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Vaccination Campaign

          Became a Jan Andolan from

                                          'Mann ki Baat'


                                          new and positive turn to the way
                                          governance  was seen  in  India
                                          formerly.
                                              I had the opportunity to
                                          interact with the Prime Minister
                                          during the peak of the second
                                          delta wave of the COVID-19
                                          pandemic. He is a true visionary
                                          who led our country and world
                                          from the front during one of the
                                          world’s toughest medical crises
            Prof. Dr. Shashank Joshi      of this century, the COVID-19
                                          pandemic. He had full faith in
          Consultant, Lilavati Hospital
                                          Indian doctors and scientists.
          Mumbai & Past Dean, Indian          He and his teams listened
             College of Physicians        and interacted with the people
                                          across cross-sections of society
                                          during the pandemic times and
                                          tried their best to deliver solutions
                                          that were designed for that time
                                          and suited to Indian needs. He
            Jan Bhagidari, that is people’s   primarily focused on eliminating
        participation, is an important    fear from the minds of people
        aspect   of  any   democracy.     by demystifying the various
        Building Team India, which can    myths around the COVID-19 virus
        collectively come together to     and disease. He encouraged
        face any challenge and take the   all healthcare workers, and
        country  to newer  heights,  has   frontline workers during the
        been the focus and the central    pandemic and also ensured the
        aspect of our Hon’ble Prime       entire nation applauded them
        Minister and his policies. And Jan   and encouraged them during
        Bhagidari is incomplete without   pandemic times.
        Jan  Samwad, which  is  the  key      He  ensured that  India is
        objective  of the  Prime Minister’s   self-reliant and makes its own
        ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme. I       medicines and vaccines and
        had the opportunity to be a       generated   Indian   evidence
        panellist in the recently-held    around the same. He tapped
        National Conclave  celebrating    Digital India and Skill India
        'Mann ki Baat' @ 100, where we    movements to ensure Team
        discussed how this revolutionary   India makes the world-famous
        radio  programme has  given  a    CoWIN platform for one of
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