THIS POTENT GROUP OF WEAPONS HAS NOTABLY ANNIHILATED SMALLPOX, PUSHED POLIO TO THE VERGE OF ELIMINATION AND IS NOW TAKING ON COVID-19 Indians practised inoculation centuries before the West discovered vaccines in 1796. India's Vaccine Growth Story charts the journey of vaccines from the Jennerian era to the COVID-19 pandemic, covering multiple facets of vaccines from the Indian and global perspectives. Apart from discussing vaccine leadership, vaccine nationalism, vaccine hesitancy, eagerness and equity, as well as the latest diplomatic currency-the Vaccine Maitri- the book takes its readers through India's exciting and meticulously planned project of executing the world's largest vaccination drive.