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Indian covid vaccine makers Krishna Ella, Suchitra Ella and Cyrus Poonawalla have figured in the list of Padma awardees this year.
Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech and Cyrus Poonawala of the Serum Institute of India will also get the Padma Bhushan for their role in India's response to COVID-19 with the Covaxin and Covishield vaccines.
On Day 375 of launch of the vaccination program, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crossed 163.49 crore. All the vaccinations have so far been done with the indigenously developed vaccines. On several occasions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also lauded these vaccine makers for helping in making the vaccination drive successful.
COVAXIN®, India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech was developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV). Majority of the people vaccinated in India have been administered Covaxin. Krishna Ella is an Indian scientist, microbiologist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Bharat Biotech where he is also a Managing Director. Ella and his company were responsible for developing India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine. Suchitra Ella is his wife and cofounder of Bharat Biotech.
Covisheild developed by Serum Institute of India has been developed in collaboration with Uk’s AstraZeneca. SII became one of the leading vaccine
manufacturing companys in the world and supplied vaccine to many developing countries as well .
Cyrus S. Poonawala is an Indian businessman, and the chairman and managing director of the Cyrus Poonawalla Group, which includes the Serum Institute of India- the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world. In 2021, he was ranked number 5 on Fortunes' India rich list with a net worth of $19 billion.