Renowned Indian medical scientist, Dr. Jyoti Ghosh will be conferred with one of the highest awards for excellence by the prestigious Diabetes Foundation of Monroe, Georgia, for his effective management of Diabetes Mellitus Type II.

Hailing Ghosh's effort as a "remarkable breakthrough" in the history of medical science, the foundation said the award, second only to the Nobel prize, carries a prize money of half a million dollars. The award will be presented at a ceremony to be held on World Health Day, on April 7 in Atlanta.

Ghosh's remarkable breakthrough, a result of painstaking and selfless research and studies undertaken over several years, ensures that for millions of people the world over, Diabetes Mellitus need no longer be a lifelong ailment, it said.

It had also become possible to control and virtually eliminate the progression of the disease and consequent loss of limbs The scientist used Phyto-Pharmaceutical Drugs in combination with Natural Origin Medicine during his research.

According to World Health Organisation Statistics, there were 177 million diabetes patients the world over in 2000, causing enormous loss of productivity and hiking health care costs.