In India, snakebites kill around 50,000 people every year. Almost five times more victims survive the bites of venomous snakes but suffer lifelong disabilities such as paralysis, heart failure, irreversible kidney damage, blindness and much more.  The magnitude of this crisis is underestimated. In spite of the WHO adding snakebites to the list of ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ (NTDs) in June 2017, snakebites are not a health priority in India. This is a grave issue, which requires immediate attention. The snake, serpent, or ‘Naga’ plays an important role in mythology in Asia (e.g. India, China, Cambodia, Korea, Japan, and Nepal), and also in Africa, Egypt, North America, South America and Europe.…