OBJECTIVES:  According to World Health Organisation, type-2 diabetes has recently escalated in all age groups and is now being identified in younger and younger age groups, including adolescents and children, especially in high-risk population. This underscores the need for mass awareness and screening programmes to detect diabetes at an early stage and early age cost effectively.  For this purpose we have planned to use a simplified Indian Diabetes Risk Score [IDRS] for prediction of diabetes in young adolescents  of Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College.  METHODS: A total of 261 students of said Medical College will be screened using IDRS which includes age, family history of diabetes, exercise status and Waist circumference. After scoring them they will be categorised into mild, moderate and high risk group. In students who are having score more than 50, Random Capillary Blood Glucose (RCBG)  were assessed with the help of glucometer. RESULTS: We have assessed 261 students till now. It was observed that 5% ,55% & 38% students in high, Moderate & Low risk  group respectively for developing type 2 D.M. Mean abdominal obesity in high risk students was 101.95± 5.76 as compared to 79.17 ± 11.08 in moderate and low risk students(p<0.0001). Family history of diabetes in either or both parents was present in 25% students. 63% students were having sedentary lifestyle. Mean RCBG in students having score more than 50 was 97.33 ±9.68 mg/dl. Also, 3 students were having RCBG >103mg/dl.  CONCLUSIONS: This underscores the need for further investigations. IDRS is the simplest way to screen large population. To prevent and to postpone the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, health education programme, exercise and diet planning can be recommended for these students.Thus this mayprove as a cost effective solution of detection of risk of type-2 diabetes mellitus.