradition set, DAYDEIC is also being organized this year.

Since 2019, as part of DAYDEIC, we have also introduced the practice of recognizing the contributions of the Diabetes Educators through the ‘Best DAY Diabetes Educator of the Year’ award and Ms. Kajal Hansda, Diabetes Educator was the recipient of that prestigious award. In 2020, the award was expanded to all over India and renamed as ‘Best Indian Diabetes Educator of the Year ’. The award was won by Dr. Kavita Gupta from Nagpur, Maharastra. From 2021, along with the ‘Best Indian Diabetes Educator of the Year (2020-21)’ we have introduced the ‘‘Best Indian Junior Diabetes Educator of the Year’’. Since then the WINNERS are:

Year	Best Indian Diabetes Educator	*Best Indian Junior* Diabetes Educator**
2021	–	Ms. Shimanti Chandra, Kolkata, WB
2022	–	Ms. Natasha Vora, Mumbai, Maharashtra
2023	Dr. Mahira Kadri, Ahmedabad, Gujrat	Ms. Shefa Syed, Mumbai, Maharashtra
2024	–	Ms. Zeal Doshi, Mumbai, Maharashtra
2025	?	?

These awards usually be given on the occasion of ‘International Diabetes Educator’s Day, 5^th September (IDED)’and this year the same will be handed over on 5th September, 2025.

From this year, we have decided to recognize the inimitable role of a MENTOR (Doctor or Senior Diabetes Educator) behind the Junior Diabetes Educator’s professional development. So the MENTOR of ‘Best Indian Junior Diabetes Educator’ will also be recognized as ‘Mentor for Best Indian Junior Diabetes Educator, 2025’ and a certificate along with a memento will be handed over to him/her.

We invite Diabetes Educators from all corners of India to self-nominate under the respective category of their eligibility based on the rules and regulations provided below. The awards will be given to the most deserving candidate for each of the two categories. An all India Jury Board will be responsible for selection of the awardees for each category. The winner of ‘Best Indian Diabetes Educator’ and the ‘Best Indian Junior Diabetes Educator’ of the year will get a medal, certificate & cash prize of Rs 10000/- and Rs 5000/- respectively. For every update of this event, please follow our FB Page www.facebook.com/day.org.in

Rules & Regulation

1. Only Indian national can participate by submitting self nomination,
2. The candidate must be Certified Diabetes Educator prior to 1^st April, 2024,
3. Provided the candidate never won this award earlier in that respective category,
4. 35 years of age (as on 1st April, 2024) is the cut off between two categories of award i.e. below 35 years of age is eligible for ‘Best Indian Junior Diabetes Educator Award of the year 2025′ and above 35 years of age is eligible for ‘Best Indian Diabetes Educator Award of the year 2025’,
5. Performance for the FY 2024 – 25 will be considered for this award
6. The following should be submitted in the specific format in pdf, ( i) Duly filled up SELF NOMINATION FORM (Annexure 1) ( (ii)5 case studies for JUNIOR category and 10 case studies for SENIOR category, as the case may be (Annexure 2) ,
7. You may download and follow the sample case study format (Sample Case Study)
8. Self Nomination will be CLOSED on 10th August, 2025 (24.00 Hours),
9. A THANK YOU email will be sent once nomination is received,
10. After receiving the nominations, a screening committee shall shortlist the candidates,
11. The NOMINATION not in specified format or an incomplete nomination, in any respect, will be rejected,
12. Shortlisted candidates shall be informed through mail and interviewed by an all India Jury Board on a virtual platform,
13. The decision of Screening Committee / Jury Board is FINAL
14. Roles & Responsibilities of winner : a) To be the Brand Ambassador of Diabetes Education for coming 1 year, b) To support promotion of Diabetes Education in India and c) He / She will hand over the prize and certificate to his/her successor next year.
15. Awards will be given in a program on 5th September, 2025, organising to mark the ‘International Diabetes Educator’s Day, 5th September’.
Every update will be posted on DAY FB page www.facebook.com/day.org.in
No phone calls shall be entertained before/after submitting nomination or regarding progress of the event.
PLEASE SUBMIT THE NOMINATION ALONG WITH RELEVANT DOCUMENTS & CASE STUDIES AT day.bestindiandeaward2020@gmail.com with the subject: NOMINATION FOR BEST INDIAN DIABETES EDUCATOR 2025 AWARD or NOMINATION FOR BEST INDIAN JUNIOR DIABETES EDUCATOR 2025 AWARD.