The fear of Zika virus infection, has not been reported in India, but the America is the first country in the world to test not just one but two vaccines against the virus that is causing nightmares.

The globally gigantic ‘Zika biotech moment for India’ couldn’t have come up in the more righteous time, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) setup is celebrating its 30th anniversary in the country, under the tech savvy late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s leadership which had started in the year 1986.

The old times of Indian land and people are seeing a new transformation and innovation with Mr. Narendra Modi, who had introduced us the ‘Make in India‘ and ‘Start-up India’ challenge, who is the current tech savvy Prime Minister of India.

Bharat Biotech International Limited is the company that developed the Zika virus vaccine in Hyderabad, which has marked a milestone beyond the catchy slogan of prime minister’s ‘make in India’ and also the patent being an Indian. Manufacturing in India requires an License, the manufacturing license in India is essential to produce any medical device, drugs etc. There is a list for the notified medical devices to know under which category the product is listed.

The discovery of Zika virus vaccine began in 1996 with a Tamilian farmer’s son who is now the chairman-cum-managing director of Bharat Biotech was forced by his mom to reunite with his family in India, Krishna Ella was trained at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in USA as a molecular biologist there made a decision to return back to India.