Researchers from Scotland-based University of Dundee have identified distinct forms of type 2 diabetes in South Asians. This is a development that carries important implications for prognosis and management of diabetes. Most of the knowledge surrounding this condition and its cardiovascular complications has been accumulated from studying white populations with Western European ancestry despite the fact that diabetes in Europeans is very different to Asians. This is referred to as the ‘Asian Indian Phenotype’. This situation led to the creation of INSPIRED a £7 million Dundee-led project that seeks to improve diabetes outcomes in India by working to better understand