National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19
# National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19

National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) is an expert committee constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), India to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of COVID-19 vaccination. The committee is also responsible for prioritisation of population groups in the country, deciding procurement and inventory management procedure, selection and delivery of vaccines etc.

## Committee

NEGVAC was constituted in mid-2020 and first met on 12 August 2020. is chaired by member (Health), NITI Aayog, and co-chaired by the secretary of MoHFW. The committee has representative secretaries from:

* Vinod Kumar Paul
* Department of Expenditure
* Department of Biotechnology
* Department of Health Research
* Department of Pharmaceuticals
* Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
* Members representing five state governments
* Technical experts

Members include Samiran Panda, head of the Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases division in ICMR.

