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An authoritative journey of the Indian innovative vaccination story. A must, read for everyone whobelieves in India and it’s scienti_c minds.—Dr Krishna Ella, Executive Chairman, Bharat Biotech International LimitedIn July 2022, India crossed 200 crore vaccinations in the country. _is was merely 547 days fromthe start of the vaccination drive. No one could have predicted this astounding success story.In late 2019, a dreaded pathogen started spreading faster than any other virus in recent history. Everycountry had its unique challenges, but none more than India. _e scale, complexity and diversity ofthe country, coupled with its deep global economic integration, meant India had to _nd countersto the pandemic by evolving its own _nancial, healthcare and social models.And India did just that. With the decisive political leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,ingenuity of Indian pharmaceutical _rms and their scientists and a whole-of-government approach,India overcame everyone’s worst fears and potential disasters. India created its own vaccineintellectual property, used technology to distribute the doses and helped the world in the true spiritof vasudhaiva kutumbakam [_e World Is One Family]. _e result was the vast vaccine coverage inthe country as well as the extensive aid provided to other nations.In Braving a Viral Storm: India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Story, Aashish Chandorkar and Suraj Sudhirrecall this saga of India’s fortitude and collective resolve. _ey use extensive data to follow the story,starting right from global perspectives on the unlikeliness of a pandemic, the development of thevaccine both in scienti_c and political terms and the series of triumphs over political, _nancial andgeographical hurdles that followed. _e book details how our self-belief played a key role in bouncingback from the pandemic and put the nation on the path of Aatmanirbharta, or self-dependence.