DA group of parents of children suffering from diabetes, who knew insulin and tablets were no cure for this life-threatening condition, founded in the USA in 1970 the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). It is the pioneer aiming at finding a cure for diabetes, especially its Type 1 variant, which often strikes children suddenly and requires multiple daily injection of insulin. A decade later, on 14th November 1981, was founded Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation India, formerly Juvenile Diabetes Foundation India.

A man's vision and perspiration made this possible. He was a juvenile diabetic himself, Late Tapabrata Roy, whose unflinching, meaningful strivings for 50 yrs as a diabetic since the age of 17 brought him the famed Joslin Diabetes Award from Boston in USA, the first Indian to receive this honour.

The JDRF India is affiliated to the JDRF International, 120 Wall Street, New York, USA. We are a voluntary body, registered as an NGO under the WB Registered Society Act 1961(India), pursuing a mission to support the juvenile diabetics in India. They need to be made aware, to be provided with insulin, and be helped in their exercise of human rights.