Malaria Vaccine Development Program (MVDP) is established as a not-for-profit research society under the Indian Societies Registration Act 1860 (Reg No.: S/RS/SW 0020/2010, 14th July 2010) by the collaborative efforts of Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (http://dbtindia.nic.in/index.asp); International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi (http://www.icgeb.org) and PATH - Malaria Vaccine Initiative, USA (http://www.malariavaccine.org). Its Mission is to advance and accelerate cost effective early translational development of vaccines against P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria