The imminent threat posed by lifestyle diseases like cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) or diabetes  is far more compared to the possibility of a terrorist attack or a natural disaster. Statistics suggest that heart diseases are not only the biggest killer in the world, they are the leading cause of death in India as well. In 2008, heart diseases, aka CVDs took more than 12.5 lakh lives and is projected to cause up to 40 lakh deaths a year by 2030. A large percentage of them are dying in their middle-ages (below the age of 60) during the productive years of their life. Also, with >61 crore diabetics and 9.8 lakh diabetes-related deaths in 2011, India has already been declared the diabetes capital of the world. India has a large number of hypertensives with projections indicating nearly a doubling from 118 million in 2000 to 213 million by 2025. Hypertension prevalence in adults is between 20% and 40% in urban areas and 12% and 17% in rural areas. The World