ANANDOTSAV 2023
Diabetes Free Forever (DFF) celebrated the Anandotsav 2023 in a grand scale at Harshall Hall & Banquets at Karve Road, Kothrud, Pune on 12th February 2023.
102 victors i.e., people who have reversed diabetes under different categories were selected and felicitated at this function. These 102 victors were divided into 8 groups viz.,
| Group | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | DFF Victors (ultimate transformers) |
| 2 | DFF Legends (determined to succeed forever) |
| 3 | DFF Heroes (Looking younger and smarter) |
| 4 | DFF Diamonds (shining brightly like diamonds) |
| 5 | DFF Insulin Defeaters (Those who overcame insulin dependency) |
| 6 | DFF Champions (Those who maintained their recovery) |
| 7 | DFF Youngsters ( those who became young and bright) |
| 8 | DFF Inspirers (those who inspired others by setting real life example.) |
There were 7 chief guests in attendance at the function :
| Sr.No. | Chief Guest |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cine Artist Dr.Nishigandha Wad |
| 2 | Dr.Pramod Tripathi founder of Freedom from Diabetes |
| 3 | Dr.Mihir Suryavanshi (ENT specialist) and Dr.Manisha Suryavanshi (Paediatrician) |
| 4 | Shri Viswajit Kadam (former Minister of State) |
| 5 | Shri Sudhir Khot, Financial Fitness Guru |
| 6 | Shri Mahendra Palesha (senior consultant) |
| 7 | Shri Murlidhar Mohol (Former Mayor of Pune). |
Dr.Bhagyesh Kulkarni, founder of the Diabetes Free Forever is a qualified MBBS doctor, who has devoted his time to convince people that diabetes is reversible and the felicitating the victors at Harshall Hall is a testimony to his efforts and the results.
Started in 2013, Diabetes Free Forever could achieve success with just 10 people clearing GTT (Glucose Tolerance Test) in 2016, this institution has come a long way since then in reaching out to people. They started the residential retreat programme in 2019 and has succeeded ever since in convincing not only the affected people but even the medical fraternity that diabetes is reversible. The onset of Corona also brought about the online courses which has helped DFF to reach out to a large number of people at their homes. They have about 5000 people registered online at present and they expect the number to increase exponentially in the years to come. More than 55000 clients of whom 40,000 i.e, 75% achieved reduction in medicine dosage.
One of the Chief Guests Dr.Pramod Tripathi, founder of Freedom from Diabetes, another prominent diabetes reversal agency in Pune was present with his team to participate in the Anandotsav celebrations of DFF. He also distributed mementos to the victors. One of the highlights of this programme was that the victors were accompanied by two bouncers by a grand entry with off beat music in the background.
During his address Dr.Tripathi said and made the audience say “an army cannot stop an idea whose time has come” meaning the wave of reversal of diabetes has come and no one can stop it now. It was nice to watch the camaraderie between Dr. Pramod Tripathi and Dr. Bhagyesh Kulkarni. These two agencies can take the diabetes reversal programme to greater heights to reach a large number of people and relieve them of their suffering. One important tip he gave during his speech was "if you skip doing your exercise for more than 3 days, raise your hand, and first hit your forehead and then again raise your hand, bring it down, turn your palm and slap yourself just to remind you that exercise has to be done." Very interesting indeed !.
Each of the Chief Guests were welcomed by Dr.Bhagyesh Kulkarni and offered a memento. Each of them appreciated the efforts taken by DFF in diabetes reversal and spoke briefly underlying the need to take this programme forward and reach out to more people.
Dr.Bhagyesh Kulkarni launched 3 of his books titled 1) Ultimate Formula for Diabetes Reversal (2) Ultimate health mantra and (3) Ultimate path for healthy living forever at the hands of the Chief Guests present at the function.
Launching of 3 books
The doctors on the panel of DFF staged a placard march to convey the different areas of diabetes reversal and a healty life. They also played a skit named “Madhumeha Mukth Ayusha ani DFF Bhavishya” at the end of the programme.
The programme was relayed online on Facebook and Youtube with more than 5 lacs people watching it live. It started at 10.00am and lasted till 6.00 pm with a lunch break of 45 minutes. This programme should inspire more people suffering from this terrible disorder to come forward and join these agencies and make their lives healthier and happier.
The audience