Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rampant disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The initial case was diagnosed in China, in late 2019. Since then, the disease had spread globally, leading to the current pandemic situation. Signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease are unpredictable, but includes mild to moderate fever, coughing, weakness, dyspnoea, and decreased sensation of smell and taste. Swift development of an efficient vaccine is needed to control and prevent the coronavirus disease 2019. Objective: To assess the incidence of adverse events following the Covid 19 vaccine shot. Methods: It is a descriptive study conducted among the health care students (nursing and paramedical) who took the first dose of the Covishield vaccine. This study aimed to assess the incidence of adverse events following the Covid 19 vaccine shot. A total of 150 students were selected by using the convenience sampling technique. The adverse events checklist was prepared to collect data from health care students by structured interview technique. Results: The findings of the study show that 57 % had very common adverse events such as pain, itching, tiredness, headache, nausea, muscle ache 16% had common adverse events such as joint pain, lump at the injection site, vomiting, flu-like symptoms, 4% had uncommon adverse events loss of appetite, abdominal pain, excessive sweating. Conclusion: Even though few newly developed vaccines demonstrate the efficacy up to 95%, multi-disciplinary level rigorous studies are required to determine the safety of vaccine which includes minimizing the adverse events following the vaccination shot.