I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to travel by overnight train to Chennai. I was met by Rtn Raj Devarajan who is GSE chair for district 3230. I met the UK team leader from district 1260 (Northampton) who are currently visiting Chennai and randomly discovered that one of the GSE members could be a distant relative as we share the same surname! We subsequently talked on the phone and plan to stay in touch. See what Rotary can do...
The purpose of this special journey was to meet Dr Ramachandran and Dr Snehalatha (pictured) who are authors of the Indian Diabetes Prevention Study. I had a fascinating tour of the India Diabetes Research Foundation with Mary Simon and listened to a presentation by a diabetes educator. I was also given a whistle stop tour by Rtn Paras Sethi of the sights of Chennai, including the beach which is the second longest in the world apparently. It was a glimpse of the diabetes prevention work which is prominent in Tamil Nadu and I look forward the reading the results of the I-DPP 3 and 4 when they are published. A big thanks to all the Rotarians who made this trip possible.
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