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.

[1] NEGVAC was constituted in mid-2020 and first met on 12 August 2020.

[2][3][4] is chaired by member (Health), NITI Aayog, and co-chaired by the secretary of MoHFW.

The committee has representative secretaries from:[1] Members include Samiran Panda, head of the Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases division in ICMR.