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.