<span style="color: #222222;">India is positioned well to tackle COVID like situations due to the systemic investment, it has made over the years in research and development of scientific temperament in the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Secretary in the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Dr. Ashutosh Sharma while speaking exclusively to AIR News made reference to the range of developments made by DST funded institutions in a short span of time since COVID-19 pandemic surfaced.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking over research on vaccine for the novel corona virus in the country, Dr. Sharma said, DST is assisting host of institutions for an breakthrough in this regard. He said that India is also jointly working with countries like United States and Israel on knowledge sharing basis for development of a vaccine.</span><br />''