Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), with its high prevalence, morbidity and mortality, is an important public health problem. With < 3% of land mass, India hosts 17% of the Earth’s population. Large numbers of patients below the poverty line, low gross domestic product, and low monetary allocations for health care have led to suboptimal outcomes. Moreover, CKD and other non-communicable diseases have often been ignored in the face of persistent challenges due to competition for resources of communicable diseases and high infant and maternal mortality.