Dr. Arpandev Bhattacharyya is a Consultant Endocrinologist at Manipal Hospital, a Professor of Endocrinology in JJM Medical College (Rajiv Gandhi University), the Director of Shiva Jyoti, and dedicated towards treatment as well as research in Diabetes and Endocrinology. He secured honors in six subjects in MBBS. He completed MD and DNB in Internal Medicine and DM in Endocrinology from PGI, Chandigarh. In UK after getting MRCP, he completed the five-year program CCST with dual accreditation in Internal Medicine and Diabetes-Endocrinology. Dr. Arpan has pioneered the Fellowship programme in Diabetes and Endocrinology with Manipal Academy of Higher Education to train post-MD physician. He has more than 120 publications in various national and international Journals, he has produced guidelines/protocols in hospital management of Diabetes, Diabetes management after CABG/Cardiac Surgery, Diabetes management after Acute Myocardial Infarction, Endocrine management after Pituitary surgery, glycaemic management in Pregnancy. He has produced patient information booklets on Diabetes, Thyroid, and Endocrinology in English, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Telegu, Tamil, and Malayalam. He has keen interest in patient education in the field of Diabetes and Endocrinology. He was awarded FRCP -Edinburgh (2016) and he is currently international examiner for MRCP