Privileged with a rare distinction of being one of the first physicians from the region to have been selected by the European Association for Study of Diabetes (EASD) and OCDEM, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, ASCOMS & Hospital, Dr Abhinav Gupta, attended the prestigious Robert Turner Clinical Research Course on Diabetes at Oxford Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (OCDEM) Oxford, London.Dr Abhinav Gupta, during his research period worked under the guidance of Prof David Mathews, who is a pioneer in Homeostatic Model Assessment Method of assessing Beta Cell function and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). He also worked under the guidance of the Endocrinologists of International repute namely; Prof. Jonathan C. Levy and Prof. R. Holman who are working on the latest advancement, control and cure of diabetes.During the research period, a team led by Dr. Abhinav Gupta was awarded 1st prize in clinical research unit experiments.Dr. Abhinav was also awarded a certificate of Merit in Research Governance and Good Clinical Practices by Haris Manchester College Oxford. He has been selected as a member of Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease (D&CVD) of EASD Study Group by the Executive Committee.Dr. Gupta recently has become a certificate Epicore Member of Professionals using innovative surveillance methods to verify outbreak of various infectious diseases in the country by the World Infections Disease Society.