Atmanirbhar Bharat vision fulfillment: Minister on vaccines

 The large-scale manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines in the country was the fulfillment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', Union minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Saturday.

He said India had become a global leader in vaccine manufacturing and had successfully converted the challenge of the COVID-19 outbreak into an opportunity.

The country has exported Covishield, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin vaccines to some countries, the minister informed.

"This is nothing but fulfillment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat," he said.

Javadekar was speaking at a function in which a school was renamed after SII chairperson Cyrus Poonawala.