The 14th Jothydev's Professional Education Forum (JPEF) Annual Global Diabetes Convention 2026, held in Kovalam, Kerala, on July 10th, 11th, and 12th, 2026, concluded successfully, bringing together above 2,000 leading endocrinologists, physicians, researchers, and healthcare professionals from both across the country and around the globe to exchange the latest advances in diabetes and metabolic care. A major highlight of the inaugural ceremony was the presentation of the prestigious Kesavadev Young Researcher Award, carrying a cash prize of ₹1 lakh, to Dr. Masuma Yasmin from the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, IPGMER, Kolkata, under the mentorship of Dr. Sujoy Ghosh. The award, presented by the Hon'ble Minister for Health, Government of Kerala, recognized her team's pioneering work in developing a free diabetes care model that has since received approval for nationwide implementation by the Government of India. Reserved for researchers below the age of 40, the award celebrates outstanding innovation with the potential to influence national healthcare delivery.

The convention also witnessed an overwhelming scientific response, with around 70 research abstracts submitted from institutions across India. Following a rigorous peer-review process, 30 abstracts were selected for oral presentations, 24 for physical poster presentations, and 14 for digital e-poster presentations. In the Oral Presentation category, Dr. Anand Raja D. S. (Trivandrum) won the First Prize for his work on developmental tempo buffering and type 2 diabetes phenotypes. The Second Prize was jointly awarded to Dr. Shivani Paliwal (Chennai) for her study on early cardiac dysfunction in prediabetes and Dr. Ashwin Karuppan Vishwanathan (Chennai) for developing a novel risk stratification index in hypothyroid patients. Dr. Sreya Sastha Kumar (Tirunelveli) received the Third Prize for her systematic review on the anesthetic and surgical implications of GLP-1 receptor agonists.

In the Poster Presentation category, Dr. Aafrin Shabbir (Chennai) secured the First Prize for developing a novel beta-cell stress index to guide timely insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes. The Second Prize was awarded to Dr. Sumayya Beegum K. T. (Kozhikode) for her research on the prevalence and determinants of masked hypertension among individuals with diabetes, while Sivaramaparipoornan M. (Tirunelveli) received the Third Prize for an extensive meta-analysis highlighting atypical cutaneous manifestations as early indicators of undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. The convention concluded with a grand valedictory ceremony celebrating these remarkable achievements, reaffirming JPEF's commitment to fostering young scientific talent, promoting high-quality research, and driving innovations that will shape the future of diabetes prevention, management, and precision metabolic care.