The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases began the rollout of the world's first chickenpox vaccine in 1986 as the only varicella vaccine approved by the World Health Organisation.
Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (in the Institutional category) and Professor Vinod Sharma (in the Individual category) have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for their excellent work in Disaster Management for the year 2022.
The week-long innovation celebration is being organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.