Diabetes is one of the most pervasive of chronic diseases across the world and it is reaching epidemic proportions in India. The number of Indians suffering from diabetes has dramatically increased from 11.9 million in 1980 to over 64.5 million in 2014. India today has the ignominy of being the diabetes capital of the world witnessing an alarming rise in the incidence of diabetes according to the International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. Diabetes being a chronic medical condition needs to be detected at an early stage and should be managed by introducing changes in the lifestyle and through