Allergy literacy in India: A national vision

India's public health evolution has increasingly relied on visionaries who bring coherence to fragmented systems and help institutionalise care delivery.In the 8 th century, Adi Shankaracharya, a philosopher-saint from Kerala, unified diverse strands of Vedantic thought and established enduring centres of learning across India.Today, as India faces a growing epidemic of allergic disorders, [1] a parallel transformation, grounded in clinical science and systems-building, has begun to take shape.is journey began in Mysore, Karnataka, and has been led with humility and vision by Dr. P. K. Vedanthan.His mission: To confront the country's profound deficit in allergy awareness and medical training, and to build a sustainable, nationwide network of academic excellence and clinical care in allergy and asthma.Much like Shankaracharya's integration of knowledge traditions, Dr. Vedanthan's work has unified fragmented allergy care practices, standardised education, expanded workforce capacity, and established institutional frameworks with profound implications for India's respiratory health burden.