India's Vaccination Drive May Start In January, Normal Life Expected To Return By October Poonawalla said that close to 60 crore people will get vaccinated by October next year, post which normal life can return. Representational Image/Unsplash Outlook Web Bureau 2020-12-14T07:26:44+05:30 India's Vaccination Drive May Start In January, Normal Life Expected To Return By October outlookindia.com 2020-12-14T19:34:27+05:30 The CEO of Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, is expecting to get emergency approval for market authorisation by the end of December. He said that once the approval is received, vaccination drive in India can be started by January 2021.