Corporate India is now beginning to vaccinate with some of the bigwigs turning up at various centres to receive their first shots.

On Tuesday, Uday Kotak, the MD & CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, took the first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine. He follows Infosys co-founders N R. Narayana Murthy and Kris Gopalakrishnan who got vaccinated on Monday as the government kicked off the second round. Narayana Murthy was accompanied by his wife Sudha Murty, the chairperson of Infosys Foundation, who also received the first shot.

While the common message from all of these recipients was that the vaccination process was painless and without any side-effects, the coming days is likely to see more prominent faces from the business and finance community taking their jabs.

“Happy to share that I took the first shot of the vaccine this morning. Smooth and no pain,” Uday Kotak said in a tweet sharing his photograph while being administered the vaccine. He however, did not disclose which vaccine was administered.

Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw also disclosed that she got vaccinated at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore on Monday. Incidentally, Shaw had tested positive for Covid-19 last year and recovered subsequently.

“I just got vaccinated at Narayana Health-painless no injection related side effects. I guess its a booster dose for me since I had Covid six months ago. Feel safe & protected,’’ she tweeted.