Baby Vaccination Chart India 2026: Full IAP Schedule

Sep 23

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This is the full Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) immunisation schedule, from birth to twelve years, laid out by the age each dose falls due. It is the same schedule the NavParent app uses to build a personalised plan from your child’s date of birth.

Ages are windows, not deadlines. “6 weeks” really means “from 6 weeks, and still fine at 8”. A dose given a little late still counts, and your paediatrician will adjust the plan for prematurity, illness, a missed dose or local availability.

Based on the Indian Academy of Pediatrics schedule. This is a reminder tool, not medical advice — your paediatrician decides what your child needs and when.

The full vaccination chart, by age

At birth

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
BCG	Tuberculosis	—
Hepatitis B — birth dose	Hepatitis B	Ideally within 24 hours of birth.
OPV — zero dose	Polio	—

6–8 weeks

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
DTwP / DTaP — 1st dose	Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough	Any time from 6 to 8 weeks.
IPV — 1st dose	Polio	Any time from 6 to 8 weeks.
Hib — 1st dose	Haemophilus influenzae b	Any time from 6 to 8 weeks.
Rotavirus — 1st dose	Rotavirus diarrhoea	Any time from 6 to 8 weeks.
PCV — 1st dose	Pneumococcal disease	Any time from 6 to 8 weeks.
Hepatitis B — 2nd dose	Hepatitis B	Any time from 6 to 8 weeks.

10–12 weeks

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
DTwP / DTaP — 2nd dose	Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough	Any time from 10 to 12 weeks.
IPV — 2nd dose	Polio	Any time from 10 to 12 weeks.
Hib — 2nd dose	Haemophilus influenzae b	Any time from 10 to 12 weeks.
Rotavirus — 2nd dose	Rotavirus diarrhoea	Any time from 10 to 12 weeks.
PCV — 2nd dose	Pneumococcal disease	Any time from 10 to 12 weeks.

14–16 weeks

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
DTwP / DTaP — 3rd dose	Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough	Any time from 14 to 16 weeks.
IPV — 3rd dose	Polio	Any time from 14 to 16 weeks.
Hib — 3rd dose	Haemophilus influenzae b	Any time from 14 to 16 weeks.
Rotavirus — 3rd dose	Rotavirus diarrhoea	Any time from 14 to 16 weeks. Only for the 3-dose brands; some are a 2-dose course.
PCV — 3rd dose	Pneumococcal disease	Any time from 14 to 16 weeks.

6 months

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
Influenza — 1st dose	Seasonal flu	Two doses a month apart the first year, then yearly.
Hepatitis B — 3rd dose	Hepatitis B	Any time from 6 to 9 months.

7 months

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
Influenza — 2nd dose	Seasonal flu	—

9 months

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
Typhoid conjugate vaccine	Typhoid	Any time from 9 to 12 months.
MMR — 1st dose	Measles, mumps, rubella	—

12 months

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
Hepatitis A — 1st dose	Hepatitis A	—

15 months

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
MMR — 2nd dose	Measles, mumps, rubella	—
Varicella — 1st dose	Chickenpox	—
PCV — booster	Pneumococcal disease	—

16–18 months

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
DTwP / DTaP — 1st booster	Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough	Any time from 16 to 18 months.
IPV — booster	Polio	Any time from 16 to 18 months.
Hib — booster	Haemophilus influenzae b	Any time from 16 to 18 months.

18 months

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
Hepatitis A — 2nd dose	Hepatitis A	—
Varicella — 2nd dose	Chickenpox	—

4–6 years

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
DTwP / DTaP — 2nd booster	Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough	Any time from 4 to 6 years.
MMR — 3rd dose	Measles, mumps, rubella	Any time from 4 to 6 years.
Typhoid — booster	Typhoid	Any time from 4 to 6 years.

9–12 years

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
HPV — 1st dose	Cervical and other HPV cancers	Any time from 9 to 12 years. Two doses six months apart when started before 15.

10–12 years

Vaccine	Protects against	Notes
Tdap	Tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough	Any time from 10 to 12 years.

What each vaccine protects against

Vaccine	Protects against	Doses in the schedule
BCG	Tuberculosis	1
Hepatitis B	Hepatitis B	3
OPV	Polio	1
DTwP / DTaP	Diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough	5
IPV	Polio	4
Hib	Haemophilus influenzae b	4
Rotavirus	Rotavirus diarrhoea	3
PCV	Pneumococcal disease	4
Influenza	Seasonal flu	2
Typhoid conjugate	Typhoid	2
MMR	Measles, mumps, rubella	3
Hepatitis A	Hepatitis A	2
Varicella	Chickenpox	2
Tdap	Tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough	1
HPV	Cervical and other HPV cancers	1

Questions parents ask

What if we missed a dose?

A missed dose is not a lost one. Almost every vaccine can be caught up, and the schedule is resumed rather than restarted. Take your child’s card to the paediatrician and they will work out the catch-up plan. Do not simply skip ahead to the next age band.

Is the government schedule different from the IAP one?

They overlap but are not identical. India’s Universal Immunization Programme covers the core vaccines free at government centres. The IAP schedule above adds some that are usually paid for privately, such as rotavirus, pneumococcal, hepatitis A, varicella, typhoid conjugate and influenza. Both are legitimate; the IAP list is the fuller one.

Does a slightly late dose still work?

Yes. The windows exist because a few days either way makes no meaningful difference to protection. What matters is completing the course, not hitting the exact date.

Which vaccines need more than one dose?

Most of them. DTwP/DTaP, IPV, Hib, PCV and rotavirus all run as a primary series at 6, 10 and 14 weeks, with boosters later. MMR, hepatitis A, hepatitis B and varicella are multi-dose too. The table above shows how many doses each one has.

My baby was premature. Does the schedule change?

Usually doses are given according to chronological age, not corrected age, but there are exceptions and your paediatrician decides. This is one of the clearest cases for asking rather than following a chart.

Get this schedule dated for your own child

A chart tells you what is due at 14 weeks. It does not tell you which Tuesday that is. Enter your child’s date of birth in the free vaccination schedule planner and you get every dose above as a real date.

The NavParent app does the same thing and then reminds you — a week before each dose, the day before, and on the day. You tick doses off as they happen, and doses your baby had before you installed it are never marked overdue. It works offline, and it is free.