About Us

The Department of Pediatrics at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi is the foremost children’s academic health center in India. The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology in the Department of Pediatrics was established in 1981, and is one of the leading units in the country for management of endocrine disorders in children.

We take care of more than 500 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Our present core team consists of Prof. Vandana Jain and Dr. Rajni Sharma , who are supported by a specialist pediatric endocrine nurse, Mrs. Sethulaksmi, a specialty Pediatric Endocrine senior resident and a PhD fellow, Mr. Brijesh Kumar. In addition, we have many dedicated project staff, supported by extramural funding agencies (Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Ayush, and Department of Health Research), working actively with children with endocrine disorders.

This website has been made possible by a research grant awarded to Prof. Vandana Jain by the Department of Health Research, Government of India. Ms. Aastha Grover, dietician and Ms. Aakanksha Sharma, clinical psychologist have been instrumental in putting together the content. We will regularly update the content and add new information about advances in diabetes care. We also encourage the readers to contribute their stories, achievements and drawings on the website.

We are obliged to Mr. Ankit Yadav and Mr. Abhishek Yadav , from Navikaran Infotech pvt ltd, New Delhi for working closely with us in designing this child-friendly bilingual website for people living with type 1 diabetes and their families and friends.

We are grateful to Mr. Ramchandra B. Pokale, Chief Artist, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS for contributing original drawings for the website.