India will be a role model on how to vaccinate a billion people: Nandan Nilekani
New Delhi: Infosys chairman on Friday praised the government of India for its vaccination drive launched on January 16. “India will be a role model on how to vaccinate a billion people at scale, speed and in a trusted manner,” he said.
India is going to vaccinate more than one billion people which is not less than any milestone or record. India’s fight against coronavirus is already praised by the World’s health experts and several health agencies.
On the vaccination process of the government of India – Nilekani said “India will have a vaccine surplus in six months from now. We will be able to scale up to a few million vaccinations a day. The government is issuing digital vaccination certificates with QR codes which is a good thing.”
The government of India approved two made in India vaccines for vaccination drive. Government approved Covisheild vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute in alliance with Oxford and AstraZeneca, and Covaxin, which has been developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech for vaccination.
India has vaccinated over a million people since it launched the vaccination drive last Saturday.
In the last few months people have changed their way of thinking and turned to online payments, online education and taking care of themselves very well – which is absolutely good for the nation.
“The demand has gone from push to pull in the post-Covid world. There is a dramatic acceleration in consumer psychology in the use of digital platforms. This is good news for startups as they have to invest less in pushing products,” he said.
The tech startup ecosystem in India has clearly managed to turn the tide after the initial disruption wrought by the pandemic.
Atmanirbhar Bharat and Vocal for Local movement played an important role in revival of economy. It has provided market support, remote work helped reduce burn and Cross-border trade restrictions accelerated P2P (peer to peer) collaboration.
India is on track to have 50+ strong unicorn clubs in 2021, even as M&A and IPO pipeline will accelerate.
The Indian and World’s health experts already praised India’s fight against coronavirus and expected India to be the supplier of the coronavirus vaccine to all nations of the world.
India has already provided the coronavirus vaccines stock to Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Nepal under its neighbour first policy.
