Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw- A Live Example
Born: March 23, 1953
Designation: Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon Limited
Felicitations: MV Memorial Award,
Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award (2006),
Lifetime Achievement Award (2005),
ET Businesswoman of the Year,
Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Life Sciences and Healthcare (2002),
Padmashri (1989),
Padmabhushan (2005)
Worth: 2,100 Crores
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the Chairman and Managing Director of the India’s biggest biotechnology company, Biocon Limited. She became India’s richest woman in 2004.
She was born in Bangalore on March 23, 1953. She did her schooling from Bangalore and graduated in Zoology from Bangalore University in 1973. After that, she went to Australia and qualified as a “master brewer” from Ballarat University, Melbourne.
She started her career in 1974 in Carlton and United Beverages as a Trainee Brewer. After that, she joined Biocon Biochemicals Limited, Ireland. With the capital of Rs. 10,000, she founded Biocon India in collaboration with Biocon Biochemicals Limited.
She tied the knot with John Shaw, in 1998, who was working as the MD of Madura Coats but now joined Biocon. In 2004, Biocon came up with an IPO and was over-subscribed by over 30 times.
Dr. Shaw has several honorary positions. Among them, she was the Chairperson and Mission Leader of the Confederation of Indian Industries National Task Force on Biotechnology; Member, Board of Science Foundation, Ireland; Member, Board of Governance, IIM Bangalore etc. She is a live example for other women to follow.
Born: March 23, 1953
Designation: Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon Limited
Felicitations: MV Memorial Award,
Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award (2006),
Lifetime Achievement Award (2005),
ET Businesswoman of the Year,
Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Life Sciences and Healthcare (2002),
Padmashri (1989),
Padmabhushan (2005)
Worth: 2,100 Crores
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is the Chairman and Managing Director of the India’s biggest biotechnology company, Biocon Limited. She became India’s richest woman in 2004.
She was born in Bangalore on March 23, 1953. She did her schooling from Bangalore and graduated in Zoology from Bangalore University in 1973. After that, she went to Australia and qualified as a “master brewer” from Ballarat University, Melbourne.
She started her career in 1974 in Carlton and United Beverages as a Trainee Brewer. After that, she joined Biocon Biochemicals Limited, Ireland. With the capital of Rs. 10,000, she founded Biocon India in collaboration with Biocon Biochemicals Limited.
She tied the knot with John Shaw, in 1998, who was working as the MD of Madura Coats but now joined Biocon. In 2004, Biocon came up with an IPO and was over-subscribed by over 30 times.
Dr. Shaw has several honorary positions. Among them, she was the Chairperson and Mission Leader of the Confederation of Indian Industries National Task Force on Biotechnology; Member, Board of Science Foundation, Ireland; Member, Board of Governance, IIM Bangalore etc. She is a live example for other women to follow.
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