Section Editors

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. —Sir Winston Churchill Why neurology? A nation’s economic growth rides on the shoulders of its working class citizens and their health. A decline in the incidence of chronic diseases like stroke has been seen in high-income countries with the availability of good primary and specialty care.1 In contrast, there is an upward trend in low-income countries, which can be explained by the increasing proportion of their elderly populations.1,2 It is predicted that in the coming years there will be a jump in the incidence of lifestyle-related diseases with the expansion of the middle-class society of modern India. India is already witnessing an increase in the inci-dence of neurologic disorders, described as the “hidden epidemic.”3 Das et al.3 assessed the burden of neurologic diseases in India and reported 3 to 3.5 million new cases of traumatic brain injury, 1.6 million annual incidence of dementia, and 1.5 million new strokes in 2010. Recent advances in modern technology have equipped neurologists with better diagnostic and therapeutic ca-pabilities, but what if there are not enough qualified neurologists in India to make use of this technology? Population per neurologist ratio. It is important to con-sider the workforce available to manage this “hidden epidemic. ” A study in 1991 reported India’s population per neurologist (PPN) ratio as 3 million.4 This means there was one neurologist to cover 3 million Indians i