How India can rejig its science and healthcare research regime, and why the time to do it is now.

There are several theories on the origin of the novel coronavirus. As the world awaits a vaccine with a bated breath, the pandemic has brought several home truths to the foreground — India’s chronic under-investment in medical infrastructure and the need for reforms in medical education to name a few.Despite being a tongue-twister, a relatively unknown drug, hydroxychloroquine, has entered the popular lexicon. But the fact remains that India,