Personal Journey
In fact, both of us are. In September 2011 I was in a critical state of Diabetes Ketoacidosis and rushed to the ICU after initially being treated with IV glucose having been misdiagnosed as dehydrated and malnourished. At that point it looked like the end of life but this was the start of my journey.
As a 20 year old college student in India, I thought I was alone experiencing the struggles I went through, but it soon dawned on me that we are hundreds of thousands in India and millions around the world sharing similar experiences.
Being lucky enough to be equipped with a very strong determination I came through the initial challenges and I took it upon myself to change the conditions.
In 2015 I made sure to meet other T1Ds in Delhi where I’m from - and we soon co-founded one of the first patient led advocacy NGOs, DIYA in India. Being from a young generation we leveraged social media and gained a bigger reach than many of the traditional organisations.
Hi, I'm Sahil
Parallel to DIYA and my work as an electronics engineer in a management position with Siemens - I got myself certified as a personal fitness coach and later also as a diabetes educator.
I started coaching other T1Ds and soon I founded my startup - FUSED Training which became India’s first (and still only) holistic coaching service specifically developed for people living with T1D.
FUSED, with me along, was soon acquired by a bigger startup and I joined them as Program Director for chronic disorders. After transitioning out from there I’m now back to coaching and working on my 2nd venture - CHEENI - which means Sugar in Hindi. With over 100 million Indians living with Diabetes and 860,000 of them with T1D - we have a big task ahead.
No-one should be misdiagnosed and risk to lose their life. No-one should feel as alone as I did in the start of my journey. And no-one should believe there’s limitations to what they can achieve in life. Only then we’ll rest.
Education & Experience
Electronics Engineer with Siemens healthcare, 2013-2021
C0-Founder - Diabetes India Youth In Action(DIYA)
Founder-Director - FUSED Training, 2020-2022
Program Director - Phablecare, 2022
Personal Coach & Diabetes and Fitness Research - 2022 - Present
CPT (Certified Personal Trainer)
CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator)
Kettlebell Level 1
Kalaripayattu Practioner
Coaching since 2019
India’s first fitness coach specialising in Type 1 Diabetes.
Keynote speaker on “Diabetes & Exercise”